What a great first attempt by Sean Penn. Viggo Mortensen and David Morse are wonderful (perfectly cast) as the brothers and their acting is so good you really feel the characters. These two, at...
It was as if Sean Penn watched "Blue Velvet", tried to be David Lynch and failed miserably. I can't believe people rated this dog positively. Watch "Blue Velvet" and "Wild At Heart" and then...
this movie was totally boring. I think Sean Penn should stick with acting or Direct a movie worth seeing. Viggo mortesen did a very well job on his role as frankie but thats it, the movie was...
If your idea of becoming a Christian is to be dunked in the baptismal waters, you might enjoy this movie. Otherwise, stay away from it. The main female character has a very rotten attitude, and her...
This is a good coming of age movie. David Arnott did a great job portraying a kid trapped in a difficult living situation with a mom who's stripping for money and a dad who's divorced from his mom...
Hawn is a single mother trying to raise her 12-year-old son by bartending, waitressing, and stripping in a small coastal Florida town in the summer of 1969 (there are various mentions of the...
A 'coming of age' movie of sorts, this particular feature is a tad slow for my general taste. However, David Arnott is so incredibly gorgeuos, I find myself watching this one again and again. A...
What a great movie. Lena Headey does a marvelous job and really shows her fine acting skills. The story is compelling and gutsy in its raw, stirring, emotional journey. Great writing, great...
Could have been a hidden treasure, but not nearly serious enough; a "C-"
This is one of the more disappointing movies I've seen in recent years. I was expecting an intense and/or intimate study of the relationship between these two characters but there is just too much...
Sometimes, plays flop for a reason. Edward Albee's "All Over" appeared on Broadway for two nights in 1971 before it was rightly cancelled; the season's biggest failure.
Albee's 1971 meditation on death is a challenging work. It takes a delicate balance to bring the poetry of the text to life and to enrich the characters on stage without getting lost in the static...
And so does this piece of pretentious trash! Half-hearted plodding thru a directionless plot by has-beens and wannabe's. The music (what music?) was just as mindless. This movie had so much...
I can't resist a movie with Catherine Deneuve - now I may be able to. A boring little tale of the spiraling sickness of an aged parent, unfeeling self-absorbed family, doomed, passionless marriage...
the movie as a story was good and effictive, but the dirctor was too weak. By the way i give Kyra the best acting I recommed this movie to "surf" more than watch.
In Personal Velocity, we encounter three women: Delia, Greta, and Paula. Delia is a middle-of-the-pack woman who's recently left her abusive husband, relocated far from his violent subjugation, and...
good performances; not the most interesting stories
Rebecca Miller spins three tales of woman who decide to take their lives into their own hands. In brief vignettes featuring three contemporary actresses (Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey and Fairuza...
In the "Great Blunders in History" category, Samuel Goldwyn stands right up there with Neville Chamberlin and Wylie Coyote. Afterall Guys & Dolls has to rank among the top five great American...
Yes Marlon Brando can sing - or at least carry a tune. This is the fun story of a bad bet gone good. Some of the songs are forgettable, but most musicals have some forgettable songs. The...
I was attracted to this movie since I read "Range of Motion" by Elizabeth Berg. Watching Rebecca DeMornay (proving to be a great actress in this one) in this movie version lived up to the...
Beautifully shot and directed romance with a beautiful heroine. Emmanuelle Beart. Slow paced, graceful, and scenic. This movie is truly a work of art but a great movie no. Dialogue is vapid, trying...
Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the case of the film "Les Destinees," the beginning is in 1900, and the end arrives three decades later. In the middle is the meat of this...
Movie is set in Turin, Italy in the post-war poverty era of the 50's and 60's. Two Sicilian brothers immigrate to Turin - the elder is illiterate and the younger with promise to become a teacher...
I knew this Billy Crudop after having seen him in Charlotte Grey. It's remarkable in Julian's role. After that I found his other recent films such as Grind etc. He is perfect and has much...
The movie's more like 2 and a half but I gave it the benefit of being rounded up. The movie is about a drifter who has an affair with his brother's neglected wife. The plot's been done before but...
Isabelle Huppert is the Best Reason to see this film.
Though it is one of her lesser films, the best reason to see this film is Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher (Unrated Edition); La Ceremonie). Although her role as a conventional mother in this...
"Comedy of Innocence" is a psychological thriller released in 2003. Thought many scenes are weak, especially the last half, there are some entertaining scenes. The plot idea is unique, which...
When you get Scott Bradfield adapting his own underrated novel for the screen and put Deborah Kara Unger (Crash) in the lead role, good things are to...
Eric Lloyd Gives a Performance That Will Win Your Heart!
Scott Bradfield's novel of the same name receives a senstive and winning screen adaptation. Although this movie did not get much attention when it first appeared, you will greatly enjoy seeing it...
Another overwrought French film which suggests to the viewer that life stinks, especially for the working class, for whom, apparently, there is no joy or beauty. So you might as well kill yourself...
A beautiful, engrossing film which may be a masterpiece
Leonard Maltin gives this film 2.5 stars and says inter alia "......those who like gritty human drama will probably find this a satisfactory way to spend a couple of hours". This to me is such...
You won't leave a viewing of this film dancing in the streets and praising French Socialism. Robert Guediguian is brutally frank about the French. These people despise Americans. Are you...
O Testamento is a beautifully shot movie that shows the amazing geography of Cabo Verde but that is the movie's only redeamig quality. The extremely sexist script is slow to the point of being...
I half expected this to be an "Indian movie", Bollywood without the singing. It's not. It's a well-written romance/comedy/drama that just happens to be about a particular set of people with their...
It had alot of promise but it falls flat on it's face in every way. plot idea - good acting - bad plot/script - BAD If you really want to watch this movie, rent it. But I...
This is a beautiful, poetic masterpiece about a lonely, isolated boy living in rural Scotland. Despite the fact that his surrounding are as bleak as they come (he lives in a Scottish "ghetto", and...
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