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...manages to send a poignant message about the struggle between personal identity, love, and societal acceptance. The romantic tug-of-war he creates between Bandini and Camilla is artfully executed—not through blunt, explicit lines, but through the carefully directed actions of his characters. The film??s settings seem almost drawn onto the screen, taken directly out of a picture book. Bandini’s apartment, in particular—with only a barren palm tree visible through the window and a small desk and dirty bed—looks as though it was furnished...
...supporting cast of Adam Brody, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes, “Thank You for Smoking” satirically examines the world of spin culture in the cigarette industry. Reitman doesn’t seem fazed at all by the acclaim and attention his film??which opens in Boston on March 24—garnered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. In a sweater, loose jeans, and worn tennis shoes, his unpretentiously blunt words complement his laid-back personality. Reitman, having written countless overlooked screenplays, was almost ready to settle...
...Alan Moore, was adapted for the screen by the notorious Wachowski brothers of “The Matrix” fame. The film is set in an Orwellian future, replete with governmental conspiracies, constant surveillance, and a harsh crackdown on political dissent. Portman compellingly plays Evey Hammond, the film??s protagonist alongside “The Matrix”’s Hugo Weaving as the masked liberator...
Touching on an overabundance of social hot topics such as homosexuality, religious tolerance and fanaticism, and political dissidence, the film spreads itself too thin. The plot draws greatly from “Phantom of the Opera”—including the masked protagonist—however, the film??s love story between Evey and V feels rushed. Following her torture at the hands of V, Evey ends up predictably, but not convincingly, falling in love with her captor. Ironically,it is the semi-poignant vignette of lesbian love that overshadows the romantic bond between the film?...
...film??s greatest success is its staggeringly coherent cinematography. Harlequin fireworks, dramatic iconography, and overpowering mob images dominate the silver screen. From beginning to end, the choreography of the explosive sequences succeeds with the same grandeur of the accompanying Tchaikovsky score...