A formulaic flick can work.heck, just look at Disney's "The Blind Side," a formulaic and predictable flick that has warmed the hearts of much of America and garnered Sandra Bullock a Golden Globe nomination. Oh, and in case you're wondering, the bad guys always lose in this kind of flick.ĭon't get me wrong. Suffice it to say that there will be conflict, there will be efforts at reconciliation and, yes, there will be reunification. If you have any doubt where this is going, then in all likelihood you find yourself watching no more than three to four movies a year. When the two witness the murder of one of Meryl's real estate clients, they are (of course!) immediately whisked off into a witness relocation program and relocated to, you guessed it, Wyoming, under the watchful of Ray, Wyoming's seemingly old West sheriff and his gun-totin' wife. Paul and Meryl are a New York couple whose marriage is falling apart, mostly the result of Paul's affair.
Behind the delightful performances of Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen as a Wyoming sheriff and his deputy/wife dedicated to protecting Meryl and Paul, however, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" is actually a semi-watchable, occasionally interesting film that still falls short of writer/director Marc Lawrence's last flick, "Music and Lyrics." Were I to rate "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" solely on the basis of its two lead characters, New York's leading boutique realtor Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) and lawyer Paul (Hugh Grant), it would be a resounding and overwhelming 1-star debacle. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" is one of those films where you, quite literally, know virtually everything that will happen by watching the trailer. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" is one of those films where the secondary stories are actually more interesting than the main story and, in fact, in two of the secondary plots the characters involved actually do have an iota of chemistry. It justifies the rather horrid title, ya know. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" absolutely has to use the line "Did you hear about the Morgans?" at least once in the script. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" is one of THOSE flicks.
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