It was a typical day at the multiplex. The Movie Slut plunked down her cash for a tic to "Knight and Day," the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz product. Advertisements aired, previews played, and the movie finally made it to the screen. So far so good. And it was mildly diverting, until an uniformed AMC guy appeared mumbling something about "getting your money back."
"Weird," the Movie Slut thought, so she shuffled out to see what was amiss. Seems the film lurched ahead, skipping many scenes. Oh, yes, that means the weird transition was more than bad movie-making.
The Movie Slut exchanged her tic for another — "Toy Story 3," since the timing was right.
On this screen, the toys were in trouble, their guy was off to college and they were donated to Toy Hell. Parents of sensitive young tykes beware: There are some scary moments here. But MS thought this movie revealed more emotional truth in one frame than the entire K&D. OK, it's not fair to judge the movie based on a jumbled screening.
Back at "Knight & Day," Diaz and Cruise were still cavorting across continents. Is he a wacko covert FBI agent, or a wacko, who thinks he's a covert FBI agent?
Who cares. The movie remained only mildly diverting. A good rental.
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