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...part on the appealing possibilities of several settings: the workshop of an esteemed instrument-making partnership, the country home of an elderly couple, and several Parisian cafes. The restrained, somber-faced Stephane (Daniel Auteuil) is the behind-the-scenes brains of the business that he shares with the suave Maxim (Andre Dussollier), and from the outset we are assured of the contrast the former's dedicated work ethic poses to the flightiness of the latter. Maxim, Stephane tells us, "has preferences but no obsessions," hinting darkly at the fascinating demons that might lurk within his own self. But these demons...
Years ago, Gen. William Westmoreland sued CBS after a "60 Minutes" piece charged that he had deliberately concealed the extreme improbability of a U.S. victory in Vietnam, Dan Rather defended his network with the classic maxim. "If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck. "You can't practically perform the genetic testing necessary to confirm that a duck is a duck. You've got to go on what you observe...
...nowhere interesting. But that's the way of this film. The possibly admirable intention is to avoid the false good cheer of the typical family drama. But it has been replaced by the equally false gloominess that often passes for seriousness in Hollywood. Jack the Bear plays as if Maxim Gorky had for some reason been asked to try his hand at a sitcom...
...governed state can ever be founded in Russia that is not based on a uniquely Russian understanding of injustice. As a popular maxim puts it, if a Russian peasant discovers that his neighbor has two pigs and he has only one, he would rather see his neighbor's extra pig slaughtered than raise a second one of his own. Such crude but firmly ingrained egalitarian ideas predate communism. They help explain why the average Russian is so suspicious of the new breed of street entrepreneur who hawks everything from bathtub fixtures to brassieres on city sidewalks. He welcomes the sudden...
...This is one of those losses as a coach that you've got to be happy with," Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "Of course, you're always disappointed with a loss, but it's an old coaching maxim that you can never be upset if your team plays well. We played real well today...