Word: axels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well on Filegate, but he came out of tuck way too soon on the character issue, Felicia, and that closing statement was not a clean splash!") or figure skating ("Bud, all Clinton has to do is finish out the compulsories on his feet, and it'll take a triple Axel for Dole to beat...
Elaine's suicidal daughter, Grace (Lili Taylor), is a bizarre amalgamation of hobbies. Chain-smoking and accordion-wielding, Grace spends half her time playing with her transcendental turtles and the rest trying to seduce Axel. Whe finally succeeds, to tragic consequences, it's as if the two women are rifting on a sequel to "Mommie Dearest...
...When Axel and Elaine break up, their fighting is filmed obscurely from outside and the pouring rain renders their screams indecipherable. The scene is frustrating in its escape of the challenges of acting and dialogue...
When Uncle Leo makes a deathbed request to Axel, Depp's tears are over-acted, hearkening back to his "21 Jump Street" days...
...tense scene, Grace and Axel play Russian roulette. Taylor's character is eerily suicidal. When she softly says, "You don't say no to this game," and, after Axel refuses to play, "Okay, then, my turn," her self-destructiveness acquires a pathetically sweet tone. Even though the scene is emotionally effective, it remains incongruous in the context of the mostly humorous film...