Shopgirl (2005)

Unfortunately I was disappointed with Shopgirl for a few reasons. This movie was mostly just creepy to watch. The chemistry between an older man and I younger woman sometimes works, but in this case there is nothing there, but maybe that was what they were going for.
The one thing I loved about this film (and it was worth watching it just for it) was that Jason Schwartzman played one of the leading men. He did not get as much screen time as I would have liked. But good ol Schwartzman was up to his lovable buffoonery that it was hard not to finish watching the movie to see what crazy hijinks he'd get himself into (special mention goes out to the scene he is caught jerking off unknowingly).
Overall, however, this movie does not add up. It tries to play with the always edge-of-your-seat love triangle, but since Schwartzman's character is oblivious to Steve Martin there's not much of a competition between them for Claire Danes' affection.
The cinematography during most of the intimate scenes were just down-right narsty. The romantic lighting and deep orchestral music made the relationship seem perverted. Neither Claire or Steve seem to be enjoying it, ich. Just talking about it makes me cringe; I'll just leave it there.
It ended off too cleaning and left a lot of questions unanswered. The premise of the film overall seemed like an interesting idea, but the execution was like a blindfolded man shooting a gun at a target. For one Steve Martin should not have been cast as the leading man. He's good at comedy, but creepy old man just makes me pity him. Clare Danes was alright in her role, but she mostly seemed uncomfortable with her environment. And of course I have no qualms with Jason Schwartzman, he's wonderful in this film (I would not have seen it without him!)