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Some Aspects Give Film Unsportsmanlike Conductnew
The authority-defying premise and violent punchlines still click, but the gay-bashing humor gives The Longest Yard penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-02-2005 |
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Tags: Peter Segal, The Longest Yard
Cinderella Man's Fight Scenes K.O. Clichesnew
The boxing biopic Cinderella Man offers a sweat-dripping, rib-cracking, tooth-loosening version of the famous fairy tale. Instead of a humble beauty meeting a noble prince with a glass slipper, Cinderella Man shows a humble bruiser who finds his destiny through an ignoble prizefighter with a glass jaw.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Lords of Dogtown Skates Along the Edgenew
Digging deeper into the personalities behind this fierce cadre of pioneer skateboarders would have made sense, but Lords of Dogtown is unnecessarily beholden to the skating milestones unearthed in Stacy Peralta's documentary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-02-2005 |
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Good Tailoring Mattersnew
For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-02-2005 |
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Criminal Confectionnew
A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.
Austin Chronicle |
Matthew Vaughn |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Layer Cake
Sex Between Upper and Lower … Classesnew
An Italian surgeon falls in love with a country girl, flirts with the self-pitying mindset of the slumming elite, and becomes something of an apology for bourgeois classism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-02-2005 |
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Tags: Don't Move, Sergio Castellitto
The 'Bulldog of Bergen' Bitesnew
Ron Howard and Russell Crowe have once again combined their efforts to create a big Hollywood biopic that exudes the strong whiff of Oscar bait.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Siblings Without Sentimentnew
This psychological drama from Denmark is interesting and well-performed, but it's no Cain and Abel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Susanne Bier, Brothers
Unanimous Decisionnew
Ron Howard, Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti all shine again in Cinderella Man.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Tedious 'Yard'new
Messrs. Sandler and Reynolds have produced a film lacking in levity and virtue.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Segal, The Longest Yard
A Sampler of Love and Desirenew
Eros is three films joined in a common goal, a tribute not merely to the entangled concepts of romantic love and sexual desire but to Antonioni himself.
Sucker Punchnew
Boxing drama Cinderella Man is for die-hard Russell Crowe fans only.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Two Guys, a Girl Director and No Pizza Placenew
Director Susanne Bier keeps up the tradition of dark Danish cinema with a film centering around a family torn a part by war, secrets and grief.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Susanne Bier, Brothers
The Class Warriornew
Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Revenge is Sweetnew
Though some intentional mystery remains within the sextet of Star Wars films, Lucas delivers the answers fans have been awaiting, and the events of the series’ third and fourth chapters match up as seamlessly as possible.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
05-30-2005 |
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