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A good family drama

Advantages: Good lead actresses, strong storyline
Disadvantages: Slow

Georgia Rule is a comedy drama that was released in the box office on 11th May 2007 and was greeted by heavily negative reviews by the movie critics. The film was made on a budget of $20,000,000 and grossed an estimated $41,000,000. The film runs for approximately 113 and is rated 12. Georgia Rule is directed by Garry Marshall who’s directed films such as: The Princess Diaries, Runaway Bride and none other than Pretty Woman. Needless to say I’m a ...
...her place by her grandmother Georgia Randall (Jane Fonda) who follows a few simple rules in her household also known as Georgia rule. Rachel, unsurprisingly doesn’t take kindly to her newly enforced rules and is even more exasperated when she finds out that she is going to have to work while she is staying with her Grandmother who she hasn’t seen since she was a child. While working at the vets she gets to know Simon and it turns out that they have ...

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Review of Georgia Rule (DVD)

'Cellar door', anyone?

Advantages: Interesting and entertaining
Disadvantages: None

BASIC STORY Donnie Darko is a smart fifteen-year old with a history of behaviourial and psychological problems. He's stopped taking his medication, and is sleepwalking and hallucinating on a regular basis. When following the instructions of a hallucination saves his life, Donnie has no choice but to believe the same hallucination's claim that the world is soon going to end… There's a lot more to the film than just this, but I don't want to give ...
...school that Donnie attends is religious and conservative, which plays quite a big part in the film because he struggles to break out of the moral constraints imposed upon its students that don't make sense to him. FILM The concept, acting and direction of this film are all great; there's plenty going on to hold your interest, particularly if you watch it regularly [it requires some effort to understand exactly what's happened - there are no right ...

Raef86 23.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Donnie Darko (Director's Cut) (DVD)

donnie

Advantages: funny mad insane great acting great storyline
Disadvantages: none

best film i have ever seen, great acting brilliaint story line which leaves you wondering what actually happens, im glad the director actually states in the interveiws that it is left up to your imagination. i personally think its a must see cult film and seems to appeal to pretty much anyone who likes to think when watching a film that challenges them! its a film that alot of people debate other possible theories of what actually happens in the ...

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Review of Donnie Darko (DVD)

Wake up, Donnie!

Advantages: compelling, great performance by Gyllenhaal.
Disadvantages: complex. Hard to take it all in.

...I bought a copy of Donnie Darko. I was able to pick up a copy for three quid, and to me at least, thats a real find. Now, unfortunately I also have a wife, who is very much "if it's not a romcom, I'm not watching it!". Therefore, it took me until a few weeks ago to get round to watching it. I don't know what I expected from the film. Reviews my friends had given me were mixed. I guessed it was a love it or hate it film. Anyway, I sat down in my ...
...overview, and without spoiling it, Donnie Darko is an exceptionally talented young man. Grades at school are great, and his conceptual knowledge spans far beyond his years. He is, however, a troublesome chap. He is a paranoid shizophrenic. When on his medication, he can control the symptoms, somewhat, but at the start of the film, you are led to believe that he stopped taking them. This is where it all begins. Enter frank. Frank comes to Donnie in ...

giksy21 09.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Donnie Darko (Vanilla Version) (DVD)

Boring war film?? Never

Advantages: Shows the trouble Jews went through, and how they got through it.
Disadvantages: Daniel craig and his stupid accent!!!

Another boring war film? Not a chance! The basic storyline follows the family of the Belowilski’s, a family of Belo-Russian Jews during the holocaust, who create a 1200 strong community in the forest and fight multiple battles with the German army, of which the won. At the start, the only weapon they have is a .357 magnum with 4 rounds, however at the end, all of the residents have been trained in the use of a firearm, and use one. Tuvia Belowilski, ...
...begin on their journey, sabotaging German vehicles and relieving them of their weapons and anything else that is of use to the want-to-be partisans (A group of rebellious Russian Fighters). However, when a disagreement turns into a full on fist fight between Tuvia and his brother Zus, Zus and many others leave the camp to go and join the Partisans. With many people left and Tuvia seriously ill, other people take over control of the camp and disregard ...

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