A few days ago, I was able to catch this movie entitled "Mrs. Winterbourne." It featured personalities such as Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser and Shirley MacLaine. At first, I was skeptical about the film, I wasn't sure if I would like it but to my surprise, it was quite enjoyable.
For those of you who haven't heard of this film yet, the story goes like this: Connie (Lake) has been unlucky in love. At eighteen years old, she moved in with a man who she thought loved her. After a while, she got pregnant with his child and he decided to abandon her. On a train ride to Boston, she meets Hugh Winterbourne (Fraser), who treats her with kindness by helping her escape the attendant asking for her ticket (she didn't buy a ticket for the train ride). Hugh then brings her to his room on the train where Connie meets Hugh's pregnant wife, Patricia. As Hugh leaves, Patricia and Connie bond. When Patricia's ring falls from her fingers, Connie helps her find it. As Connie finds the ring, she can't help but marvel at its beauty. Patricia notices this and tells her to put it on. Connie does this and the unthinkable happens - the train crashes. Connie wakes up at a hospital bed, surrounded by gifts. Fortunately, her baby survived and was delivered safely. Later though she realizes that they think she is Patricia Winterbourne (because she was still wearing the ring of the real Patricia Winterbourne) and the Hugh and the real Patricia Winterbourne are dead. Still confused and a little shocked, she tries to escape the hospital but then is stopped by Paco, the Winterbourne's butler. Paco says that he Winterbourne family expects her to be with them especially after the death of Hugh. With nowhere to go, she decides to use this opportunity to support her and her newborn baby. However, she didn't expect to fall for Hugh's brother, Bill (Fraser), and to develop a close relationship with Hugh and Bill's mother (MacLaine).
What made me enjoy the movie was the unique and quirky plot of the story. I especially liked how the movie started Connie with her dead beat boyfriend. In the first few scenes, they showed their relationship and how she got pregnant in the first place. I also liked how the film gradually went to the scene wherein Connie, Hugh and Patricia get into a train accident. Lastly, I kind of enjoyed the light humor put into this film, it made watching this film so easygoing and carefree.
Although this movie was enjoyable, there were some things that I didn't like about it. First, I didn't like how Bill and Connie fell in love. At first, Bill was apprehensive of Connie then after just a few scenes, he was suddenly head-over-heels in love with her, so much so, that he wanted to marry her immediately. For me, the relationship did not have any real basis and was too fast-paced for my liking. Second, I think the movie lacked more emotion. Although Shirley MacLaine and Brendan Fraser did very well acting, I did not like how their character was portrayed in the film. It had only been a few days since Hugh died and yet, Hugh's mother and Bill seemed to have gotten over it so quickly. There was no scene where, Shirley MacLaine's character was seen crying, and this should have been evident considering that MacLaine's character just lost her son. Finally, I found the conversation of Connie with her mother-in-law to be somewhat lacking. The mother-in-law's reaction seemed to be subdued and too unrealistic. Now I am not blaming any of the actors though I do say that the writers should have put more depth into the characters and story itself.
Despite this though, I would give the movie a rating of 6/10 because even though, it had inconsistencies, it was still a fun film to watch. I'd recommend watching in DVD this with a bunch of your girl friends to have a great laugh and have a fun time!
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