Movie Notes: You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) divorces Helena (Gemma Jones) while their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) faces her own marital problems with writer Roy (John Brolin). Hilarity ensues.

Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) divorces Helena (Gemma Jones) while their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) faces her own marital problems with writer Roy (John Brolin). Hilarity ensues.

This British trifle was released in the UK as Plots With A View, and would be rather disappointing in the theater, but as a rental it’s just about right. There’s enough humor and silliness but not so much that when I got up to find another snack, I was in danger of missing much.

This is a David Lynch film, so know what you’re getting into. It has a dusky, morose mood combined with a strange fever-feeling I had as a kid, lying in bed and feeling like body parts are shrinking while everything in the room is alternately too big or too large.