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I think that "The Hi-Line" shows what a great actress Rachael Leigh Cook is. The film itself is a little slow, but Rachael makes it worth watching. I think she does a great job of portraying someone who feels like there is something more to her life, but dosen't know what it is.

"Josie and the Pussycats" was a great satire of our "mass consumerism" society. Many criticized the massive product placements. I think those people missed the point of the movie. In a good satire, sometimes the humor is missed(ex.I totally missed the humor of "Scream", I still think it is just another slasher flick) because the satirization becomes the object of the satire. The movie was marketed to the 10-13 year-old crowd, but the humor was aimed toward adults. If it wasn't marketed as a "chick flick" for 10-13 year-olds, it might have done better.

AntiTrust could have been a great vehicle for Rachael Leigh Cook, but the director cut out her best scenes. In the scenes that she are in, she is just a zombie. She is involved in a sub-plot that is simular to a sub-plot in "Get Carter", but she handles the sub-plot better in "Get Carter".(I blame the director) The director's homage to Hitchcock was corny. (It's the scene were Ryan Philippe's charactor realizes he may not be able to trust Tim Robbin's charactor, at least I think it's a homage to Hitchcock. The DVD shows the scenes that were cut out. I think the director should have trust his instincts and not listen to the test audiences.