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...down in the metal carnage on the buildings' Concourse level, and on the attempt of a few men above to rescue them. It intercuts the action in Lower Manhattan with the hopes and forebodings of McLoughlin's and Jimeno's wives as they anxiously await news of their husbands' fate...
...plausible reality, but they are upstaged by the intense and believable portrayals of their wives, Donna McLoughlin (Maria Bello) and Allison Jimeno (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The film’s sense of anguish comes from scenes of uncertain waiting, where these women wonder if their husbands met the same fate as hundreds of other rescue workers when the towers collapsed...
...Tyre and beyond. The move effectively cuts off the Hizballah fighters dug into the hillside around Naqoura two miles to the south. The Hizballah men are now surrounded and unless they can evade the enclosing Israeli troops and escape to the north, they face a grim but certain fate. But hours after the Israeli thrust, Hizballah rockets are still being fired from near Naqoura, suggesting that those battle-hardened guerrillas intend to fight to the last...
...spouses, the real intent of which is get them back in the dating game. The unspoken assumption of Boynton Beach Club, which is derived from an idea proposed by Seidelman's own mother, who is credited as one of the movie's producers, is that loneliness is a fate worse than - well, yes, death. It is not exactly the ghost haunting the attic of this movie's mind. It is, at best, an inconvenience to be surmounted by busy work and romantic dither. What steals over one as this movie stumbles along - it strikes the poses of comedy, without providing...
...hands that were burning the bibles or torahs. After all, I have no patience for people that take religion seriously, much less those that intertwine those personal beliefs with politics. Outwardly, I was frustrated by Growing in Faith’s disciples: They refuse to vote, believing that the fate of the country is predetermined and thus the electoral process is useless. Inwardly, I was relieved they didn’t vote: The country was probably better off without their opinions cast on a ballot. But out of respect, I keep my cynicisms private, even while they showcase theirs...