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He's not a good guy, in
spite
of the fact that the movie half-heartedly attempts to make him seem so, since he is trying to get money together for his parents to replace their home, which got blown away by a tornado.
Doriana Grey should please Franco's admirers, leaving others alternately bored, confused, and aroused in
spite
of themselves.
In
spite
of its lack of originality, acting is fine, plot contrivances work and atmosphere is good.
Sterling Hayden is sooo out of place while James Mason decides he'll earn his money in
spite
of what's given him to perform.
Dick Powell stars as a Brooklynite who becomes a cowboy in
spite
of himself.
In
spite
of 2 1/2 hours, you don't feel the time passing, because the cast and the directing are perfect.
After dropping an illegal cigarette and running away from the police, thus starting a chain of events that culminates in a large explosion a few minutes later; Luchino Fujisaki, a seventeen year old telepathic schoolgirl who has recently been released from a mental institution in
spite
of her ongoing violent urges and/or delusions, enters one of these elevators.
And the show goes on in
spite
of the temperamental leading lady.
It takes some digressions, a few brief ones and one long one (the soccer player subplot), which in
spite
of some comments on here, really accomplishes nothing to advance the development of the main character that could not have been accomplished more logically, otherwise.
As an example, if Marie has goals and ambitions, in
spite
of whatever feelings she may or may not feel for Loic, why would she commit suicide, particularly if she had already sent him from her life.
Smug liberalism may be preferable to the racist superiority of the John Wayne era; but how sadly rare it is to see a "Western" (to which genre this film essentially belongs, in
spite
of its east coast setting) that goes beyond a game of goodies and baddies.
In
spite
of the film's somewhat sardonic tenor and dark subject, there's little violence, gore, sex or nudity, and over all the film is lacking in verve, style, and creative edge of the original American Psycho.
In
spite
of being the original tightwad, I've ordered the DVD and have even sent one to my son whose humor runs in the same crooked gully as mine.
In
spite
of this, Rachel McAdams is stunning.
Beyond Borders brings to light the very realistic struggles of the millions of refugees created by war and the valiant efforts of aid workers who contribute to their survival in
spite
of overwhelming odds.
Crumb, in
spite
of it all, is a likable and familiar sort of a guy.
The manipulations were trite and unoriginal, and the idea of the older man being a mentor to a young girl in
spite
of age and personal problems was fairly unbelievable in this instance.
Are we just pawns, forced into just following orders, or do we have the responsibility to take action on the side of what we know to be right, in
spite
of the personal cost?
In
spite
of the unfair rap this film got in the beginning, I've always defended it as one of Coppola's best works.
In
spite
of its long duration, I don't think the film should be categorized as an epic.
2001, in
spite
of everything, might be remembered as the year Bollywood met Hollywood in the flesh.
Bridges, an envious psychopath, kills the kid out of
spite.
Tarantino's film hit all the right notes, and his characters - in
spite
of their amorality - all had a certain charisma.
Figgis gets intense performances out of his cast, the music (written by himself) is excellent and in
spite
of its origins on the stage, he avoids an overly static feel; and the language (rendered in English) seems fresh.
Perch your ears,listen closely,you devotees of the matchstick-figures!! Can you hear it......? There is something unholy trampling the holy land of hilarious melodrama, the beast is armed with utter contempt, with spite, with the mocking force of irony.
In
spite
of the technical limitations of the early 70s Sagal manages to create a feel of emptiness about LA that is masterfully executed.
In 1995, Sam Raimi had become known as the director of a rather quirky and original horror film that, in
spite
of being shot full frame with terrible actors, displayed a talent for composition not seen in some time.
In
spite
of the tremendous tunes "It Might as Well be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing," the movie's music is the weakest of any of the Rodgers and Hammerstein movies.
The film paints a portrait of a troubled woman who descends into paranoid schizophrenia as the end nears all the while maintaining the unexpectedly undaunted, matter-of-fact demeanor of one very much reconciled to her fate in
spite
of being trapped in a system with no recompense for abuse in childhood nor insanity in adulthood who well may have been failed by the criminal justice system as well.
In
spite
of its offensiveness, the film succeeds in its ultimate educational goal.
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