Californication - Review
Aug. 10th, 2007 01:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skinscriptYesterday I found out that the first episode of Californication is available on TMN on demand. So, I figure, might as well take a look.
It's been a while since I've seen David Duchovny in anything, and the man still looks pretty good. The lead character is a writer locked in the depths of writer's block, who lost his muse when his relationship with his common-law wife ends. He also seems to be in the middle of a wonderful midlife crisis.
I really liked it. It is certainly direct and irreverant (it opens with an offer of a blowjob from a nun), and has lots of in-your-face sarcasm, along with the joy of doing exactly what you want, and saying exactly what you want.
The relationship between Duchovny and his not-wife is awesomely done; a mix of frustration and love and acceptance and bitterness that nicely played with a minimal edge. They seem like genuinely interesting people.
I think it is worth catching, not necessarily worth planning your week around.
It's been a while since I've seen David Duchovny in anything, and the man still looks pretty good. The lead character is a writer locked in the depths of writer's block, who lost his muse when his relationship with his common-law wife ends. He also seems to be in the middle of a wonderful midlife crisis.
I really liked it. It is certainly direct and irreverant (it opens with an offer of a blowjob from a nun), and has lots of in-your-face sarcasm, along with the joy of doing exactly what you want, and saying exactly what you want.
The relationship between Duchovny and his not-wife is awesomely done; a mix of frustration and love and acceptance and bitterness that nicely played with a minimal edge. They seem like genuinely interesting people.
I think it is worth catching, not necessarily worth planning your week around.
