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If you're going to make a boring film, do it in an hour or so and get it over with--don't stretch it out over three hours, like this one does.
It's unfortunate that they, along with Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph, were on SNL during the longest stretch of unfunny writing and sketch-making (circa 2002-2006) the show has ever had.
That is about all there is to it and they stretch it out for 84 minutes.
We all know what happens to things when we stretch them, right?
It could sustain a 3-4 minute comedy sketch maybe, but this is just not a feature film by any stretch of the imagination.
While the latter isn't a great story by any stretch, it's at least something that has a beginning, middle and end, as the composer tries to score, gets Dostoyevky dumped in his lap, and in the end gets some help (and maybe something more) from a girl he's been talking to as a liaison between him and the director.
Not recommended by any stretch of the imagination.
The plot is even flimsier than those used in the old days, trying to stretch out two-reel ideas for a feature.
This naturally makes a 3 minutes scene stretch out to about 7 or 8. Horrid acting.
The main story is Loretta Young's; she's on leave from a long prison stretch for murder.
The film only runs for forty five minutes, and this is definitely a good thing as there isn't nearly enough plot here to stretch it out for any longer.
The connection is a stretch and he should have shot the main actress first.
He gets in a fight with random no-name characters every few minutes of the film, probably because the script writer couldn't figure out how else to stretch out the film to the minimum required running time for a feature film.
This is definitely not one of Lucio Fulci's better flicks by any stretch of the imagination.
The women get naked a lot too, mostly in situations that stretch reality.
It's not too far a stretch to claim that One becomes a character in a King story they read, whereas One is limited to petty voyeurism of that same character when filmed.
The acting was pretty good, since they're mostly seasoned professionals, but if you're going to stretch so far from what would most likely happen, it should be more like a fantasy, comical, etc. Everything was taken too seriously.
It also appeared that the production budget couldn't stretch to a hairdresser - from the outset, the hair on the Princess Margaret character had a permanent birds nest in disarray look and looked as if she had been dragged through a bush.
He tries to defer to his brother's claim, but she, knowing our hero is clearly infatuated with her, teases him mercilessly by wearing sexy clothing and behaving like a stripper, rubbing all over the brother in a ruse excuse that she is showing him how to stretch.
I rented it because it was listed as a comedy (that's a stretch), and because the cover said Andie McDowell was acting up a storm in it.
In addition, a highly unbelievable subplot involving a man who has killed his family is introduced just for the sake of a plot point that was all but advertised with skywriting, and the cop's reaction to that occurrence stretch credulity way beyond all reasonable limits.
I was actually hoping that the flaps would have been extended by a stretch of the imagination (can't extend flaps without engines).
That tiny little fan that was going was not sufficient by any stretch to lower the landing gear.
Now that is a real stretch!
It is too far a stretch of the imagination to believe that Tom (as played by Anthony) would befriend the far younger Hatty.
Once more the dogs are the only "actors" that seem "real" and thats a stretch.
All the four musical numbers are bunched at the beginning of the film and we go for a long stretch without any further musical buoyancy.
While this movie isn't a classic by any stretch, it is very entertaining as I remember it.
It may be a bit of a stretch to accept that an Iris would wind up working year after year in a factory, or that a Stanley never hid his illiteracy enough to work in construction or some other better-paying job.
Clapton, by his own admission, said he had to stretch himself for this concert because there were no keyboards, synthesizers etc so we get to see him at his best.
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