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...often evokes our pity, but never our compassion. Chad, on the other hand, endears with a doltish charm that embraces the gym rat stereotype. He is a caricature that Pitt obviously delights in playing, but the other cast members labor to find substance where not much exists. The film??s light tone makes the absurd plot seem harmless enough—until a single violent scene ups the stakes of the entire movie. But rather than using this event as an opportunity to thicken the plot and deepen the intrigue, the Coens carry on at the same pitch...
...beginning of the movie, De Niro and Pacino trade barbs of black humor in the midst of murder scenes, which are good for a laugh. De Niro gives a disturbingly disconnected voiceover throughout most of the movie, as he recounts the death visited upon the film??s numerous murder victims. Also, if you love trendy pop culture icons, the movie features 50 “Curtis Jackson” Cent doing his best impression of a real drug dealer. My favorite part was watching Fitty’s head get blown off and seeing his body crash through...
Since those days, Gates says his work with the BET president—who frequently returns to Harvard to discuss film??has convinced him that Hudlin is an “intellectual genius,” a “triple threat,” and a “pioneer...
...enjoyable moments in the film. There is a collision with a waiter that will certainly incite laughter in some, and the recurring image of a man playing basketball in short-shorts will at least give you something to think about during the long periods of nothingness. Nonetheless, throughout the film??s final sequences, I found myself waiting for something interesting to happen—anything other than the mundane—to no avail. What puzzles me most is that films like “Made of Honor” are still being made in an age when...
...After the first hour, though, the film falls off. Even more so than any other in the Apatow line, “Sarah Marshall” struggles to come to a close. Or perhaps more accurately, it can’t seem to figure out how to reconcile the film??s major oppositional forces—men and women—to each other. As in the past, genders are treated as camps—us vs. them—with the “us” always being “us guys...