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Concentration: I think hist and lit or English because she has the Norton books. Or maybe just plain literature because her room seems artsy, as does her wardrobe...
Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams), the beloved kid-show host, is ruined and then fired when he's caught taking bribes. His re-placement is the title character, a fuchsia-coated rhino under whose skin lurks the politically correct, morally perfect but terminally nerdy Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton). Naturally, the axed ex-host wants to off his sweet-souled successor. There's probably a tight, funny comedy lurking in that premise. But DeVito has turned the film into an expressionistic epic in murderously bad taste, all frenzy and feckless subplots, mostly involving ghastly gangland figures. A lot of good actors (among...
Williams and Norton, in novel roles for each actor, bring the darkness of the movie to life. We can see Williams’ Randolph struggle with unemployment, substance abuse and his sexual identity, while slipping slowly but surely into a dark chasm of insanity. On more than one occasion, Williams is let loose on an improvised, profanity-laced tirade. These tirades are reminiscent of the actor’s stand-up routines and are drop-dead funny. It is amazing that no one has let Williams play a villain before...
...Norton shows his incredible range with the mopey Mopes. Norton makes Mopes’ “I want to do good” mentality believable, especially near the end of the movie when he gets a healthy dose of realism. Plus, Norton as Mopes as Smoochy is ridiculous; “Step-father,” one of Moochy’s songs about being patient with mom’s new husband, is pure brilliance...
Starring Robin Williams and Edward Norton...