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A beleaguered environmentalist (Jason
Schwartzman) seeks the aid of an “existen
tial detective” couple (Lily Tomlin and
Dustin Hoffman) when he’s usurped by a
corporate hack (Jude Law) representing the
allegedly philanthropic interests of the Wal-
Mart-like Huckabees chain. It’s corporations
vs. human beings and positive vs. negative
metaphysics, which sounds like a recipe for
heavy-handedness, but writer/director David
O. Russell (Flirting with Disaster) has created
a charming, insinuating political/philosophi-
cal comedy that, by the end, reaches a peak
of poignant subtlety.
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A wannabe film director (M atthew Brod
erick) thinks his dream has come true when
an FBI agent posing as a Hollywood hotshot
(Alec Baldwin) offers to produce his script.
It’s nothing more than a complicated ploy to
ensnare a Mafioso, but movie fever has its
way of infecting even the most businesslike
bureaucrats. The comedy is more situational
than satirical— it’s much less a glimpse into
the dark heart of Hollywood hierarchy than
a wry observation of its characters’ foibles—
but, as fluff, it works.
—CM
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After the death of a creepy brother who
stalks her with a video camera, Terri Hetcher
(Hilary Duff) heads to a prestigious music
conservatory with her blond bangs and
dynamo singing voice in tow. Like in all
underdog movies, Terri must overcome
treacherous obstacles (a stifling father, super-
bitchy classmates) before she blossoms into a
megatalent. A must for Duff fans, but others
may find themselves recoiling from the
young star’s persistent pluckiness.
— Stephen Blair
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If you find the real world scary enough
and need a good chuckle, then you might
wanna check out this laughable thriller star
ring low-rent superstars Cary Elwes, Danny
Glover and Monica Potter. The plot is too
ridiculous to detail here, but it basically
involves one of those villains who concocts
ironic torture games and leaves behind
riddle-riddled clues. Funny, hut 1 feel like I
Saw this film already.
—Jim Radas ta
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In this Ail About Eve for the 1600s, the
ban on women in the theater has been
relaxed, and a man famous for playing
women (Billy Crudup) is usurped by his serv
ant (Claire Danes), who becomes a promi
nent, pioneering woman who plays women.
i Danes and Crudup have an explicit erotic
interplay, but so do Crudup and devilishly
handsome Ben Chaplin, who plays an aristo
cratic theater patron. The film’s tone is mostly
zippy and Wildean; it’s funny, fast-paced, slight
ly frivolous, sexually adventurous and ultimate
ly rather smart.
— CM
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South Park masterminds Trey Parker and
M att Stone have outdone themselves in this
sharp spoof of action-adventure clichés and the
war on terrorism. Queers with a sense of humor
will appreciate the film’s mockery of Holly
wood liberals in the Film Actors Guild, or
F.A.G., as well as the lengths (ahem) that our
hero, Gary, will take to rid the planet of bad
guys. O h, and did I m ention it’s all done with
marionettes?
—JR
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In Mike Leigh’s latest, set in postwar Lon
don, Imelda Staunton plays a wife, mother and
housecleaner with an endless capacity for help
ing those in need, a generosity that extends to
performing then-illegal abortions for young
women too poor or frightened to go elsewhere.
Not a single quietly devastating detail is spared
in depicting Vera’s wrenching downfall. Leigh’s
gracefully confident, matter-of-fact style evades
mawkishness and showcases some exceedingly ‘
fine performances.
—CM
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A brilliant documentary about a group of
activists whose M.O. is to impersonate World
Trade Organization representatives and other
crooked businesspeople for the purpose of mak
ing the word a kinder, gentler place. Also in
their repertoire: switching the voice boxes of
Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls. (Imagine children
all over town getting G.I. Joes that
exclaim, “I love shopping with you!”)
You’ll fall off your seat laughing.
— J.B. Rabin