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Volume 130, Number 1 |
July 14, 2009 |
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UPAC serves up two good ones
Posted 03-23-2001 at 12:46PM
M. Bloomfield
Senior Reviewer
Pulp Fiction—Oh, come on. If you need me to tell you about this movie, you haven’t sufficiently recovered from your coma to leave the hospital anyhow. Quentin Tarantino’s breakout film is exciting, though a bit confusing to the newbie. Definitely counterculture, the movie has necessary elements to make a good flick: sex, drugs, violence, large hypodermic needles being stabbed into internal organs. If you have time, or you just need a break, why not see it again? Rated R for strong graphic violence and drug use, pervasive strong language, and some sexuality.
The Family Man—Nicholas Cage is good in this film. Téa Leoni is good in this film. The directing is good in this film. The film itself—not so good. It falls into the same what-if genre as It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Destiny, and Sliding Doors. However, it isn’t done nearly as well as any of those flicks, ending up as what has been described as "the feel good movie of the week." Rated PG-13 for sensuality and some language.
O Brother, Where Art Thou—You have to love the Coen Brothers. Only they could put George Clooney, John Turturro, and John Goodman into a rendition of Homer’s The Odyssey set in 1930’s rural Mississippi and get away with it. Now, there’s a lot more singing in this film than you’d probably expect, and it does have the quirkiness characteristic of all Coen brothers films. But most of us would consider that a good thing. If you give this film a shot, you’ll like it. Rated PG-13 for some violence and language. | |
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