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We all, it seems, love Cinderella. Look how many zillions of dollars Disney has made repackaging the theme of pretty-but-unusual-girl-gets-lucky: handsome prince marries a sea creature (The Little Mermaid), handsome prince marries maiden who's been dozing for a hundred years (Sleeping Beauty), newly handsome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinderella, Career Gal | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

The film, as one might guess, is extremely talky and incorporates myriad visual gags into the work. At one point, the protagonist is chased across the screen by a funny-looking monster; at another, somebody asks him about his personal hero while he is dressed as Hugh Hefner...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penny For Your Thoughts | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

Gorris’s adaptation stars John Turturro as Alexander Ivanovich Luzhin, an ingenious but eccentric chess master who is at once addicted and allergic to the game he has mastered. Though his characters is so out of touch with the reality outside of the chessboard that he cannot even...

Author: By Matthew S. Rozen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women on the Verge | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

Even before Valentinov’s arrival, Luzhin’s love is already threatened by Natalia’s parents, people of society who are hesitant to allow their daughter to marry such an eccentric. Yet Natalia nimbly maneuvers her way between each of these parties. Her success or...

Author: By Matthew S. Rozen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women on the Verge | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

The only flaw in an otherwise fabulous film is the character of Luzhin. Though very endearing, he seems to be more or less the run-of-the-mill eccentric. Turturro plays the role powerfully and convincingly, but the character is nonetheless a little flat. Instead, it is Watson�...

Author: By Matthew S. Rozen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women on the Verge | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

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