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The Virgin Suicides, although beset by structural and character issues, is an ambitious and mildly successful film. There are poignant and touching moments in this movie that speak of the awkwardness of adolescence and teenage sexuality. It is re-assuring to see a film that takes a serious look at...
Nearly three years ago, actor Edward Norton convinced Stuart Blumberg, an old college friend from Yale, to ditch plans for Harvard Law School and work on a film screenplay. The result of his intervention is _Keeping the Faith_, a new romantic comedy first-time director/producer Norton jokingly refers to as...
As an actor, Norton continues to surprise and breaks away from the darker and more intense roles he depicted in _American History X_ and _Fight Club_. As Brian, he veers more towards the romantic comedy genre he previously explored in Woody Allen's _Everybody Says I Love You_ and in...
Although it often aspires to heavy theological aims, _Keeping the Faith_ is essentially just a light, frothy, and old-fashioned screwball comedy. It only skims the deeper issues of religious tolerance and often seems more interested in milking the central religious conflict for all of its possible humorous aspects than...
I grew up convinced that my parents' partnership grew out of a common, materialistic goal - a shared desperation to leave behind the rural poverty they had grown up with - rather than a desire to spend the rest of their lives with one another. They weren't high-school sweethearts like...