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...follows Jimmy (Peter Greene) and Jon (Adam Trese) as they spend their days roaming their Brooklyn neighborhood, stealing from unlocked cars, shoplifting (Jon admonishes Jimmy for grabbing low-quality shampoo--"You know what that stuff does to your hair?") and hanging out with their girlfriends, Denise (Edie Falco) and Celia (Arabella Field...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: 'Gravity' Is Down to Earth | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

Denise and Celia can match Jimmy and Jon take for take in fast-paced, curse-laden dialogue. Some of the best scenes take place with all four characters on screen; the chemistry between these actors is potent and the relationships they create are totally believable...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: 'Gravity' Is Down to Earth | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...WOULD I LIE TO YOU?" THE MOTHer asks. "Because you can," her blind son replies. Martin (Hugo Weaving), hero of Jocelyn Moorhouse's PROOF, takes pictures to document a world he cannot see or trust. Should he trust Celia (Genevieve Picot), who desires him even more than she hates him? Or amiable Andy (Russell Crowe), shopping for a friend? Emotional frost is the one power Martin holds over those who would come close enough to wound or even touch him. This Australian drama has faults: a short story's facile symmetry and (ugh!) a wacky car chase. But it gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: May 11, 1992 | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

Woven into the already intense web of relationship is the presence of another family, which both complements and counteracts the actions of Sam's family. Celia, the head of this family, is an older woman who meets Sam on a plane and uses him to make Lucy's husband jealous...

Author: By Aparajita Ramakrishnan, | Title: Characters, Writing Style Make Leimbach's New Book Memorable: | 5/8/1992 | See Source »

...Celia thinks that Lucy's marriage to the unworthy and violent Mikey is a farce. She tries in vain to break up their marriage and uses Sam as the scapegoat. Leimbach strategically juxtaposes the strength of Lucy's marriage against strength of bonds between the members of the Haskell family. Lucy and Mikey, along with their four children share a bond that Sam relates to, despite his growing entanglement with Lucy. Furthermore, Eli, Ginny's boyfriend who owns a nightclub, adds to the chaos and dishevelment of this network. Everyone is knit together closely...

Author: By Aparajita Ramakrishnan, | Title: Characters, Writing Style Make Leimbach's New Book Memorable: | 5/8/1992 | See Source »

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