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My friend and I both thought the movie was very romantic (the fact that the male lead isn't bad to look at surely helped), and there was enough plot development, action and even humor (the fact that it takes them until the 3rd part of the movie to now each other's name had the whole movietheatre laughing) to keep you entertained and invested in the story.
Having invested in a series for five hours we felt cheated that only five minutes was kept back for the conclusion.
Although I admired the character portrayal and felt the movie visually artistic and even brilliant at times, I was not emotionally invested in Sarah Morton enough nor in Julie's to care.
There is too little documentary value in this docu-drama, and frankly speaking I do not exactly know what the BBC invested so much in it.
Ever since he invested a couple million dollars in "Battle Beyond the Stars" he's been making zero budget sci-fi and action movies re-using the same footage.
and if they did...they should have just taken the money they invested in this and burned it....at least they would have gotten more from it.
I thought for the money invested it was a great little film.
Judith Anderson fares a bit better playing the boy's elderly but wise guardian (a clichéd part, but invested with a salty kick by the actress).
No time invested in developing any parts but the immediate family, yet time wasted in mentioning each star who ever crossed Natalie's path.
I had read a couple pieces that invested the film with some great purpose and meaning, I never saw it in the sea of severed limbs and chainsawed faces.
I was not invested as an audience member in the film.
Investors were told they could write off more than 100% of what they invested in the movie.
I'm not just saying that because I invested in it.
I feel invested in the show and will keep watching it.
I shoulda put it back on the shelf and invested in that 6 DVD "Lone Wolf and Cub" collection instead.
There' nothing histrionically bad here (despite Clayburgh's terrible miscasting), production values are exceptional; yet movies such as "Gable and Lombard" can be career killers, and the producers deserved to lose every penny they invested.
The problem is it's slow, illogical, and no twist and turns to make the two plus hours invested worthwhile.
In both these films the main character is a movie buff, consuming all that energy that should be invested in their lives in devouring movies.
At the end, you figure out what the concept of the film is, but by then, it's a little too late to feel invested in the characters and the plot.
Gee - wonder if she will with Matthew - er, sorry - Tripp...I also cant believe that the movie invested sooooo much time in a subplot where someone wants to murder a mockingbird.
The revelation that the hero is independently wealthy (evidently, at the age of 12, he invested in Microsoft stock) also warrants a few good guffaws.
It is difficult to become fully invested in characters about whom you are told so little -- but the story carries you along and certain of the mysteries are left hanging, even when the film ends.
Now on the other hand if they had invested more in this film and shot it at a better location, I'd say this would be a pretty big hit.
Be prepared for a long evening (the running time for the two discs is three hours 23 minutes) but it is time well invested.
I can only imagine that he has invested in the film or is related to one of the actors.
You get some humor, some gun play, but instead of relying on the quick and cheap thrills to make his point, the director relies on the way you are invested in the story to make the film.
And you do become invested in it.
I can only regret that I invested some money in this film!
The viewer becomes fully invested in the struggles of Chris Gardner and his son.
Every country has it's myths but rarely is a country so invested in a fantasy surrounding obsolete hardware.
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