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...after day, over the course of the film’s relentless two hours and 35 minutes, life in the bunker becomes a hypnotic, if horrific, mix. One after another of the innermost members of Hitler’s circle defy and abandon him. He mentally and physically deteriorates further and further (until when asking a confidante how to shoot himself, he is told he should take cyanide as well, lest his violently tremoring hand not be up to the task...
When Diary’s critics do become engaged, the tone borders on malevolence, most of which is directed against the grandmother Madea character. Perry acts the part himself—in drag—with such reckless abandon he makes Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire appear a model of subtlety and restraint. During the course of the film, Madea brandishes a pistol, vandalizes a mansion with a chainsaw, and smokes copious amounts of marijuana...
...frantic and the team that’s up always forgets that they’re up,” Stone said. “You think you would play with more confidence, but sometimes you’re squeezing it and the other team is playing with reckless abandon...
...about a year, we’re going to graduate, move miles away from our best friends, and abandon the generous grill chefs who deliver omelets to our breakfast tables. We will move on to a world of jobs, taxes, spouses, health insurance, family vacations to Disney World, cardiologists, and other such grown-up preoccupations...
...Putin alone in shrugging off U.S. calls to abandon trade deals that threaten Washington's strategic interests. The European Union is going ahead with its plans to lift the arms embargo imposed on China after Tiananmen Square, despite urgings by the Bush administration to avoid selling weapons to Beijing...