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director: lars oon trier
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| Mean-spirited and misanthropic to a fault, Lars von Trier's bastardization of "Our Town" wants desperately to provoke its audience--which it does about as elegantly as a frat boy whose had too many vodka red bulls. Von Trier's interminable desecration of an insanely beautiful Nicole Kidman should just be skipped. |
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reviewed by: Stu |
April 2004 [link] |
recommend 1 thumbs up
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dancer in the dark
director: lars von trier
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| I think people are either going to love or hate this film, I fall into the former category. This is a beautiful and harrowing tale of innocence and sacrifice in a horrible world, Bjork is pretty great in her first film role and her musical numbers are amazing (the one with the train comes to mind); those who are susceptible to motion sickness beware…lots of handheld digital camera action going on here. |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
October 2000 [link] |
recommend
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chocolat
director: lasse hallstrom
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A mysterious woman and her daughter blow into a town
(populated with stock characters) and turn things on their
proverbial ear through the sensuality of chocolate. Always
predictable, never offensive (the cast is great), this is a light
little film that made me want to watch Big Night again. |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
February 2001 [link] |
recommend
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cider house rules, the
director: lasse hallstrom
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| Once again, books and; films are apples and oranges; every once in awhile something crosses over but those moments are far and few between. Tobey Maguire's performance is the high point of this innocuous film (who ever thought a film with such plot points as abortion, incest, and infidelity could ever be labeled innocuous), there's nothing especially exciting about this film but it is diverting for a couple of hours. |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
July 2000 [link] |
recommend
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the holy girl
director: lucretia martel
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| This film about a young Catholic girl coming of age in Argentina and her middle aged male object/leerer should have been great, but it wasn't. While the lead performances were good, it really dragged and I fell asleep. |
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reviewed by: robin |
June 2005 [link] |
recommend
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together
director: lukas moody-son
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| Interesting character movie about a commune's sudden deterioration from within. While sad and heartfelt this film made me feel pretty good, not that I am going to run out and join a commune now. |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
October 2001 [link] |
recommend
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lilja 4-ever
director: lukas moodysson
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| Magnificently acted and brilliantly shot film about likeable teenage girl in post-Soviet Russian slums who is abandoned by her mother and tricked into going to Sweden for a better life. Stretches the limits of how much a human being can withstand and explores how one can survive in desperate times. |
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reviewed by: robin |
May 2003 [link] |
recommend 2 thumbs up
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