Film Review – She’s Funny That Way

Any appreciation of “She’s Funny That Way” requires digestion of star Imogen Poots’s comically large Brooklyn accent. The British actress attempts to squawk her way through the latest effort from Peter Bogdanovich, who hasn’t helmed a big screen feature since 2001’s “The Cat’s Meow,” attempting to tap into the picture’s broad style and classic Hollywood exaggeration, only to emerge with a performance that’s shrill and unconvincing. The rest of “She’s Funny That Way” follows suit, struggling to retain a certain madcap snap, only the screenplay doesn’t offer much in the way of punchlines and the actors gathered aren’t especially known for their crisp timing. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com