Johnny Depp looks great in this film. Since you know the ending, it is just a matter of how they interpret the story. Enjoyable enough.
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
This film was listed as a comedy in the summary. Only problem, it wasn’t funny. It was actually sort of sad watching this dysfunctional group of 20-somethings risk friendships for a one night stand, fall hopelessly in love with people that couldn’t care less about them, and believe anything the boy with a pretty smile says.
The dialogue was stilted. The characters cookie cutter. The situations typical. The film, not interesting. The cast does consist of a whole bunch of people you see a lot now, but here they are so young.
Four unstable twenty-something women search for long-term relationships in 1990s Los Angeles.
Strippers? Really? The women in this film just HAD to be strippers? See, these women could have been anything that dealt on some level with the public. ANYTHING. Instead, Scott Caan who wrote, directed and co-starred as the guy that gets all the women, insisted they be strippers. This was some of the worst writing I had ever seen for female characters since the 1950s. And I can honestly say I would rather have seen more Ribisi flesh than Caan flesh. That man could barely keep his shirt on.
The dog was adorable, the ending was sweet, and, of course, the stripper had a heart of gold.
In L.A., Solo has writer’s block after a successful first book he’s ashamed of. He’s broke, thanks to a year in analysis; in their final session, his shrink suggests a pet. Solo buys a scrawny terrier who adds to his problems: the dog isn’t house-trained; Solo owes money to a thug who’s angry Solo’s spent money on a dog; at a dog park, the dog is bitten and Solo begs a woman he’s just met to pay the vet bill, so now he owes her; and, his friend Casper has introduced him to a persistent rich girl who decides she wants the dog. He could sell, settle his debts, and return to life with a clean carpet. Or, he could figure out why he doesn’t want to part with the dog.
I guess with a name like The Dead Girl there was no way this would be an upbeat movie. This is 5 great profiles of women with no self esteem at all and the connection of a dead girl. Great stories, but don’t be bummed out when you start watching this. I think this is one you have to be in the mood for.
The clues to a young woman’s death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill (Willis) as her best friend’s killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband’s death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.