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"Courting Alex" (2006) |
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Yönetmen
James Burrows
Yapım : 2006
Ülke :  Amerika
Tür : Comedy
Süre : 30 dakika
IMDB ID: tt0463811
A.K.A
Everything I Know About Men : USA), working title ()
The Jenna Elfman Show : USA), working title ()
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Jenna Elfman - Alex Rose
Hugh Bonneville - Julian
Dabney Coleman - Bill Rose
Josh Randall - Scott
Rhea Seehorn - Christine "Chris" Firth
Brady Smith - Rob
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Bilgi :
Having established one of TV's more memorable characters with Dharma Finkelstein, the latter-day flower child of "Dharma & Greg," Jenna Elfman makes a U-turn to play Alex, a workaholic lawyer with no great inclination for a life outside the office. Or so it seems at first blush.
Opening scenes show the title character in "Courting Alex" wed to her cell phone and in hot pursuit of a complicated contractual agreement, even in the midst of a dinner date. But then it takes only minutes before another Alex breaks through. Soon she's a flirty, closet romantic who puts up only token resistance to a handsome bar owner who refuses to sell his establishment to the client of her law firm. It gives nothing away to say that, before closing credits roll, Alex has accepted second chair on his motorcycle for a ride to Coney Island. You can see it happening a mile off.
Alex's transformation from button-down barrister to coquettish counselor might be jarring except that Elfman sells the character as few others can. Even with hair pinned up and in business attire, her femininity shines through. Simultaneously sexy and relatable, Elfman wins us over with a convincing performance that shows vulnerability just beneath a placid surface.
Veteran sitcom actor Dabney Coleman is perfectly at home playing Bill, Alex's dad and the head of the family law firm. Tactless and insensitive at times, the thrice-divorced Bill is nonetheless concerned that his daughter is too bookish and missing out on all the fun.
Far less convincing is Josh Randall as Scott, the hunky and free-spirited bar owner whose pursuit of Alex is surprising only for how quickly it succeeds. Although Scott has the requisite good looks and a supposedly adventurous past, he comes off bland and one-dimensional. When the two are together, Alex is the fiery star and Scott the orbiting planet.
Also part of the mix is Hugh Bonneville, as Julian, the wacky neighbor and playful artist, and Jillian Bach as Molly, Alex's efficient but mousy assistant. Both inhabit their characters well, as does Josh Stamberg as Stephen, the office geek doomed to an unrequited longing for Alex.
The pilot script from exec producer Rob Hanning is peppered with enough funny lines so that, in the hands of Elfman and the others, the half-hour passes quickly. The overheated applause of the studio audience is merely an annoyance. Experienced sitcom director Pam Fryman brings the story to life with fluid scenes that emphasize the show's best elements.
CBS has invested in "Courting Alex" to the tune of a place in its solid Monday night comedy block and can reasonably expect healthy dividends in return.
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