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There is no effort to show what their motives might have been, or to show that actual people did these things.
Perhaps if the film makers spent less effort portraying the idyllic lives they lost (beautiful homes, beautiful children--did they really all live in tree-lined mansions in the countryside with angelic children) and spent more time on character development, it would have brought the pathos home.
Chaykin makes a good effort as Wolfe; he isn't really BIG enough, so that his high-pitched tirades don't really do justice to Wolfe's bellowing.
Slightly on the predictable side and with some (too)big coincidences but still a very good effort by Michael Chrichton.
It's not really a surprise when one knows the history of the journey that this project would be his first feature film effort.
On that note, it's about what one can expect for a first effort.
I won't spoil the plot, but it's apparent that a lot of time and effort went into this film, and since they don't have the money to drop on the "special effects that can make you forget that there's no plot" concept, there is a lot of time devoted to developing and furthering the storyline.
Most of the jokes are not very funny (but for kids) and the movie is short, in order to do not make them to make a great effort.
After the incredibly good effort that was the Dawn of the Dead 2004 remake, this film is an extremely cheap attempt to cash in on the name.
While it's possible to pick holes in the ingenious plot, the dialogue, the direction and even the cinematography, you can't argue with the central idea, the pacing, the superior production values (for a Poverty Row effort) or the obvious enthusiasm of players and technicians to make a movie that's always most enjoyable to watch and listen to, despite the obvious limitations of a "B" budget offering, set within the none-too-lavishly appointed confines of the old Mack Sennett Studio in North Hollywood.
That said, a few gags in Dhamaal (choohon ka race?) does manage to bring a smile on your face and the effort deserves a 7. Watchable with friends who don't mind slapstick, goofy and over the top comedy capers.
I appreciate the effort, but it just didn't do much for me.
For this viewer, the confusion this caused wasn't worth the effort itself and the story would have been clearer had they told it straight forward.
Absolutely no effort whatsoever has been made: it's in focus and the microphone never creeps into shot as uninteresting things happen in the most uninteresting way possible while the cast are given uninteresting things to say to bulk out the running time to the contractually agreed length, but that's about it for exertion.
They could have had something good with the same effort.
The execution is first rate, with a terrific cast, good production values (music, editing, photography), and inventive visuals from directors Boris ("The Omega Man") Sagal, Barry ("Across 110th Street") Shear, and Steven Spielberg (in his maiden effort).
This leaden effort is about life in the Waspy social circles of N.Y.
It was not all that funny, through most of the movie, I laughed for putting in the effort for trying.
A great first effort by the director - shows a lot of promise.
I’d always heard the name of Al Adamson mentioned in the same breath as that of the acknowledged King Of Bad Movies, Edward D. Wood Jr.; having now watched an effort from him – and one that, by all accounts, is his own nadir (or zenith, if that’s your bag) – I can certainly appreciate the comparison!
This comment is placed in the hope that a great effort, and a great result, shall be remembered some more years-BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE THIS, AND THE FOLLOWUP, IN MY LIBRARY.
Brian Yuzna was already responsible for some really crazy and unusual horror projects in the past; some of them refreshing and original ("Society", "The Dentist") and other ones unspeakably terrible ("Rottweiler"), but "Beneath Still Waters" is undoubtedly the most discouraging effort he was ever involved in.
However, those who make the effort to seek out this wonderful fable will be rewarded.
Many people would not have done that so why would anyone go to all the effort of writing the book on the tenuous assumption that Gooding would assume authorship and in the process destroy the original manuscript?
Even though there's only a hint of (accidental) cannibalism in this misleadingly titled effort, CANNIBAL MAN is an underrated psycho-thriller/character study well worth checking out.
The effort shown by these two was admirable, considering the lousy script(written partly by Mr. Conway) and pacing of scenes.
Robert Mitchum as Dan Milner does well here, as he most always does, despite a confused script that starts out as a gangster drama and, about 80% into the movie, with Cardigan's (Vincent Price) rescue effort, tries to become a comedy, with little success.
This is an okay effort from Jim Carrey.
This effort is funny, to a certain extent, the butt talking, etc. can be enjoyable.
Back then most everyone supported the war effort and the doubters kept their doubts to themselves.
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