Saturday January 01, 2005 
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Holes in the Water
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Non Sequitur
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Saturday January 01, 2005
I admit it. I have a soft spot for sappy love stories with happy endings. I'm just a sappy, happy kinda guy, I guess. Still, this movie could have gone so wrong. From a plot that sounds a lot like Groundhog Day (which I found incredibly annoying), to Drew "Charlie's Angels" Barrymore, Adam "Anger Management" Sandler, and Rob (okay, I loved The Hot Chick -- so sue me!) Schneider, I was not expecting anything I'd remember the morning after. Much less, fondly. Instead, all of the actors -- and the film itself -- showed a lot of heart. The thing under-promises and, in my book, really over-delivers. Roger Ebert liked it for all the right reasons. Unlike him, I much prefer it to Groundhog Day. You want to see a great Bill Murray film, get Lost. (2005-01-01 19:09:10.0) Permalink Comments [1]
Good suspense flick, with great performances from Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, and Meryl Streep as the "Mother Knows Best" from hell. I think Michael Moore should buy the rights, change "Manchurian Global" to "Haliburton", and re-release as a documentary. Except their guy is already the VP. Hmmm... (2005-01-01 13:15:00.0) Permalink Comments [0]
I actually liked this (slightly) more than 2000's Meet the Parents -- it was a little less Farrelly-brothers-ish, and thus, less painful to watch. With the exception of Ben Stiller's truth serum-induced remarks at the Focker Family engagement party. Oy. Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand were delightfully over the top as Ben (Gaylord Myron "Greg" Focker) Stiller's over-stimulated parents; Stiller, Robert De Niro, and Blythe Danner were about what you'd expect. Teri Polo looked unexpectedly worn and haggard. (I guess that's what she gets for hanging out with this lot.) There were a couple of lines that initially struck me as keepers -- but just over 24 hours later, I can't remember what they were. Contrast that with Napoleon Dynamite: I watched it better than a week ago, and it's still cracking me up. That's the difference between a great movie and a 9th place ribbon. (You have to have seen it...) With that in mind, I'm going to do something I don't usually do -- and revise N.D. up from three stars to four, for getting better with age. (2005-01-01 13:12:10.0) Permalink Comments [0] Check the archives for entries dating back to the dawn of recorded history (June 14, 2004). |
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