HELENA FROM THE WEDDING

A newly wed couple in their late 30’s are hosting a New Year's Eve party weekend at their cottage in upstate New York when into their close knit group of friends comes Helena a pretty (and single) acquaintance which causes at least a couple of the men to make real fools of themselves.

This is one of those soul-searching angst-ridden comic dramas about yuppies having to deal with creeping middle age and all its imagined horrors as they eat, drink excessively and snort cocaine.  It’s not a new story by any long shot, and aside from the fine acting by some first rate actors, it left me feeling as cold as the snow steeped high outside the cabin.  I wasn’t falling for Helena’s charms esp. as for some totally unexplained reason she had the most ridiculous fake British accent!

★★★★