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Definitely, Maybe a possibly
likeable Valentine's film
KATIE BRADFORD
I dislike Valentine's Day.Though its nice to havepeople tell you they loveyou, binge on chocolate andcry at sad movies, most ofthe time I resent the entirecharade. Its fabricated bycompanies like Hallmark tomake us shell out the bigbucks on useless trinkets,and we do! What use is aten foot red teddy bear that
sings It had to be You?Hollywood cashes in on
this manufactured holiday aswell, releasing sob-fests anddate movies by the bowlful,which meant last week sev-eral films were released on arare Thursday.
Definitely, Maybe wasone of these films thatbanked on couples and thelovelorn to buy into thestory of a father relivingevery great love of his life tohelp his daughter cope withher parents divorce. Writtenand directed by AdamBrooks (Bridget Jones: TheEdge of Reason), it sort of,kind of, maybe delivers.
The father is William
Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), aformer political consultantwho seems to have a knackfor falling in love and pro-posing, as well as for kissingevery woman who looks hisway. This is how you end upwith the complicated lovetriangle (or is it a square?Parallelogram?) that fuels
most of the film. Abigail
Breslin plays his daugh-ter Maya who is desperateto know which woman inthe story is her mother (asHayes changes all the namesto throw her off). The pos-sible mommies are: Emily(Elizabeth Banks), Summer(Rachel Weisz), and April(Isla Fisher). Not quite asconfusing as it sounds, butstill a little heavy on themate-swapping for me.
The film moves from agreat, refreshing comingof age story to corny lovestory, to a half heartedfather-daughter buddy com-edy. While a lot of the timethe flashback style works,it is unbalanced. I was leftfeeling fully immersed inHayes romantic history, butlacking in his relationshipwith his daughter. Whileit is obvious they are veryclose and that this little girlchanged the course of hislife, notable aspects are leftout. We never flashback toher birth, and their relation-
ship is often forgotten forhuge spans of time only toresurface randomly, throw-ing off the story rhythm.
Despite this, Breslin andReynolds are quite adorabletogether (which makes thelack of exploration into theircharacters even more dis-appointing), and Reynoldsseems to work as a lead-ing man. While the writingsuffers at times, the endingwas less predictable than Ithought, but not by much.
Some of the charactersfeel unnecessary, underde-
veloped or entirely unlikely,and this is where the moviestumbles. Luckily, it is par-tially saved by the solidacting that is provided, byFisher in particular.
One more detail I feel isoverlooked: history! If weare flashing back to the 90s,everyone should look liketheyre in the 90s. The reli-ance on old news footagefrom election campaigns isthen juxtaposed with thosewatching it, and the fashionsand hairstyles reveal them-selves as completely inac-curate. I watched over 12years pass and everyone inthe film managed to remainin fashions that are popular
today. Obviously an aesthet-ic choice (flannel shirts andshoulder pads are no longerconsidered sexy) but it hurtsthe authenticity of Hayesstory and the charactersthemselves.
The film is imperfect, butin all a rather enjoyable tripthrough memory lane.
Music festival brings thebrass to Earl of March
DANIEL REIDKOURIER-STANDARD
As February winds down in Kanata, Earlof March Secondary School will be hit-ting a crescendo as concert and jazz bands
and orchestras blast their tunes and try toimpress adjudicators during the CapitalRegion Music Festival.
Concert bands and orchestras will per-form Feb. 20 to 24 and jazz ensembles andcombos will play Feb. 29 to March 2.
Upcoming Kanata performances include: Feb. 21: Earl of March Grade 10
Concert Band, 2 p.m. Feb. 21: W. Erskine Johnston Public
School Senior Band, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22: Earl of March Grade 9 Concert
Band, 1 p.m. Feb. 22: Earl of March Senior Concert
Band, 5 p.m. Feb. 24: Stephen Leacock Public School
Grade 7 Band, 11 a.m. Feb. 24: Stephen Leacock Public School
Grade 8 Band, 1 p.m. Feb. 29: The Portrait Ensemble, 5:30
p.m. Feb. 29: Earl of March Senior Jazz,
7:30 p.m. March 1: Earl of March Junior Jazz,
3:30 p.m.The festival is also offering eight schol-
arships to young orchestra and jazz musi-cians.
Previous scholarship winners haveincluded Kanatas Lucas Haneman (gui-tar), from Earl of March Secondary School,who earned the Bill Shuttleworth MemorialScholarship in 2005.
Lindsay Davis (tuba), from W. ErskineJohnston Public School, earned the IMCMusic Camp Scholarship in 2006.
For a complete schedule of concerts andmore information, visit www.crmf.on.ca.
3 OUT OF 5 STARS
KATIE BRADFORD
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Volunteers provide assis-
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The program includesplanned social, recreationaland physical activities. Formore information, call 613-591-3686 or visit www.com-munityresourcecentre.ca.
Members of the Portrait Ensemble jazz band perform at the Kanata Chapters. The
band will be playing again at Earl of March Secondary School on Feb. 29.
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