Not sure why it took us so long to see this film. I believe we have had the opportunity, just never took it. And we like the writer, actors, and director of the film.
This film was able to make both Detroit and LA look far worse than they actually look. Added unneeded grittiness that made you feel like it really could not get any worse for these people where they were.
This is one of those films where you pretty much recognize everyone. Great performances, lots of action, a high body count, and a happy ending (well, for those that didn’t die). And another film where Brad Pitt is playing someone you wouldn’t really expect. Paying his dues here. Small part by a very very young Kevin Corrgian was unexpected too.
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Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Ok, just how nice of a guy is Ryan Reynolds? He rarely plays anything other than that. When he is explaining to his highly precocious daughter how he and her mother met, you feel for him every time his heart gets broken. I can’t recall someone buying more engagement rings in a single film. You just watch him falling for the wrong woman over and over.
Of course this has a happy ending, its a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds.
The intereaction between the dad and daughter was great. The story telling was amusing.
If you are looking for something very light and sweet, this is a great date/dvd night film. Nothing spectacular, you’ve probably seen it before, but it is entertaining and sweet (did I say that already?).
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A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
When you see a film with the line up of Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt, you know one is going to be playing a loser and the other the cute damaged boy.
Now, why does Buscemi gravitate to playing losers? He doesn’t seem like he would be a loser. And it doesn’t seem to me like that is something you would always want to play. His losers are varied, but still. I sort of want him to play the romantic lead in a film with Hope Davis. But no one dies of a hideous disease or leaves. They just live happily ever after. I can’t think of 2 people that play characters that would eventually deserve it more.
There is a slightly happy ending for Buscemi’s character in this…he isn’t completely rejected. He doesn’t get what he wants, but he gets enough for him.
Pitt’s character is a homeless actor wannabe who finds fame. Pitt may be a guilty pleasure for me. He always look like he needs to be taken care of, money or no money, home or no home. And you can dress him up and take him out.
Great cast of unexpecteds from various comedy troups, small tv shows, and indy films.
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An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.
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.
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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.
Ah, the fantasies of geeks that are now influential writers/actors/producers in Hollywood.
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Two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
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Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy’s identities.
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Failing to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
The story of Abbie Hoffman. Great performances by Vincent D’Onofrio and
Janeane Garofalo. Though I still prefer Janeane’s performance in The Cable Guy.
Gritty, but interesting.
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Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI’s covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. The skeptical reporter interview’s Anita, Hoffman’s wife, a single mom on welfare in New York City; Hoffman’s attorney, Gerry Lefcourt; and others. As they talk, we see Hoffman’s career in flashbacks, from early civil rights organizing through the trial of the Chicago Eight. While underground, as mental illness takes its toll, he meets Johanna Lawrenson, and an odd family develops: Abbie, Anita, their son, and Johanna. Will vindication ever arrive?
