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Danish director Lars von Trier’s follow-up
to Dancer in the Dark is also a contemplation
of the horrors experienced by a woman
(Nicole Kidman) at the hands of moralistic,
hypocritical residents of a small American
town. This time, however, he’s lowered the
depressive-martyrdom factor and upped the
ambiguity by leading everything to an un
expected, disturbingly gratifying conclusion.
— Christopher M cQuain
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Take 10 parts Shrek, fold in five parts Cin
derella and Clueless. Mix well, then separate
animation, leaving live action and CG I spe
cial effects. Sprinkle in supporting roles from
vets of Monty Python (Eric Idle) and
Absolutely Fabulous (Joanna Lumley). Serve
with zero advertising. Why Miramax buried
this lighthearted and often funny film is a
mystery, but those fond of fairy tales will
want to give Ella a proper viewing.
— Andy Mangels
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former Mormon C . Jay C o x actually seems
to have much to say about the extreme con
flicts within gays who want to love their reli
gion as much as their hunky neighbors.
Instead, it’s rushed and trivialized, despite
commendable efforts from leading men
Steve Sandvoss and Wes Ramsey.
—LB
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This throwback to ’80s films of yore where
teen-age outcasts are pit against the beautiful
people (in this case an unforgettable trio of
snobbalicious girls known as “The Plastics”) is
mostly deftly handled by writer Tina Fey, who
riddles the film with her past and present Sat
urday Night Live co-work -
ers (most notably the
hilarious Tim Meadows as
a daffy high school prin
cipal). But, like many an
SN L skit, the darkly
comic fish-out-of-water
plot, about a home-
schooled girl (Lindsay
Lohan) falling prey to
public school society, fal
ters and whines before
petering out.
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In another testament to how brilliantly
world cinema outside the United States
handles stones centered around children,
this new movie from celebrated Italian
director Gabriele Salvatores about a 10-
year-old hoy (Giuseppe Crustuabi) who dis
covers a child being held captive in a large
hole in the ground presents a simple story
mired in layers of complexity and ambiguous
emotions. Don’t miss what is surely this
year’s best cinematography, and possibly best
film, on the big screen.
— Lisa Bradshaw
L a t t e r D ays
It’s too bad this indie flick about a clos
eted gay Mormon missionary falling in
love and lust with his out-and-proud new
neighbor is badly written and a directorial
mess, because first-time filmmaker and
Those who felt the
Batman films were too subtle in their homo-
eroticism will welcome The Punisher. Marvel
Comics’ gun-toting antihero is played by Tom
Jane and his abs, which get enough close-ups
to warrant their own screen credit. The slim
plot also features torture and fights that look
like they were choreographed by Colt Studios.
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British writer/director David Mackenzie
has found a perfectly skilled cast to breathe
color into the subtleties of his vision of a
morally gray landscape. Ewan McGregor, who
just keeps getting better, is a drifter who
knows more about a body found floating in
a canal than he cares to admit and can’t
keep in check his passion for his boss’s
wife, played by Tilda Swinton, who
leavens the brew with her
sweaty, Jarmanesque queer
enlightenment.
—Kobe Kemple
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