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...seasoned officer who has had many decorated years on the force. But his character is so utterly stupid and incompetent that it is quickly obvious that this is impossible, implying either a complete casting failure or an intended joke that simply isn’t funny. His character is given a part that includes some serious emotions, but Morgan is incapable of playing a character with personality traits beyond stupidity and mockingly idiotic sorrow. He is trapped in an idiot box of slapstick comedy that prevents him from playing an actually funny role outside his hilarious...
...with the story and the director has to be sane.” This is why the success of “Children of Invention” has meant so much to her; she truly loves the movie. The film’s success, however, may have pigeonholed Louie, given that it focuses on an Asian-American family...
...Jacques Audiard (“The Beat That My Heart Skipped”), the film follows the six-year sentence of a young, French-Arab man forced to navigate the hierarchy of a jail in present-day France. Though this scenario is seemingly ripe for political commentary, especially given the French government’s recent controversies with Arab immigrants, the only politics present in the film are those of the frightening world of prison. It strays from the spiritualizing of “Shawshank Redemption” while managing to go far beyond the ruthlessness...
...film in which the audience truly believes that he knows what he is doing. Perhaps for some intended parity, there is even a literal deer-in-headlights featured in the film. His incredible performance is highlighted by the fact that it is essentially his acting debut—given that his first acting role in 2006 was as a “Taliban Interrogator” in the straight-to-DVD film “The 9/11 Commission Report...
...You’re all talk and nothing to say / We don’t want, don’t want what you’re giving away” runs the much repeated and emotionally-empty refrain. The attempt at alteration is at least admirable, however, given the rather repetitive nature of the rest of the album, however...