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...Jon Goldstein. With reporting by Rebecca Winters
...competent enough in overseeing its lucrative electronics and music businesses. The company's disastrous foray into Hollywood, however, "changed Mickey," as one Tokyo-based Sony director puts it. Schulhof's lavish spending to remodel Sony's Madison Avenue headquarters had already drawn grumbles in Tokyo. The studio, led by Jon Peters and Peter Gruber, had gone through money the way film runs through a projector. Meanwhile, Sony's hardware team lost faith in their leader...
...strange thing about this film, visually, seems to come from its directing/producing line-up. Jon Amiel, whose previous work includes the nauseatingly sadistic Copycat and the astoundingly boring Sommersby remake, has teamed up with producers from Heat and Free Willy 2. The only question is how this movie was made at all, considering the divergent interests of those involved. But the effect is wholly pleasing, combining fast comedy with art-house cinematography. The scenes feel at times like someone spent too much time at film school, but it makes them interesting to watch, even if you think you know what...
...upside, four of the Big Green's top scorers are back for more. David Whitworth (38 points), Jon Strugis (30 points), Ryan Chaytors (28 points) and Jeremiah Buckley (21 points) will constitute the bulk of the offense. That will at least give Gaudet something to work with...
Ultimately, the transplantation to China of the plot is well done. The customs and protocols which Moore must battle through are realistic and convincing, sometimes even engaging, even if they are just a gimmick to put new complications in old situations. Director Jon Avnet does a good job of making the culture shock as real for the audience as it is for Moore. This is achieved mostly through the exploitation of the language barrier to show the foreign and conflicting pursuits of the two sides...