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...music mogul should love this picture: frat boys and their dates at the University of North Dakota dancing on a beer-slick living-room floor to music blaring over a p.a. system. They are, after all, the music business's target demographic--18-to-24- year-olds in touch with the trends, loving the latest tunes. Yet this archetypal collegiate partyscape has turned into a music-biz nightmare. That's because no one is paying for the music...
...remember that the director often provides scenes that reiterate redundant plot developments for the less observant or the temporarily narcoleptic viewer. First, there are Paul (Connery) and Hannah (Rowlands), as older married couple experiencing conflict on the eve of the reconfirmation of their wedding vows. Trent (Stewart) is a slick lawyer pursuing Meredith (Anderson), a neurotic theater director. Strangely, these two seem to be the only characters that work at anything other than finding their true love. Mildred (Ellen Burstyn) bonds with her son (Jay Mohr) on his deathbed, where they exchange long-concealed secrets. Gracie (Madeleine Stowe) pursues...
...Porter, Gibson really takes the suffering-for-your-art mantra to a new level, kind of like the Samaritan who lies down on the oil slick so you can walk on him to get over the puddle. With each new movie, he ups the ante, symbolically slathering more mustard on the dog so that it becomes more about how much torment he can take rather than about the movie itself. The evolution of this Method throughout his career shoves subtlety where it don't shine. Mad Max meets Martin Riggs meets Braveheart equals Porter, the con man with a heart...
...stunning heights of distaste. Best friend and rival Dean (Paul Walker) sees this as his opportunity to be the new alpha male and ribs Zack into accepting a bet that he can transform any girl into the prom queen. Ensue about two hours of MTV-esque storytelling: clippy, slick, brisk, but jumpy. Jumpcuts, stylish melanges, smartass parodies of The Real World and even a choreographed dance sequence to Rockafeller Skank--all of this sealed with a kiss...
Harvard had trouble scoring on breakawaysitself. Sophomore forward Chris Bala had twogolden chances. Just 1:1C into the third, Baladarted in on Westlund and made a slick transferfrom the forehand to the backhand to maneuveraround him. As he switched hands, the puck slidoff his stick...