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...intrinsically powerful subject matter aside, there are a number of marvelous moments in the film. The opening sequence, which captures the sensual decadence of a gay Berlin cabaret of the 1930s, is almost worth the admission price by itself. Titillating and visually gorgeous, it's heightened by an unexpected cameo: Mick Jagger, startlingly in his element as nightclub owner Greta (a.k.a. George), performs a throaty torch song in full drag whilst suspended on a platform from the ceiling, in a menacingly campy turn disturbingly reminiscent of Tim Curry as Frank N. Furter...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Melodramatic and Moody 'Bent' Translates Poorly to Film | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...Besson, La Femme Nikita (1990). Anne Parillaud is a slinky yet conflicted hitwoman in Paris. Must be seen, if only for the Jean Reno cameo. Sadly, a promising American remake was dragged down by Dermot Mulroney. Skip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bay of Potatoes | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...vanity production. Standing Stone's themes are nondescript, its harmonies blandly predictable, its structure maddeningly repetitious, and its scoring bloated and slick, with bits and pieces of popular classical works occasionally bobbing to the surface (Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe and Orff's Carmina Burana both make cameo appearances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: HELP! HE'S NOT DOING FINE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...market turmoil are there, from whimsical millionaires to crop reports to the mysterious Clarence Beeks. And it's got everybody under one zany '80s tent: Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Denholm Elliot. Jamie Lee Curtis' breasts. Paul Gleason, the principal from The Breakfast Club. Even an Al Franken cameo, as a jaded gorilla handler (if there is such a thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash Potato | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...trouble with making an extraordinary film is the follow-up--hence the bombastic promotion of A Life Less Ordinary. Set in America this time around, it tells the story of a match made in heaven. Literally. Replete with gun-toting angels, phone conversations with God (a charming uncredited cameo by Sean Connery), botched bank robberies, psychotic dentists, Cameron Diaz, and a lot of guns, the film looks to be a fresh, funny romp around some of the weirder extremities of multi-genre filmmaking...

Author: By Jordan I. Fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Lifeless 'Ordinary' | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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