Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breaking out of her previous typecasting as she ditches her nice girl image that has followed her from My So-Called Life to Romeo and Juliet to Les Miserables and replaces it with a tougher character. In the recent trend of theme-sharing movies (war, asteroids, bugs), this plot seems to echo Return to Paradise (drugs and Americans in trouble with the law in Asia). Another interesting tidbit is that a thoughtless quote by Danes about living conditions in Manila, Philippines, where it was filmed, led to violent reactions. There is talk of banning all Claire Danes' movies from Manila...
...Buzz David Kelley, who with Sean O'Byrne wrote this screenplay, has proved to be a brilliant and clever screenwriter with his Ally McBeal and The Practice and might be able to salvage the otherwise cliched plot line. Should be an interesting catch especially for sticky summer days when all the ice looks pleasant. Almost. Introduction by Angela K. Lin Previews contributed by Rheanna Bates, Jason Clarke, Emily Dill, William Gnienapp, Richard Ho, Ben Lytal, Patty Li, Daniel Zweifach
...movie itself? Underneath the overpowering glare of the film's marquee stars lies a movie that's halfway decent, for what it is. For a spy thriller that's meant to keep you guessing until the last minute, it succeeds without the presence of an actual story. Though the plot is thin, the directing is striking, and the stars make up for the lack of substance. Admittedly, the film itself seems to be an excuse to showcase the talents of two of Hollywood's hottest players...
...beauty and tantalizingly seductive demeanor. In taking a role that is undeniably more complicated than her character in The Mask of Zorro, she puts her versatility as an actress on display, firmly establishing herself as a star in the business. The chemistry between the two helps give the fragmented plot shape and unity, effectively saving the film from joining the legions of failed action-thrillers...
...that, I think, has gone out of style in all but the most responsible circles. Each sentence, at least, for readers with stretchier imaginations, does manage to stand on its own--it is the sentence that follows which makes no sense. While each stanza begins with a hint a plot (at times reassuringly contained in quotation marks), its thread is soon lost in a stream of inside-joke-like surreality, such that one imagines the Vivians must be quite bright and also quite tight, in both senses of the word. And before long referents are slipping, definite articles are caught...