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Wonderful little gem of a film

Advantages: Wonderful story and script
Disadvantages: May be too slow paced for some

...film progresses with more people being charmed by Chauncey and taking his words as symbolic and deeply meaningful, rather than the words of a simple sheltered gardener, he becomes a huge powerful celebrity while not really knowing anything about it, or does he. The film begins to make you question yourself and your own belief of whether Chauncey is a man who has been misunderstood and developed greatness or whether this quiet gentle man really is ...
...and take his words as being the utlimate truth, another of an excellent glut of intelligent Seventies films questions politics and people. Peter Sellers ... Chance Shirley MacLaine ... Eve Rand Melvyn Douglas ... Benjamin Rand Jack Warden ... President 'Bobby' Richard Dysart ... Dr. Robert Allenby Richard Basehart ... Vladimir Skrapinov Ruth Attaway ... Louise David Clennon ... Thomas Franklin (as Dave Clennon) Fran Brill ... Sally Hayes Denise ...

paulie1975 24.05.2009 · Read full review
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How did he get it so right ?

Advantages: Mel Brook on top form
Disadvantages: Availability

...to write anything more because the other two guys have wonderful taste and are more than capable of telling you just how good this film is. But according to IMBD there’s going to be another film in 2005 called The Producers starring some of today’s rising young stars. This is sacrilege. Can you imagine anyone better than Gene Wilder? Can you imagine a young hunky muscled Adonis playing opposite Richard Prior? They’re playing with history. But why ...
...remake it? Just re-release the original on DVD with deleted scenes, a nice feature documentary of the making and interview with Mel Brooks and sell it at an inflated cost as a special edition and you can scrape a few extra dollars out of this wonderful flick. So anyway I’ve had my rant and I want you to see this film. So I will conform to the normal confines of a review and try not to bully you all the way to the Video shop. Perfect performances ...

melonballer 18.09.2004 · Read full review
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Loving Shakespeare

Advantages: A movie with it all
Disadvantages: None

...it strikes me that 1998's Shakespeare In Love is an incredibly misunderstood movie, furthermore those that are in the category "misunderstood" have some serious wrong views of exactly what Shakespeare In Love is about, many believe it is a straight laced romance. From first viewing 8 years ago it has become one of my favourite movies; a great romance, an epic tale, a intriguing romance, and last but not least a hysterical sense of humour. The owner ...
...get dried up author William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) to write a new play "Romeo And Ethel The Pirate's Daughter!" Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) also has similar worries to Henslow, while wanting to become an actress (or at the least an actor) she finds herself due to be married off to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). The dawning of a new play by Shakespeare and the knowledge that women are not allowed to act; Viola develops a character a pseudonym in fact ...

sghawken 16.10.2007 · Read full review
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Prizzi's Shortcomings

Advantages: Interesting spin on a thrice used storyline
Disadvantages: Clumsy scripting

Prizzi's Honour (or Honor as the Americans who made the film title spelt it) came to me in a bundle of DVDs as a present. Not exactly the kind of film that I would immediately want to own, but equally I was willing to give it a go. You may recognise the storyline as it is the basis from which the recent "Mr & Mrs Smith" was developed: Charley (yes, that is how it's spelt) Patanna is loyal to the Prizzi family and, as their hitman, is prepared to ...
...overall enjoyment of the film. Prizzi's Honour is presented in 16:9 widescreen format, which I have little to comment on, but thought I should include for those of you who either have a widescreen TV or don't and hate those black lines at the top or bottom. In terms of special features, the back of the DVD case advertises a fair number, but some are a bit of a con. The moving menus and chapter points can be completely disregarded, it's actually more ...

crutchley_am 23.09.2005 · Read full review
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An Unusual Friendship

Advantages: Wonderful story, great acting
Disadvantages: None

Driving Miss Daisy is a film which me and hubby stopped in Asda today and discovered that neither of us had watched it. We soon changed that this afternoon! The film is set in the 50?s in America and is about Miss Daisy, played by Jessica Tandy, who is getting on in years but still thinks she is perfectly able to drive. One morning she goes to get her car out and manages to crash it into the neighbours garden. Miss Daisy?s son, played by Dan Aykroyd ...
...by Morgan Freeman is employed as Miss Daisy?s driver but things do not go to plan and she refuses to let him drive for her, eventually after Hoke follows her down the street in the car she gets in and he drives her to the store. Will Miss Daisy let Hoke be her permanent driver and what will become of the pair? I thought that this was a wonderful film, both me and my hubby thoroughly enjoyed it and found it very suitable for a Sunday afternoon. We ...

sewbizzie 15.02.2009 · Read full review
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