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...Dear seekers of light summer entertainment, you have gathered that Bergman's film is not Shrek 2 or Wedding Crashers. It's more like Shriek 42 or Marriage Crushers. To moviegoers raised in the Age of Facetiousness, a dead-serious story about the pain people maliciously or clumsily inflict on themselves and one another must seem a blast from the past. A blast of musty air, that is, best suited for quaint old art-film houses, where the scent of cappuccino mixes with an aura of intellectual smugness. Titles like The Naked Night, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh...
Hollywood, like McDonald's, knows it's just good business to hook the customers when they're young. So when school's out, studios push their cinematic Happy Meals: cartoon fare like last summer's Shrek 2, which proved to be the top-grossing film of 2004. And since the wee ones don't buy their own tickets, filmmakers try to insert enough wit and sass and retro references to keep the grownups amused. A children's movie, never forget, is an all-family baby-sitting device...
...exile their heroes from familiar homes into perilous fantasy worlds. But they don't wag a warning finger; they beckon their littlest viewers to be independent, make friends, trust the dreamy inner child. They make their points in different but familiar ways. Madagascar, from the DreamWorks team, is a Shrek-like anthropomorphic sitcom. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D is a wish-fulfillment parable with video-game visuals and pacing. Howl's Moving Castle is less keyed on stoking fear for its heroine's isolation than on engendering awe in the landscapes she encounters...
Your co-stars resemble Shrek, yet your stunt double was a bench warmer. You weren't afraid to get hurt...
...agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is not Michael Corleone, Anakin Skywalker, or even Shrek. The original Ms. Congeniality left no audience member rapt in anticipation of her continued life saga. While Ms. Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous is among the most unnecessary sequels in film history (perhaps since Jeepers Creepers 2), it actually succeeds as a cute, fun and campy second chapter following the first’s formula...