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...voice, with its deep drawl and homespun poetry, sounds familiar. "Mah name's Lidia Simmons, an' Ah'm 12 yeahs ol'. An' these here're mah memoirs." Jeez Louise -- it's Forrest Gump as a girl! With scenes of slow-talking good guys in the U.S. South and dead buddies on Vietnam battlefields, The War might seem the first in a bunch of Gumpthings hoping to replicate that film's $285 million success story. But on a smaller scale, The War is a bigger movie and, for all its weepy trappings, a more adventurous one. It hints that it will...
Adding to this documentary tone is the unusual quality of the acting throughout "Go Fish." My first reaction upon seeing some of the scenes was, "Jeez, these women are bad actresses." And even though none of them have much, if any, acting experience, you soon forget about their acting ability and realize what you thought was bad line delivery is a picture of sincerity. When V.S. Brodie winks at the camera in one scene, you know you are looking at real people who have stepped into these roles and are having a good time with the camera...
...what does she feel? The viewer must translate the glances and cramped gestures of Ada's own aboriginal language. Sometimes her sideways stare says, "Men! Jeez!" and suggests the wry comedy The Piano could have been if it had not aimed higher. But mostly we see two eyeholes burning through the mask of civility to reveal raging helplessness -- until Ada finds hope in passion. Then she must face the prospects of Flora's betrayal, Stewart's rage, the loss of the piano, the sacrifice of limb and life...
More than one courtside observer has been known to exclaim, "Jeez, that is the fastest guy I've ever seen!" and with good reason...
Hughes wrote Home Alone, he says, "because I didn't like the animated films I was taking my kids to. I'd stand out in the lobby with the other dads saying, 'Jeez, when is this going to let out so I can run to the hardware store?' I felt I should make a film so that someone in my situation -- a father -- could be amused at the same time his kids were...