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'Leap Year': Amy Adams Deserves Betternew
Leap Year belongs to the Prada-backlash subgenre of women's pictures—epitomized by The Proposal — in which smart, stylish women must be muddied, abased, ridiculed, and degraded to get their man.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-11-2010 |
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'Father' is a Bittersweet Look Backnew
Dear old dad takes another left hook to the chin in When Did You Last See Your Father? -- well, not a hook so much as a series of jabs.
'When Did You Last See Your Father?' Floats Along Unconvincinglynew
If it were more maudlin, it'd be a cheesy TV movie, but then it might at least have greater feeling to it.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
07-07-2008 |
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Examining Daddy Issues in 'When Did You Last See Your Father?'new
Based on the British poet Blake Morrison's written memoir, this film is a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-03-2008 |
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Romance Over Glovesnew
Claire Danes helps Steve Martin's novella Shopgirl finally come to life.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-11-2005 |
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Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
Department of Truthnew
Even when it's shot through with apology, a June-November romance like Shopgirl is full of unsavory implications.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-05-2005 |
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Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
Love for Salenew
Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
Lost in Interpretation
Shopgirl, based on the novella by Steve Martin, will inevitably be viewed as Martin's Lost in Translation. But Martin, it turns out, is no Bill Murray.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-27-2005 |
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Actors Hawk Shallow Goods in Filmnew
The mopey, exceptionally shallow Shopgirl most often suggests is the sleazy politics of a Pretty Woman directed at the New Yorker crowd.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-27-2005 |
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Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
