antidote to civilization
Added 11/2/2007
Up there with, Duck Soup,Wedding Crashers,Zoolander, and Little Miss Sunshine. Laugh out loud, sensitive, gorgeously shot, and off the wall. Kate Winslet and Gandolfini are a hoot, as is the whole incredible cast. Saw it in a theatre. The audience was falling out of their chairs. The last few minutes go off course, but the rest is worth every laughing stomach cramp.
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Great movie!!
Added 9/10/2009
Just a whole lot of fun! Characters are great, music and dancing are fanciful, funny lines and family dynamics, and even some touching moments. Couldn't ask for anything better!
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Goofballs getting at each other
Added 8/22/2009
Film by John Turturro that is part musical, part comedy with most fantastically assembled cast one can come up with. Set in New Jersey-like area, this is a story of a working class family with three adult daughters at the moemnt that the husband and father or the family (James Gandolfini) is caught cheating on his wife (Susan Sarandon). The rage that transpires from his wife, is like a virus that catches on to all his daughters and even his own mother.
However, it is Kate Winslet who steals the show. She is the seductress that prefers emotionally unavailble men and they turn her on for as long as they are not in love with her. Once they do fall in love, the affair is over. Winslet has so much fun in this movie that it is hillarious to listen to her speak with ehr British accent, make love (to Gandolfini's character) and get into a cat fight with no ther woman ut Susan Sarandon! In one scene, she is thrown into a water by Gandolfini's character and she looks like a mermaid with her flaming red hair, beautifully sculpted face and most amazing costume made up of Agent Provocateour underwear.
It is a funny movie with really cool choreography and mix of musical scores. Even the people who are not fans of musicals (myself included) will enjoy this goofball movie.
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I'm telling everyone I know to watch this movie
Added 6/28/2009
This is truly a wonderful piece of entertainment. Guided well by the Coen brothers, John Turturro offers us this gem of a "home-made musical" filled with a stunning cast. It's clear these actors had a ball performing and this infects the viewers world.
If you enjoy great acting, infectious storytelling, and complete inane seemingly non-sequiturs that take you on a merry-go-round of enjoyment: watch this film.
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A definite "cult" extravaganza
Added 4/9/2009
This rather obscure movie is quirky, delightful and resonant of our society's shift of cultural values, away from community, loyalty and humanity. It reveals the desire of humans to be together, to be loved and to excel, be our best from emotional, human support. We've lost our way and given it up to technology. The characters are exemplary of real people struggling to connect, not just until the next new thing comes along, but to reality and commitment to those we've embraced as friends, family and partners. As ever John Turtorro is a master of showing us who we really are and even more - who we need to be to thrive...
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Romance and Cigarettes is great. The replacement cassette player sucks. It another loser from Photoland. The link you gave me was inaccessible. I am fairly livid now. I have no useful way to contact you, and a player which when it goes is like a 33 1/3 album playing at 78. Get the picture ?
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