Monday, November 22

More disappointments

If you can get by Stockard Channing's weird-looking face, The Business of Strangers (2001) is passable, although her character is right in her dismissal of Julia Stiles as a spoiled pain in the neck, and all that entertaining despite the performances, and a telegraphed ending.

We must have watched about the first half hour of Code Unknown (2001) before we gave up. I was fast-forwarding through part of the rest, when I stopped to make sure there were several minutes of Binoche ironing. Yep. Too deep for me.

But at least I know why it was in the library. Crush (2002) was pretty awful (we did finish it, though). The lesson the movie teaches is that there is nothing wrong with a desparate middle-aged woman's being in love with someone totally unsuitable. The movie reminds me of those pathetic Hallmark commercials where the woman imagines a delighted reaction to some over-priced crap she buys from their store. Too bad the movie centered on Andie MacDowell's character (and what was an American doing as a British school principal? I guess to get the Americans to watch). Anna Chancellor's character ought to have been the focus of the movie.

Finally, Pacte des loups (The Brotherhood of the Wolf; 2002) was silly but worth watching. Some influence from the slo-mo chop-sockies (no wonder Tak-ngai Yeung was one of the Stunt Coordinators).

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