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The premise of this movie, of a comedian talk show host running for president as an independent just to shake things up, is funny, entertaining, brilliant and even a bit inspiring.
This film has a premise that is good enough to get anyone talking, and a sure-fire conversation starter.
This has a very similar premise to 'honeymoon in vegas' which is far better.
Interesting premise; interestingly worked out; the strongest feature of this film is the emotional tension of the astronaut who knows a truth, but is unable to convey it to others.
The Mallachi Brothers, working from an absurd script by Eric Fosberg, treat the ridiculous premise straight, thereby creating a wonderfully wretched piece of deliriously campy cheese.
It is not one of the best episodes, but the rock-solid premise of an alien being who putting the Enterprise's crew in a corner, is the kind of situation that makes the show so much fun to watch.
A film like Privilege must have seemed almost like science fiction when released in 1967, so fantastic was its premise.
While the central premise is obviously inspired by "The Island of Dr. Moreau," the story nonetheless is given a great deal of freshness and intrigue because of Martino's artful melding of such diverse elements as voodoo, the lost underwater city of Atlantis, a rousing mondo destructo climactic volcanic eruption, buried treasure, unscrupulous genetic experiments, and even some exciting rough'tumble fisticuffs between de Ross and Rackham during the thrilling conclusion into an altogether dynamic, imaginative, and often immensely entertaining whole.
Finding the premise intriguing, and reading the reviews, and being an Angel fan, I watched this movie.
Director Kevin Conner, working from a blithely silly script by Milton Subotsky, maintains a constant brisk pace throughout and treats the exceptionally foolish premise with astonishing seriousness, thereby giving this picture a certain clunkily earnest quality that's amusing and endearing in equal measure.
It was not a big-budget production and its premise, middle-age amateur jazz musicians get an unexpected professional engagement at a Catskills-like resort, seems rather modest.
I'm positive that this is where MTV got its original premise for the Road Rules series.
The premise of the story revolves around a very religious family and their ties to their church.
Interesting initial premise, to tell story from perspective of each dupe, degenerates into sitcom-style finale (not unlike Blame It On Rio, with which it has more than a few similarities).
I love the premise, but it's replay value is only for certain parts(the opening scene of course).
This film has an excellent premise and is really crying out to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster.
I knew the premise of this film, and obviously I can't miss a good sounding film, especially from "Master of Suspense" director Sir Alfred Hitchcock.
Comparing the two movies, the premise is quite similar.
Both because of the live action and cartoon features but on its premise.
Beautifully shot, with a great premise for suspense, sex-appeal provided by beautiful Ruth Roman.
Because of the great premise, you feel like you have to watch it to the end.
An unusual movie, which starts off with the classic premise of a hooligan who marries a girl who loves him in order to escape the country.
When I watched this movie when I was a kid I didn't understand the premise of Hitchcock movies, and dark comedy.
The basic premise of Bergmans films are the relationships between the characters and how they deal with trying situations.
In & Out is a comedy with a simple premise.
Christine Lahti (Sandy Dunlap) and Mary Tyler Moore (Holly Davis) worked well with soapish material, Ted Danson did his best with a thankless role of Chip Davis The premise of this that the two ladies' friendship, one a seemingly happily married woman and the other a career woman who is aware of her biological clock ticking.
Seriously, though, Bloody Birthday is based on a ridiculous premise, but it more than makes up for that with it's originality.
It's initial premise is based on the American Civil War but it's ultimately a love story.
The reason it fails to convince is that we don't see enough of this relationship before Law's character leaves for battle - it's difficult to believe the premise that 2 people yearn for each other so much given they've had so little contact.
The plot drags a little in the middle but the power of such a cheap premise as kung fu hookers is enough to bring all but the snootiest film lovers through.
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