Juliet, Naked

Director Jesse Peretz’ Juliet, Naked is a fun romp about Duncan, an English blogger (Chris O’Dowd), who has been boring his girlfriend Annie (Rose Byrne) for 15 years with his inordinate passion for an American rock star Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), who’s been missing for the past 25 years.

O’Dowd’s passion puts the audience in a chuckling mood until the fun really starts, when Annie writes an online rebuttal to a recent lauding of Crowe and is contacted by the former star, himself.  Unbeknownst to Duncan, she and Crowe soon become intimate writing buddies and he ends up coming to England for a visit.

Screenwriters Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor and Tamara Jenkins have written a humorous and fast-moving script that allows for a very amusing time at the movies.

I give Juliet, Naked a 4.2 out of 5.