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And the movie shines brighter for it.
If we give up the realism on the movie, this title shines.
Genius and all-round hero Buscemi shows his legions of fans his true brilliance with this, his own feature in every sense, in which he shines as the central Tommy, drinker and all-round slacker whose trials and tribulations are played out with such gentleness and subtlety you just can't help loving him.
Tatum O'Neal shines as the team's recruited pitcher Amanda, whose mother once dated Buttermaker.
As you can tell by the summary line, I'm no big fan of the Tarantino scripted original, but it shines in the face of this effort.
Now, "Song of Norway" shines in its dramatic moments much better than its musical moments (a bad thing for a musical).
However, "Decoys" shines among the rest of b-grade films because of the simple fact that it is quite funny and entertaining despite its clichéd storyline.
I enjoyed him as "Antonio" on WINGS, he was so funny in Galaxy Quest, and in his more dramatic roles, he also shines.
The sheer quality of this flick shines through.
Do yourself a favour on a rainy day and get out "co-ed call girl" on video - it has to be tori spellings most under acclaimed role to date -she just shines as the innocent college girl who falls into becoming a call-girl whilst starting a romance with a fellow student who wants to be a lawyer - consequently she is torn between her moral obligations and her feelings - very powerful stuff - I confound anyone who views this masterpiece not to be touched by her gritty performance.
Thora Birch shines as always.
Mary Louise Parker, so good in Naked in New York and Fried Green Tamales, shines here and makes you wish she'd played the lead.
Dustin Hoffmann one of the greatest actors ever (even if "Rain Man" was his last truly great film) shines in this biopic about controversial comedian Lenny Bruce.
She shines like the sun because she is allowed to.
Jose Rosete shines way way above the other actors and I believe saves the movie from being just awful, but even so, he is well below par.
Falk's real-life wife, Shera Therese shines brilliantly as Bachau's current wife.
The Baron shines as Don Juan.
Harry Davenport shines as Arthur's fussy live-in father.
John Barrymore shines in his short appearances as the dauphin's father.
A small town girl Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) has become deadly ill of radium poisoning.Or that what she thinks until her doctor, Enoch Downer (Charles Winninger) notices he has given a wrong diagnosis.A reporter called Wallace Cook (Fredric March) starts writing about the "doomed" woman and wants to take her to New York with him.She doesn't want to go spoiling it all by telling the truth but instead packs her bags and her doctor and it's off to New York.Some falling in love happens along the way.David O. Selznick as the producer and William A. Wellman as the director.James H. Street behind the story and Ben Hecht behind the screenplay.Oscar Levant behind the original music Nothing Sacred (1937) is a fine example of a good old time comedy.This is very screwball.The lovely Carole Lombard shines in the lead.In real life she died way too early but she did make herself a screen legend during her time on Earth.Fredric March makes a great male lead opposite Carole.Just watch their funny fist fight in the movie.And this is a romantic comedy!
Jennifer Esposito is wonderful as a no-nonsense police lieutenant, Ann-Margret is a stitch as Fallon's tippling mother, and John Sierros (Broadway actor shamefully credited as 'Fat Cop') shines as a bamboozled police officer, but what happened to Queen Latifah?
Naseeruddin Shah really shines and the ending is good.
She is one of my favorite actresses and she shines always (wherever she's in).
Ronald Colman shines in the dual role of the dissipated Crown Prince Rudolph and the "simple Englishman", Rudolph Rassendyl.
Besides the leads mentioned above, Gloria Grahame shines again as the fey Southern belle wife of the unexciting pragmatic writer played by Powell, swept off her feet by a Latin smoothie set up by Shields.
Dana Carvey also shines, as the clean cut SAAB driver with multiple personalities.
Director Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, working from a very warm and witty script by Charles M. Schulz, expertly craft a sensationally breezy and snappy 25-minute cartoon romp that brims over with engaging characters (Linus in particular really shines as he explains the historical significance of Thanksgiving in fascinatingly thorough detail), deliciously dry humor, and a spot-on relevant message about the true meaning of Thanksgiving (it's all about friends and family instead of food).
The young Oliver and Richardson -- especially Richardson -- are obviously having a ball in this mix of spies, high adventure, and tongue in cheek comedy According to Michael Powell, the two stars tore up the script, and devised their own scenes, and the pleasure they have in sending up the material, and in each other's work, shines through.
She literally threw herself into the part, and she shines.
Avoid this one just as you would avoid going into the grand canyon with a guide who could possibly double as the homeless guy who shines shoes outside of your office.
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