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Sunday (2002)
Bizarre Coincidence
This is supposed to be well-researched and based on fact. How come therefore that it's so packed with McGovernisms. Did the people of Derry live in some kind of bizarre Philip K. Dick world in which reality was uncannily like Cracker/ Liam/ Priest? Or is McGovern an idle hack who just keeps repeating hims
Charlotte Gray (2001)
unspeakable
This film is dire. The whole story depends on everyone in it being completely stupid. On her first mission, Charlotte detains her nervous contact for a chat about her boyfriend, knowing that the Gestapo are after her. Think Dumb and Dumber without the laughs It's an insult to all the women of Special Operations.
Blow Dry (2001)
Dire
This is a truly excrutiating film. I've read positive words about it on this site and all I can say is they cannot possibly have been written by people who had seen the film. I run a small cinema in Lancashire and I made the mistake of booking this on the basis of the talent involved - great cast, Simon Beaufoy and so on. Well I've had it playing for a week now and I've sold THREE tickets. THREE. And I felt like refunding the money of those three. It's been big screen foot and mouth as far as I'm concerned. Despite showing it seven times and not having anyone to sell popcorn to, I've still only managed to watch it half way through. It's dire. I assume the producer rewrote the script.
Pandaemonium (2000)
Utterly Brilliant
I had the privilege of seeing this film at a preview. I loved it. It confounded all my expectations. It was moving and beautiful, sure. But it was also really funny. Two of the funniest gags I've seen in the cinema this year. The last thing I thought I'd get from a film of this nature. Thank you.
Elephant Juice (1999)
Oh Dear
What were they thinking of? I assume they thought, oh she's in the Sunday papers, she must be good. It's not true of mail order trousers and it isn't true about film makers either. People say that what's wrong with British filmmakers is that they shoot the first draft. This time they seem to have shot the first fart.
The Last Yellow (1999)
Dear oh Dear
I got this out of my local video shop, having read an article by the director defending the film and saying the press had killed it. I felt sorry for him. All I can say is, if the press destroyed this film they must have done it by changing all the words of the script before it was shot, forcing all the actors to be as unlikeable and stupid as possible, and getting behind the camera to make sure it was never quite in the right place. There's a montage of "Swinging London" in this that would not be out of place in Summer Holiday. If it's supposed to be ironic, it doesn't work. It just makes you yearn for Cliff.
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Best
Of course the sword fight is the best in movie history - witty as well as exciting. Princess Bride is one of those films that reminds you just how wonderful the movies can be. Why isn't it always like this? I could watch it again and again.