Maybe only Richard Dreyfuss would be a worse choice for the rich, cool, older, Don Juan type character. Is this seriously how Steve Martin sees himself? Is this his fantasy? He seems like a creep to me. If some old cougar who I did not know randomly mailed me some weird gift, I'd call the cops instead of going on a date. Ah, who am I kidding. I've never called the cops once in my life because fuck them and I would totally bone some creepy old lady in a heartbeat.

The sequel to Rushmore

An elegant enough distraction that will keep you interested for its scant running time. But at to point during the movie do you feel it's anything but slight.

Steve Martin goes a little against type playing a black man named Martin Steve.

Some of Claire Dane's best work. Jason Schwartzman playing the Jason Schwartzman role.

(spoiler) A finely shot non-exploitative 3-way reminds you of the way Billy Wilder used to shoot 3-ways.

One of those movies you watch once and then forget about so that when you get interrogated it doesn't matter if they attach electrodes to your nipples you won't give up the plot.

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Claire Danes is the main reason to watch this. She turns in a very likeable performance as Mirabelle Butterfield, a “shopgirl” from Vermont who works at Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles and dabbles in art in her one-bedroom walk-up apartment. She meets Jeremy, a rather clueless art wannabe, at a laundromat. Out of loneliness, they get it on one night, but then an older man, Ray Porter (Steve Martin), steps in and sweeps her into his world of wealth, travel, and loveless sex. She falls for him; he avoids falling for her. Jeremy hits the road with a group of rock musicians. It progresses from there.

For those who think of Steve Martin mainly as a comic actor, this is a pleasant departure, based upon a novella he wrote. Don’t wait for him to do something funny. It never happens. Worth watching, even if it will never make anyone’s A-list.

Shopgirl felt like a very confused and extremely irritating movie. Every frame has this weird hue over it that made it frustrating to watch on just a physical level, but even more frustrating were the characters themselves. Claire Danes plays a pleasant, well-intentioned and adorable young woman (SHE HAS GLASSES HOW CUTE!) who for some reason ends up dating two of the most unlikable characters ever put on screen portrayed by Steve Martin and especially Jason Schwartzman. I spent the whole movie wanting to punch these two guys and tell this girl that she doesn't deserve to be treated like shit just because the movie she's in loves making the case that everyone in L.A. is a total scumbag (even the women) unless they're from Vermont.

Not enough Mark Kozelek.

I honestly think I would have enjoyed this a lot more if this was just Claire Danes being charming and Jason Schwartzman on tour with the band. Every time Steve Martin showed up, the film just ground to a halt. Also no chemistry between him and Claire.

:Ray, why don't you love me? Are you just biding your time withme?
: I thought you understood.

Well the story is good. But what the hell is wrong with that actress in a leading role? Someone said a good line from a book and she is flattered? Personally i hate this films where women are shown as a kind of "THING" man uses for "SEX". I mean i don't live in western countries, but do they really take sex as kind of a game? I played the game with whoever i like and then just leave him/her? That's exactly what's wrong with the main actress. Maybe these reasons makes me love NOCE BLANCHE and LOST IN TRANSLATION more and more.

I liked this a lot when it came out.  Hadn’t seen it since... it is pretty cringe at times.  

Men making movies about how women operate emotionally.  What’s to be icky?

That said, it has some charming and funny moments here and there.

I love this movie so much. def gonna watch it again and again and again.

sullen girl movie. why is life so weird and complicated??? lemme write a better review later

update: old guys suck but at least he paid off her loans

“I did love you.” 😭
One of my favorites from high school that, despite its endless cheese, still manages to break my heart. The older I get the more tragic I find this story. I honestly wish they had cast someone other than Steve Martin in this role, but he’s serviceable. Claire Danes is perfection in this one. I want her to star in more movies again! Come back Claire we miss you!!!

I love Claire Danes. I like Steve Martin. I love Jason Schwartzman. I even like sappy romance films.

I hate this film.

All of the performances are unconvincing, the script is dumb, and the film feels incredibly forced and artificial. Avoid it.

Bizarre. Listed as a rom com but it more or a dram com.  Steve Martin wasn’t funny or lovable and it wasn’t for me.

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Um filme muito indeciso, sem rumo mesmo. É meloso mas não é doce, é fofo mas não é charmoso, é sexual mas não é erótico. Não tem o brilho de uma comédia romântica e nem a tristeza de um drama.

Steve Martin, famous funnyman and national treasure, wrote a role for himself where he’s a rich older man who is horny for a depressed and vulnerable woman in her 20s. Nothing against him. He’s wonderful. I simply wish he had not written this book and then starred in this adaptation. If I could wish away the entire Shopgirl period in Martin’s life, I would.

absolutely bizarre and uneven film. it feels like such a blatant attempt to capitalize on the success of lost in translation but the score is closer to requiem for a dream. the story itself seems like a creepy old man’s fantasy, the characters feel so far from human that this honestly gave me The Room vibes. baffling movie.