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This is a fun movie to entertain, not some artsy attempt at finding "man's inner man", etc. Sit back, relax, and laugh.
However, it is muddled in its attempt to depict the esoterics of the art and the time and is uninspired in its representation of the passion of the artist as painted on canvas and explored through her involvements with men.
If I'd seen this one first, however, the feeling would have been different as while The College Girl Murders is a bizarre and rather wacky attempt at a crime flick; it's great fun to watch and it's really hard to hate a film that throws so many weird and wonderful ideas into the script and manages to pull it off with style.
It is Christmas eve and Frank Morgan's character (the owner of the shop - Mr. Matuschek)is recovering from his broken marriage and a suicide attempt.
if your unlucky enough to have a house fire, i guarantee that instead of making a last ditch attempt to rescue that stash of money under your bed, you'll be rescuing your copy of this film instead.
It's also cool to hear so much Australian spoken in a Hollywood film, and even those who don't come naturally to it at least attempt an accent.
How anyone can watch this and not get a kick out of Joey Ramone eating bean sprouts backstage in an attempt to keep him in performing condition is obviously a wet blanket square daddy-o.
The kind of movie western movie makers are too rushed, too frenetic to even attempt.
It was a daring move on Fox chief, Darryl F. Zanuck and it was a breath of fresh air to the Mormon people, as this was the first film attempt to favorably show their faith on the screen.
Noah bumbles along, aided in his role by the ex-dictator's mistress, as they attempt to thwart the plans of Raul Julia.
If the creators of this film had made any attempt at introducing reality to the plot, it would have been just one more waste of time, money, and creative effort.
It does attempt to make a sincere point about true love and friendship being more important in life than a cool set of wheels and a quick piece of tail.
I really enjoyed this documentary about Kenny and Spencer's attempt to pitch "The Dawn".
While much of Wood's work was quirky low-budget entries into various genre-film traditions, his first released feature GLEN OR GLENDA was a truly visionary attempt to express the inexpressible through primitive avant-garde techniques.
Helen's attempt to save his soul-- after leaving him and taking their child at a time when this was unheard of--is a triumph of hope, hope and faith in the worth of every human life and soul, however misguided, however sinful that person may be.
Despite a brief scene in which Jerry Springer makes a feeble attempt at justifying his existence, I definitely recommend this movie for sheer entertainment value.
Some remakes have been good; I think in this case an attempt would worth while.
Cyber Sunday, Survivor Series and December to Dismember were appalling to say the least and so it was relying on its B brand show, Smackdown! to attempt to end the year on a high note.
Simon's play has been nicely expanded for the screen with a silent prologue chronicling a depressed Felix's suicide attempt that is a winner.
So he tries to kill himself but every attempt fails.
Without ruining the film, it's easy to say it was a great attempt and had equally great intentions, but falls short because of sloppy film-making.
Thankfully there is neither a social or political message, nor is there the slightest attempt in that direction.
It is nearly incomprehensible even with many repeated viewings in an attempt to figure out what exactly's going on.
Felix's wife leaves him at the start of the movie, and after an aborted suicide attempt he moves in with poker buddy Oscar.
The film is an attempt to buttress Custer's last stand with a heap of fiction that is only loosely based on the lives of people, who were already the product of manufactured stuffs and legends.
Wagner's dismal attempt to honor this film was a bit disappointing, but his few scenes didn't detract from being entertained.
This was basically an attempt to do the same thing with "Batman" that was done with "Gilligan's Island" in "Surviving Gilligan's Island."
Ultimately the film is nothing except an attempt by people to express their confusion, sympathy and feelings about what happened.
"Presque rien," on the other hand, makes no such attempt.
A late attempt to switch from cerebral Moto movies centered around the plot contrivances to a salad bar spoilt by comedy relief that is as relieving as sore feet.
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