If you suspense, you'll like this movie a lot. All of the characters were pretty credible. Perhaps the only aspect that didn't seem credible was that the burglars would choose to strike when they realized that Jodie Foster and daughter were home (as opposed to waiting for them go out the next morning, perhaps). In a way, I found this movie to be reminiscent of the 1967 Audrey Hepburn flick, "Wait Until Dark". The two movies share the following similarities: NYC setting; a trio of bad guys infiltrating the home of an arguably helpless woman; the trio of bad guys looking for something in the woman's home that the woman doesn't know is there; one of the trio of criminals appearing to be more sympathetic than the others (Richard Crenna as "Mike Tallman" and Forrest Whitaker as "Burnham"; and a young girl who helps the adult female main character. There are probably other similarities that I'm overlooking. Overall, this was a very good movie.
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Pimps Up, Ho's Down
(1998)
Generally a very good film!
27 May 2000
I thought "Pimps" was very colorful and fairly insightful. Some may find it easy to dismiss because of the seamy subject matter. However, this seaminess aside, the film was very good. Although the viewer isn't given a full biography of each pimp, we are given insights into their backgrounds and motivations and "professional" challenges (e.g. Mr. White Folk's race and Big Lexx's gender). Although "Pimps" may be a bit lowbrow for the Friends/Frasier/Will & Grace crowd, it is very insightful and entertaining.
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