| Title |
Review |
Grade |
| Hope
Floats |
Sandra Bullock is the former prom queen returning
to her hometown with her daughter after being publicly dumped by her jock
husband. Forced to live with her eccentric mother (Gena Rowlands),
take a menial job and suffer the schadenfreude of her former schoolmates.
Harry Connick Jr. is a classmate whom she shunned and who now sees her
return as a chance to finally win her heart. Bullock and Connick Jr. are
badly served by a stagnant and predictable script and Rowlands is simply
wasted. |
*** |
| Wild
Things |
I saw this movie on a long distance flight
and being strapped to a seat in an air-tight container was the only reason
I could watch the entire movie.No doubt intending to be a erotic thriller,
it is unfortunately an incoherent, nonsensical mess. Matt Dillon
puts another nail in the coffin that was his once promising career, Kevin
Bacon must have really needed the money, and Therese Russell's cameo
is a sad indication of a declining career. Steamy scenes are supplied courtesy
of Neve Campbell (who acquits herself well) and Denise Richards whose
utterly unconvincing performance is unintentionally hilarious. |
** |
| Primary
Colours |
The trials and tribulations of Bill Clinton, sorry
Jack Stanton, as he attempts to get the Democratic presidential nomination.
Since the story unfolds through the eyes of a enthusiaistic campaign worker
(Adrian Lester),Stanton (John Travolta) and his wife Susan (Emma Thompson)
remain distant and unengaging figures. Kates Bates and Billy Bob Thornton
have fun in their roles as the crises team as they rush to suppress one
scandal after another. The movie is ostensibly a satire on American political
and the story of a political aspirant making a Faustian pact to gain power.
Unfortunately, Lester is far too wooden to hold our attention (and his
character is far too naive to be credible), and real-life events have
eclipsed the relatively mild shenanigans in this movie. Close but no cigar. |
*** |