When Harry Met Sally—The quintessential romantic comedy, it stars Meg Ryan, who is great, even if you don’t like Meg Ryan, and Billy Crystal, who is great, and who doesn’t like Billy Crystal? The film has a rather Woody Allen-esque feel to it and explores whether a man and a woman can "just be friends." Crystal ad-libs a chunk of the dialogue, and the results are terrific.
Unbreakable—M. Night Shya-malan tries very hard to recapture the magic of his breakout film, The Sixth Sense. Most of the elements are there, but somehow, this version is less compelling. Perhaps it is that Spencer Treat Clark is not—cannot be—Haley Joel Osment, the child prodigy/actor that ran away with Sense. I can’t be too critical, though, because this flick is still better than 90 percent of the drivel that Hollywood produces today.
The Devil’s Advocate—Devil’s Advocate is a really fun film about a lawyer (Keanu Reeves) who has to question where his good fortune is coming from. Al Pacino puts in an over-the-top performance as the devil that’s rivaled only by Charlize Theron’s more subdued role as Reeves’ wife. As usual, the action takes place around a slightly confused Reeves. Not a bad way to kill a Saturday night!
