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...themselves down at his feet time and again. Somehow, it’s difficult to imagine that the scion of a female Montenegrin general (one whose Turkish enemies wanted her drawn and quartered) would take the apparent demotion to “housekeeper” so sedately, but in Boyle??s world, Wright pulls this line off not once, but twice.The figure of Wright provides the punctuation mark to a narrative that is told from almost every perspective except his own. The central character’s silence creates a whirling vacuum of misplaced, fervid emotion, as every...
While the family-dramedy aspect of the movie largely succeeds, the children-in-peril element introduced by the thief often falls flat. The sections in which he tracks down Damien and Anthony seem to aspire to the taut suspense of Boyle??s previous films, but hampered by the family-friendly PG rating, they are generally muddled and jarringly different in tone...
...Boyle??s trademark directing style, characterized by unusual visual interludes and quick cutting, is muted here, but still very much evident. The scene in which the boys count their new-found wealth is a series of quick shots of the money arranged in several different configurations. The first scene of the movie features a house constructing itself around them as they imagine their new home. Some of the film’s visual quirks effectively illustrate childhood imaginativeness, but most seem to exist simply so the audience has something interesting at which to look...
Millions may lack the dark, subversive appeal of Boyle??s previous films, and if you are looking for a similar jolt, it’s best to avoid it. It is, however, that rarest of film commodities, a heartfelt feel-good film whose sweetness is palatable even to the cynical...
Sophomore Sandra Stankovic lept to victory in the high jump by clearing a height of 1.65 meters. Freshman Maureen Boyle??s throw of 12.97 meters was good enough to beat a field of weight throwers that was entirely composed of first-year collegiate athletes...