The Pretty One

When I watched Let's Be Cops, I realized just how

much I totally love Jake Johnson, so in keeping with him as a theme, I wanted to watch some of his other movies. It turns out I've already seen most of them, but he is in quite a few indie films, which are awesome. I watched The Pretty One and I have got to say, it was the best movie I've seen to date, for many more reasons than just the stellar script. 

Laurel is a girl in her early twenties, still lives with her dad and his fiancee, doesn't have any friends, and is not over her mother's death. Her identical twin sister, Audrey, is the exact opposite, popular, outgoing, and a successful real estate agent. Audrey comes home for their birthday and they both get into a horrible car accident and Audrey dies. Laurel doesn't remember who she is, and everyone thinks she's Audrey, so when she finally remembers, she just goes with it and decides to become Audrey. She moves into Audrey's house and quickly befriend her tenant, Basel (Jake Johnson), who Audrey was very mean to. They fall in love and it's basically the cutest relationship I've ever seen, better than Johnny Castle and Baby, but when he proposes, she tells the truth and he leaves. She goes back home and tells everyone, they have another funeral, the right funeral, and she becomes Laurel again. She decides to still live in Audrey's house and tries to win Basel back. Of course, since they're in actual , honest to God love, he forgives her and my life was completed. 

Not only was my favorite actor the lead man in 

this movie, but the actress who played Laurel/Audrey (Zoe Kazan) is completely one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen, in my sense of beauty. I will be watching more of her filmography. I think the reason I liked this movie so much was that I really saw a lot of myself in Laurel. I think it was mostly the fact that she didn't interact with people very well at first and also how everyone thinks she's a total oddball but no one even knows her. This movie was a comedy drama, my favorite genre, and there were some pretty good lines and scenes. Overall, it was a weird, quirky film, and  I LOVED it.