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A very light but very enjoyable cinem at
ic bauble, with Renée Zellweger and Ewan
McGregor as the Doris Day and Rock Hud
son characters from such ’60s fluff as Pillow
Talk. T h e filmmakers have taken great pains
to re-create the perfect plastic-fantastic set
tings in which to play out the familiar,
innuendo-laden scenario. See it, just be sure
to brush your teeth afterward.
— Christopher M cQuain
Christopher Guest
(Waiting for G uff -
T he first Matrix was revolutionary in its spe
cial effects and fairly self-contained as a story. A
knowledge o f the first film is essential to
Reloaded, which is full of sound and fury signify
ing. . .something. The film is essentially filled
with cool FX sequences followed by quasi-
philosophical doublespeak infodump, repeated
and repeated until the cliffhanger ending.
Effects are nice— sometimes even thrilling—
though nothing revolutionary. But the theoreti
cal rhetoric will likely have many audience
members uttering a Keanu Reeves-esque “Huh?”
A M ighty W ind
T his folk music spoof from writer/director
V ideo Lounge
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A ll four, particularly the feminist Evelyn, are
com plete stereotypes; still, the confusing and
constant feeling o f dread works perfectly, and
the shocking (if abrupt) ending will keep you
awake nights.
— LB
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Although it occasionally dips into un
expected schmaltz, this new film from Chinese
writer/director C hen Kaige (Farewell My C on'
cubine) is a lovely story about a small-village
father who takes his son to Beijing to foster his
amazing, inborn talent for the violin. Colorful
characters, bustling scenery and surreally shot
background narrative carry along the
sometimes tired theme o f dreams not
always being worth the cost.
— LB
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Writer/director Peter So llett’s charming indie
tells the story of a hom y teen-ager from the
Lower East Side (V ictor Rasuk) pursuing an
independent girl (Judy M arte) while enduring
' e rants o f his conservative grandmother
im the Dom inican Republic (Altagracia
uzman). W ell acted, touching and un- •
:arably realistic.
Writer/director N eil LaBute’s (In the
ompany o f M en) adaptation o f this inter-
ting off-Broadway play is a bit rough— as
’idenced by long, rather awkward takes—
it the four young actors reprise their stage
les beautifully. Nerdy college student
dam (Paul Rudd) falls in love with edgy
t m ajor Evelyn (R achel Weisz) and
:gins to change in ways that disturb his
ends (G retch en M ol and Fred W eller).
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dud, bottom of the bag
— Andy Mangels
F inding N emo
Lame-ass Disney should get on its knees
and thank the heavens it owns Pixar. O nce
again, the animation studio outdoes itself
with its newest full-length
feature about a clown fish
dad (voiced by Albert
Brooks, pretty much playing
himself) whose only son is
whisked away in a zip-lock
bag by a human diver. W ith
the aid of his new fish friend,
Dory (voiced by Ellen
DeGeneres, pretty much
playing herself)» normally
skittish Dad faces sharks,
whales and deadly jellyfish to
find his offspring. Adults will
have even more fun at this
remarkably astute movie
than the kiddies.
man, Best in Show)
misses a ripe
opportunity for
satire, especially in
light of the country’s
recent resurgence of
peaceniks. A t least Jennifer Coolidge
and Fred Willard keep things interesting, stealing
every scene they’re in.
—Jim Radosta
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