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He's brave and bright, good-natured and ambitious, naive and vulnerable. All in all, he's probably the most winsome orphan to appear on the screen since Freddie Bartholomew impersonated David Copperfield 60 years ago. To be sure, Babe is a piglet, but hey, these days you take goodness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: BABE: WITH AN OINK, OINK HERE | 8/21/1995 | See Source »

But Something to Talk About is not your typical adultery comedy, all farcical fizz and frenzy. Written by Callie Khouri, it is another empowerment play, like her Thelma and Louise. That, however, was a high-concept piece, two girls enjoying the boyish pleasures of a crime-and-bonding spree. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: EVERYBODY'S GOOD GIRL | 8/14/1995 | See Source »

Brave and bright, good-natured and ambitious, naive and vulnerable -- all in all, saysTIME's Richard Schickel, Babe is "probably the most winsome orphan to appear on the screen since Freddie Bartholomew impersonated David Copperfield 60 years ago." Of course, he's a piglet, but still, he's a liberal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOVIES . . . BABE | 8/11/1995 | See Source »

Well, yes, this is a comedy about adultery and its aftershocks. ButTIME's Richard Schickelsays it's much more than that. The funny, good-natured script, by Callie Khouri ("Thelma and Louise"), is another empowerment play, but deeper and more intricately subversive in its assault on American patriarchy. Director Lasse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOVIES . . . SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

All is not well, however, since Benny must fight for her new-found love and sexual awakening against a trio of obstacles--her conservative parents, the Catholic Church, and Sean Walsh (Alan Cumming), the creepy suitor who is weaselling his way into her parents' affections. Sean is a lovable stereotype...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Ireland on Parade | 3/23/1995 | See Source »

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