MARIA – Not a fan. Not of the movie and not of famed opera star Maria Callas. Angelina Jolie delivers a good performance, but it’s not enough to save this arduous, weird film. Apparently Angelina’s real singing voice was blended with Maria’s for the desired effect. Kudos to Angie. But when the film is not displaying opera performances (which were overused), it is underscored with slow, depressing music. I’m sure this was to set the tone of Maria’s final days, but it bored the hell out of me. Some of the dialogue was muffled, silent scenes were excruciatingly long and the use of an actor to portray a drug Maria was dependent on was confusing. Perhaps this was used to symbolize her apparently frequent hallucinations, but it didn’t work. Diane and Chris both hated the film…and Chris is an expert on Maria Callas who has written his own screenplay of Maria’s life story. He also mentioned things were factually wrong in the movie. So you guessed it kids – skip it! Boyfriends – 0; Girlfriends – 0.