Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acting, too, helps to disguise the plot Demi Moore plays her part with a determination and recklessness that would have done Hester Prynne proud. Gary Oldman would cut a more convincing figure as her passionate and inspirational lover, the Reverend Dimmesdale, if he weren't undercut by the melodramatic sermonizng thrust upon him by the script. And Robert Duvall steals the show as Demi's estranged pay chopathic husband, who has gone so native that the natives themselves decide they're scared...
...fire escapes and over roof-tops. All in a day's work for an assistant district attorney. When he catches her, she tells him that she used to take money to sleep with powerful men, but that she "likes girls, mostly," which takes care of Esterhas' requisite lesbian sub-plot. She also mentions a woman who the governor used to visit regularly who "rocked his world." The woman is called Jade...
...expected. When a film written to Joe Eszterhas stinks, no eye. He stinks. But bad by talented young film- like the Hughes Brothers are truly disappointing. Perhaps they can regain their confidence and work on finding a script that itself to their style of The enormity of the plot of "Dead Presidents" only served to stifle and restrict their budding
Once upon a time, there were two brothers, one good and the other bad. In every fairy tale, the good brother defeats the evil and the plot of "Steal Big, Steal Little" is just as predictable...
Nothing in this film is new, from the characters to the dialogue to the entire plot. Nothing is interesting. Predictability can often be an asset, we love to see movies with happy endings and familiar plots. However, in the case of "Steal Big, Steal Little," knowing everything before it happens just doesn...