SYNOPSICS
101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) (2000) is a English movie. Jennifer B. Katz has directed this movie. Wendy Hoopes,Jayce Bartok,Rick Bean,P.J. Brown are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2000. 101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) (2000) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
101 Ways (the things a girl will do to keep her Volvo) chronicles the epic adventures of Watson (Wendy Hoopes), a struggling young writer who moves to the quiet suburbs to write her first novel. A New York City native, Watson isn't much of a driver, and her over-protective mother forces her to buy a car she can't afford - a brand new Volvo. Watson falls in love with the car, but real life quickly catches up to her in the form of the repo man when she falls behind on her monthly payments. To avoid losing her beloved wheels, Watson tries her hand at two of the oldest professions: waiting tables and phone sex. At the same time, her meddling best friend (Jamie Harrold), convinces Watson to ignite her stagnant love life by pursuing a sexually-phobic pilot (Gabriel Macht) and an aloof supermarket cashier (Glenn Fitzgerald). The result is a refreshing comedy packed with star cast performances and an overriding moral: life's long and winding road has as many speed bumps as straightaways.
101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) (2000) Reviews
Entertaining and funny - a very pleasant lighthearted romp!
Being from the area where this film was shot, it was even more entertaining for me to watch this great comedy and hear people shouting out "Look, it's Wentworth's" and the like. However, it's at the Supermarket checkout counter that this film really shines, with highly memorable scenes that had me laughing out loud. Glenn Fitzgerald plays a fine checkout clerk, and Catherine Mueller is spot on as a somewhat sulky bagger who avoids eye contact. Wendy Hoopes as the main angst-ridden gal who has left the big city in search of a better life will appeal to all younger adults who have been in a similar situation, but it's in the incidental character 'cameos' that you feel this film is special. Occasional throw-away lines show up that are absolutely hysterical and can almost pass you by so pay attention. I look forward to seeing something else soon from the same director/writer.
Fun
This is definitely one of those movies I call "entertaining"; nothing heavy or prophetic, just NICE actors with a NICE story to share with the viewer. Sit back and relax with this one. Don't make a big sacrifice to see it, and don't expect a strong comedy out of it either-just fun.
Light, witty, and (at times) refreshingly creative
If calling a film "light" and "refreshing" smacks somewhat of a soda pop commercial, it is for fairly good reason. "101 Ways" is consistently humorous, without reaching belly-aching proportions. When it ventures away from quick quips and fast puns, it never becomes offensive. In a nutshell, it is satisfying and well-worth the viewing, but not always the most substantive choice. It is, after all, a movie about a girl's quest for romance and a career -- pretty standard fodder for many romantic comedies. Without love and without a job, Watson (played very adeptly by Wendy Hoopes) must find a way to make the payments on her beloved Volvo. But "101 Ways" does turn the genre on its head, narrowing the focus of Watson's love life to a supermarket check-out clerk, and (as the title implies) keeping her material hopes limited to the Swedish import sedan. (The potentially confusing title is a reference to those pesky flyers seen all over college dorms, entitled "101 Ways to Make Love Without Having Sex." In this case, Watson seems to find that she encounters "101 Ways to Get F***ed Without Having Sex," which is pretty much the running joke of the entire movie.) It is this balance of the absurd -- blending a healthy dose of paradox in a normally predictable setting -- that gives "101 Ways" its edge. The airline captain Dirk (Gabriel Macht), who reminds us that airline captains are long overdue for a good lampooning, is an especially welcome example of this. But Connecticut suburbs, brand new Volvos, and gargantuan supermarkets can only take a movie so far before dysfunctions on a Todd Solondz-type level can push it further.
Cute movie about work and love, not exactly Citizen Kane
This movie is about a young starving artist lady who's mom buys her a Volvo, but doesn't entirely pay for it. So the lady must make money to keep the Volvo, and at the same time find love. The lady has a fun but stereotypical gay roommate, a stereotypical "dahling" rich mom, and a crush on a boring supermarket cashier (which just seems pathetic not funny). Definitely the funniest part of the movie is when the lady says "oh, what the hell" and tries a phone sex job. The job doesn't work out, but the faces she makes while trying to finish a call are definitely funny. Other parts of the movie involve police officers who help the lady after problems with the phone sex job. Eventually, she and the younger police officer hit it off on a date (sort of like Grand Canyon), but it didn't seem deeply romantic to me. Overall, the movie does a nice job of mixing the trials of life with the joys of love. Enjoyable, but not Citizen Kane.
A fresh perspective on the 'terrible twenties', sans the whining and loaded with wit and humor.
I saw this film at a screening in Detroit with my full on mid-west burb-in-laws who liked it as much as me. 101 Ways is a fresh, witty film that specifically pokes fun at suburban life while playfully depicting Watson's painful journey. The youthful humor of the film clearly trancends age and demographics. My favorite aspect of the film was the way a true variety of relationships are portrayed and how those relationships ultimately lead Watson down her road of self-discovery. (If you're open to them, it is usually the people around you that lead you to life's significant insights--ones that you might never have gotten to on your own.) Why can't all coming-of-age films be like this?