Word: spoiler
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...drab, treacherous hills along the Afghan-Pakistani border, Morgan Spurlock sticks his head into a cave entrance and shouts, "Yoo-hoo! O-sa-ma!" Alas, there is no answer. This is not a SPOILER ALERT, unless you were maybe expecting to hear a heavily accented voice reply, "Come on in, kid. I've been itching to chat with some American doofus, if he only had the nerve to drop by. And, sure, bring your camera crew in. We'll all do lunch...
...him—even when Snow steals the scenes they share. After the slow first half, the funny, well-timed delivery of lines from these characters gives the audience a pleasant surprise. From the beginning, the basic plot is pretty clear, so it wouldn’t be a spoiler to say that after average-guy Peter gets dumped by hot girlfriend, he meets new, hotter girl (Mila Kunis, “That 70s Show”). When ex-girlfriend wants Peter back, hotter girl gets jealous, and conflict ensues. What makes the film worth watching, or course...
...game conference schedule, what the Crimson does in the next two days could very well decide whether Harvard has a chance to make a run at the Rolfe Division Championship and an appearance in the Ivy League Championship Series, or if the Crimson will be resigned to playing spoiler for the remainder of the quickly unfolding season...
...MINOR SPOILER ALERT: Married Life's twist on the genre is that there is no twist. You keep waiting for the irony to kick in, but the characters just plod through the purgatory they've created for themselves. More a case history than a devious puzzle, the movie is like a story overheard from the next restaurant booth: for all your curiosity as to how it turns out, you're not likely to have much personal investment in the people. Actually, Married Life doesn't suck. Its actors lend conviction to their roles, and the film looks classy, like...
...worried about being a spoiler? A. Now wait a minute. That is a politically bigoted word. The two parties have spoiled this country. They've spoiled the electoral process--made it very difficult for candidates who can't raise the cash to move in and sustain themselves. They've spoiled our government. They're the spoilers...