Sometimes when I travel to South Africa for business, I pick the worst movies to see while I'm there. With Semi-Soet, I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, you've probably seen much of it before and American audiences of Sandra Bullock's "the Proposal" will be picking apart the similarities, but all in all in had its own brand of charm that was quite refreshing.
What was especially fun about the lead characters is that while they both had an agenda, neither was so self-absorbed that you felt a distaste for them along the way. Too often movies try to make characters interesting by making them selfish so that by the end, you really don't care what happens next. In Semi-Soet, I was glad to keep watching them and had no problem keeping up.
Very clever of the movie makers to set part of the movie in South Africa's wine country, a great advert for tourists but it was nothing that was distracting in any way. The beautiful scenery was just what was needed to give the audience a breath of fresh air. All in all, not a bad afternoon at the cinema and a something I hope to see more of from SA filmmakers.
What was especially fun about the lead characters is that while they both had an agenda, neither was so self-absorbed that you felt a distaste for them along the way. Too often movies try to make characters interesting by making them selfish so that by the end, you really don't care what happens next. In Semi-Soet, I was glad to keep watching them and had no problem keeping up.
Very clever of the movie makers to set part of the movie in South Africa's wine country, a great advert for tourists but it was nothing that was distracting in any way. The beautiful scenery was just what was needed to give the audience a breath of fresh air. All in all, not a bad afternoon at the cinema and a something I hope to see more of from SA filmmakers.