There is Sandra Bullock playing the role of Loretta Sage, who is a bestselling romantic novelist who has been holed up in her house for five years and she still mourns her beloved husband who was an archaeologist. Her publisher, Beth (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), insists on her getting out of hiding to embark on a book tour. Loretta hates being in public eye especially when Alan (Channing Tatum) comes to sign autographs as Dash, the chiseled male model that features on the covers of her books.
It turned out to be every bit as horrible as Loretta had expected. He tries hard to be impressive but always appears foolish at best. “I think it was wrong when I said that I wanted you to take me somewhere special,” says Alan (Daniel Radcliffe), who kidnaps Loretta from him when he’s mad about another guy at the first time meeting his parents. While fleeing, he hires Brad Pitt, a professional soldier, so that he can go along with them and prove his loyalty towards Lisa or any other woman as where he wants to go.
Sandra Bullock’s presence brings sanity to this film while Channing Tatum lightens it up with occasional silliness. In grief for five years Loretta cannot believe what she is going through; hence she keeps becoming more frustrated by Alan’s epic failures which only appear like Dash’s ones but never are real hero actings like Dash did. For crying out loud Alan is just a sweet innocent boy tired of being made fun of because he models without a shirt! Now Loretta has come alive and blossomed thanks to his selflessness and belief; she just needed someone like him around.
Brad Pitt nearly steals the show from everyone except some minor issues involving time allocation policy since almost everything else revolves around him offering guidance and support throughout whatever course they may have chosen upon — one could see this by considering when he first appeared onscreen before disappearing, just like Dash does; i.e., within few minutes of his initial appearance. Channing Tatum is in the mode of his usual pretty boy savior character but plays Alan with a lot more clumsiness than usual. Also, Daniel Radcliffe is very funny as the bad guy; it’s a role no one would expect from those who know him best for Harry Potter. This makes Radcliffe feel like a romantic comedy version of a James Bond villain gone wrong.
The Lost City doesn’t try to be anything more than what it is- an escape. It’s very slapstick comedy and will find its audience among people who enjoy the genre. The author mostly relied on physical humor to move the story along through the ensemble cast who were often tripping over themselves or bumping into things. Loretta wore that purple, sequined jump suit all over town as an easy source of laughs – I thought these were fun scenes where cast members could improvise but maybe some people may have seen them as silly.
The Lost City means leave your brain at home. The film reminded me of Romancing The Stone from 80s starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. Light-hearted, airy and smiley are three words that might describe this movie well enough though many others can be found too depending on individual preferences towards certain genres or specific works within them; however, there is no way anyone would go out feeling angry because after watching this they should do exactly what was required during such difficult periods in everyone’s life such times requires entertainment of sorts.
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