Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...About My Mother is dedicated to "all actresses who have played actresses, to all women who act, to men who act and become women, to all the people who want to be mothers." Almodvar's intention is successful, for while the melodrama and subject context is difficult for anyone other than a film buff to appreciate, he does capture a heart-warming study of women who move from self-delusion to reconciliation...
...Crotches are grabbed, hips are rhythmically thrust and even Ralph's pale, well-formed bottom makes an extended appearance. But something is amiss in these scenes--the sex is cold and mechanical, and feels overly choreographed. Since Jordan gives us little else to define the relationship by, it's difficult to feel emotionally involved in the film's later, tragic scenes. There's an interesting subtext in the novel regarding the oft-blurred line between physical and emotional love, but the film just zeroes in on the copulation and leaves the rest to the imagination. Call me reactionary...
...psyched that we have a rigorous schedule this year," Johnson said. "We need to be tested with difficult games. We need to know what it's like to win against strong, aggressive, physical teams that don't make a lot of mistakes...
...While he says it is difficult to define burnout precisely, the symptoms include a sense of being immobilized, withdrawn and apathetic...
...situation at Harvard is definitely worse than in most places, but for reasons that are not difficult to understand," he says...