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Denial (1998)
Typical
Ladies and men who do not want to be stereotyped as creeps should stay away from this one. It's no fun and a complete disappointment. More of the same old tired "boys will be boys" routine. It was largely an excuse for gratuitous female nudity and the promotion of the stupid idea that women must accept certain behavior from men. We're supposed to consider it a happy ending when a female character accepts behavior that is unacceptable and hurtful to her and keeps the jerk around instead of kicking him to the curb. As if that is the best deal she can get. It left me with a very bad impression of Adam Rifkin. It's bad enough when a very young man acts/thinks like an adolescent, but Adam is getting old enough that it is especially unattractive.
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
I really like it!
I really liked this movie. Due to the heavy accents, the dialog was sometimes hard to understand, so I did rewind some to catch it. I really liked the story, I loved that Dek was so devoted to his girlfriend Shirley and loved her daughter Marlene as his own. I thought that loving, responsible Dek (Rhys Ifans) was the sexy one, not Jimmy who was a loser and a jerk(although robert carlyle is nice looking). I thought that Rhys had great chemistry with both Shirley Henderson and Finn Atkins. For me it would have been a no brainer to pick Dek.I also enjoyed the extended family relationship between the two families. The characters were colorful too.