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...CINEMA: Going Coen...
...like Forrest Gump) into smash hits. The 10 films Hanks starred in before this year each grossed more than $100 million at the North American wickets. He faltered only with this spring's The Ladykillers, and that one doesn't count. (Making a film with indie icons like the Coen brothers--or with Charlie Kaufman, as Jim Carrey did for the similarly low-grossing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind--is considered image-polishing pro bono work for a big star, like an off-Broadway stint or a benefit concert...
...Today, in a press conference with the Jury, we got some answers. Turner said that, in the long discussions, ?we adjusted to each other?s thoughts.? Explaining the Prix du Jury (typically given to a film, not a performer) that went to Irma P. Hall, lead actress of the Coen brothers? comedy ?The Ladykillers,? Tarantino said, ?Tilda wanted to give her a Force of Nature prize.? The Prix du Scenario (screenplay) prize to the French drama ?Comme une image? was, Quentin said, ?one of the easier awards to give.? As for ?Fahrenheit,? he stressed that the prize was given...
...Coen brothers’ limp remake of a classic Alec Guinness comedy has its occasional laughs, but ends up becoming boring in its pursuit of essentially sweet comedy. Tom Hanks is the leader of a gang of robbers forced to masquerade as a band in order to rent church-lady Irma P. Hall’s basement because it connects to the basement of their target. Although the Coens’ affection for southern tradition is sweet and the manic third act brings things up a notch, it isn’t enough to save this essentially mediocre film...
...Coen brothers’ limp remake of a classic Alec Guinness comedy has its occasional laughs, but ends up becoming boring in its pursuit of essentially sweet comedy. Tom Hanks is the leader of a gang of robbers forced to masquerade as a band in order to rent church-lady Irma P. Hall’s basement because it connects to the basement of their target. Although the Coens’ affection for southern tradition is sweet and the manic third act brings things up a notch, it isn’t enough to save this essentially mediocre film...