WOO (1998)
Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0) ******************************** Key to rating system: 2.0 stars - Debatable 2.5 stars - Some people may like it 3.0 stars - I liked it 3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie 4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact personally or it stood out ********************************* A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: Daisy V.S. Mayer
Written by: David C. Johnson
Ingredients: Nerdy law clerk, wild dream girl, night on the town
Starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson
Synopsis: A party-loving hot babe named Woo (Jada Pinkett Smith) finds out from her astrologer that she is fated to fall in love with a Virgo. Her friends fix her up on a blind date with an unexciting law clerk named Tim, but Tim turns out to be a Virgo, so Woo consents.
The rest of the movie portrays what happens during their night on the town. The two don't get along because Woo feels that Tim is boring and uptight, and Tim is upset about his car getting stolen, and getting punched out at a club. Woo also doesn't like the fact that Tim's macho buddies make fun of him.
Will they stick with each other despite a trying night?
Opinion: WOO portrays the main couple as being totally incompatible but for a dubious astrological connection. However, the chemistry's okay between Jada Pinkett Smith and Tommy Davidson.
Will Tim lighten up? Will Woo accept Tim? Will they temporarily break up and then starting reminiscing about the good things they saw in each other? You already know the answer. The slapstick is entertaining (restaurants and cars get busted up, people dressed in yellow chicken suits) but the film is unremarkable in that it feels like we've seen these stretches of drama and slapstick before.
Reviewed by David Sunga May 10, 1998
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