Ween
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Tom Dicillo, after Living in Oblivion and Box of Moonlight, has proved himself to be one of the best writers and directors in the business. This, his feature film debut as director, is a nice tale which is solid entertainment but not as good as his later films.
Brad Pitt looks a bit too pretty throughout the film (watch Living in Oblivion, the James LeGros character is a parody of Pitt) but there is a good supporting cast, and the film has some very good moments. Definitely worth watching. 7 out of 10
Brad Pitt looks a bit too pretty throughout the film (watch Living in Oblivion, the James LeGros character is a parody of Pitt) but there is a good supporting cast, and the film has some very good moments. Definitely worth watching. 7 out of 10
After seeing Clerks, I waited for months for the release of Mallrats. After hearing negative feedback, I went to see it with low expectations and came out crying that it was much better than all the critics were ranting. Having seen it for the fifth time, however, I understand why it got such a poor reception: it's a bad movie.
It is entertaining, but Kevin Smith again shows a lack of ability at writing strong female roles: everyone thinks that because he wrote a lesbian role in Chasing Amy he can write good female roles, but Mallrats: everyone of the girls are sluts: Shannen Doherty is with Ben Affleck the day after breaking up with Jason Lee (the only good performance). Joey Lauren Adams is a complete slut as she recalls sexual fantasy after sexual fantasy and Renee Humphrey is also a slut. As a male I am not offended, but I find that it is a little sad.
The conversations all revolve around sex, as if Smith is begging to shock, and man I would love to go to a mall where only super cool trendy people walk around. It is amateur and lacks originality.
It is entertaining, but Kevin Smith again shows a lack of ability at writing strong female roles: everyone thinks that because he wrote a lesbian role in Chasing Amy he can write good female roles, but Mallrats: everyone of the girls are sluts: Shannen Doherty is with Ben Affleck the day after breaking up with Jason Lee (the only good performance). Joey Lauren Adams is a complete slut as she recalls sexual fantasy after sexual fantasy and Renee Humphrey is also a slut. As a male I am not offended, but I find that it is a little sad.
The conversations all revolve around sex, as if Smith is begging to shock, and man I would love to go to a mall where only super cool trendy people walk around. It is amateur and lacks originality.
Having seen the extraordinarily bad rating, I felt the need to help boost it up. The fact is that Louis & Frank, although certainly not as good as earlier Rockwell films, is by no means a disgrace.
The film starts off very promising indeed, with some great conflicts between Louis and Frank. It was funny and good energy. However, the film does drag and many of the characters are annoying: Tony Curtis is embarrassing and annoying, and Steve Buscemi probably only did the film as a favour to Rockwell, who provided Buscemi with fantastic roles in Somebody to Love and In The Soup, but here the character is just dumb.
Don't rush out and see this movie, but if it is on tv it is worth watching.
The film starts off very promising indeed, with some great conflicts between Louis and Frank. It was funny and good energy. However, the film does drag and many of the characters are annoying: Tony Curtis is embarrassing and annoying, and Steve Buscemi probably only did the film as a favour to Rockwell, who provided Buscemi with fantastic roles in Somebody to Love and In The Soup, but here the character is just dumb.
Don't rush out and see this movie, but if it is on tv it is worth watching.