Word: wifely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uneasy family relationships in the restless, promiscuous culture of the early 1970s with crystalline precision, leaving the audience to stare at the ugly and universal truths underneath. Ben Hood (Kevin Kline) is having a decidedly unromantic affair with his next-door neighbor Janey Carver (Sigourney Weaver), while his wife Elena (Joan Allen) is showing signs of being unable to put up with the charade of their 17-year marriage any longer. Their children, meanwhile, are beginning to discover sex and the perverse drama of human relationships in their own half-innocent, half-devious ways...
...patience pays off, albeit a bit dubiously, when Wu takes her as his mistress upon his marriage. The conflict between Han and Wu's new wife, the pregnancies of each woman, the secret negotiations the three undertake with the matriarch of the House of Wu and the circumstances of Han's eventual immortalization all contribute to the superbly-crafted climax...
Before you can say "Bill and Ted's Excellent Faustian Adventure," Reeves and his bombshell wife (Charlize Theron) are off to that "modern Babylon," the Big Apple. Pacino, as John Milton (wink wink, nudge nudge), the head of the firm, offers Kevin the case of his life--along with the requisite women, money, and freedom that comes from "never having to say that you're sorry." Kevin begins to neglect his wife, who soon senses that something is terribly wrong with this apparently picture-perfect firm. Satanic hijinks ensue, climaxing in a Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker-style confrontation between Reeves...
Consider, for example, Scene IV.ii, in which we meet Macduff's wife and son for the first time, watch them engage in a tender family scene--and then are forced to watch in horror as they are murdered by Macbeth's soldiers. In this production, the pantomime of a soldier stabbing the child (played by Aaron Goldberg '01), his cry of "He has killed me, mother!" and his immediate collapse into lifelessness was greeted by the audience with a burst of laughter...
...category pictography rating "Violence," "Profanity," "Babes," "Cool Cars" and "Hero Worship." The critiques themselves include segments entitled "Why Guys Love It" and "Honey, You'll Like This Movie..." that supposedly encourage bridging the gender gap--until you read the actual reasons one is supposed to offer his girlfriend or wife...