I really didn't know much
about this film when I went to see it. I knew the cast and a basic idea
of the plot, but I wasn't really prepared for what was about to unravel.
This is a very serious story masked as a comedy. A woman who
is in love with a soap opera witnesses her husband get brutally
murdered. As an escape from this experience she now believes she is
part of this soap opera and is sent to L.A. to see her husband, whom
she believes is from the soap opera. Being a witness to the murder, the
killers chase after her to LA. Still being in a state of shock, she
doesn't really know the trouble she's in, she believes that her fantasy
is real. I don't want to give to much away, but it's a very well
written and original story. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock give
excellent performances, as well as Rene Zelwigger as the lead. The
theater was packed with mostly middle aged people. It's strange to see
scenes of explicit violence followed by laughter. It's odd. I thought
it was a deep psychological film with lots of funny parts, but overall
it was very serious.