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...primarily on the turbulent Jobs, an adopted child who spends his life creating, and then rejecting, alternative identities, in true '60s seeker style. "One of the things that most fascinates me about him is his ability to blend Eastern philosophy with Western business techniques," says ER's Noah Wyle, who took the role after watching the PBS documentary Triumph of the Nerds. "Nowadays every high-powered agent has Sun Tzu on his desk; he was the first person I know of who did that." Apple, for Jobs, was a messianic imperative: give the world a Mac, and the rest...
Although the showier role belongs to Wyle, who ably trades the blue-blood reserve of ER's Carter for Jobs' loose-limbed swagger, the movie's secret weapon is Anthony Michael Hall, whose work here will startle viewers who recall only the nerdy teen who kept hitting on Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. "This was a huge opportunity for me," says Hall, clearly thrilled at this escape from Ex-Child Star Hell. "I saw it as an incredible gift--a chance to reinvent myself...
...that admit to outright perjury or obstruction of justice. The Republican strategy, cooked up before the election, seemed to be that eliciting denials from the White House on some issues would justify further hearings into these matters. That's another wish that may prove problematic. "We're like Wyle E. Coyote," said a conservative Republican staff member. "We've strapped on the rockets, and now we're headed straight into a wall...
Past extern sponsors include a rural sheep farmer, Hollywood filmmaker Claudia Wyle and New York City mayoral candidate Ruth W. Messinger...
...grainy dysfunctional-family drama that seems to be aiming for a Chekhovian blend of humor and pathos, but falls far short of the mark. Its saving grace is solid ensemble acting, with Julianne Moore and "ER" darling Noah Wyle holding their own as the two central characters who make Thanksgiving a squirm with their barely-concealed resentment toward their taciturn and enigmatic father (Roy Scheider). Unfortunately, none of the characters here are given enough depth or dimension to earn any true empathy. --Lynn...