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Movie Reviews by David Sterritt - Page 19 of 83

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Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 Mar 2014

This deliciously offbeat comedy gets much of its oomph from a loopy screenplay and lead performances that can only be called hilariously bland,…

Review of The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 Mar 2014

Anderson's cinematic style gets more adventurous from one movie to the next…

Review of In the Name of the Father (1993)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Feb 2014

Day-Lewis outdoes his acclaimed performance in My Left Foot, making Gerry a character of palpable realness and complexity…

Review of Pearl Harbor (2001)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Feb 2014

Fiction and fantasy to evade reflection on the world we actually live in…

Review of Platoon (1986)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Feb 2014

Oliver Stone tries ambitiously to capture the full horror and frenzy of combat in Southeast Asia, but his technical skill outstrips his insight…

Review of Braveheart (1995)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Feb 2014

The screenplay says repeatedly that thinking is more important than fighting, yet problems are always met with muscle-power in the movie, which…

Review of Flubber (1997)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Feb 2014

Robin Williams is no Fred MacMurray, but he plays the hero with his customary energy…

Review of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Feb 2014

The director of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums scores his most funny-sad movie to date…

Review of The Last of the Unjust (2013)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Feb 2014

It is the great achievement of The Last of the Unjust that it presents the awfulness of this history in all its ambiguousness and complexity…

Review of The House of Yes (1997)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Feb 2014

Written and directed by Mark Waters, who strives for David Mamet-style punchiness but doesn't develop the quirky momentum that would carry…

Review of The Insider (1999)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Feb 2014

Excellent acting, a stirring screenplay, and crisply intelligent directing make this fact-based movie a great human drama as well as a riveting…

Review of Spawn (1997)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Feb 2014

The adventure is vulgar and violent, although the special effects are impressive…

Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Feb 2014

The subject is crucially important, but the movie dilutes its impact with by-the-numbers filmmaking, and Cheadle's one-note performance displays…

Review of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Feb 2014

Most of the acting is first-rate, with special credit going to Grant as the hero and Simon Callow in a memorable supporting role…

Review of 25th Hour (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Jan 2014

The movie is flawed by implausible psychology and moments of weak acting. But it's more than redeemed by Lee's passionate ideas about America today…

Review of Cecil B. Demented (2000)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jan 2014

The comedy is frantic and tasteless in the usual Waters mode, but it takes telling potshots at the Hollywood establishment, which isn't nearly…

Review of Shallow Hal (2001)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jan 2014

Most of the time we see her through Hal's idealizing eyes, though -- no surprise, since Hollywood won't let glittery stars like Paltrow play…

Review of Rain Man (1988)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jan 2014

Only after the Hollywood hypnotism wears off is it apparent that Rain Man, fundamentally an artsy sentimentalization of The Odd Couple, is…

Review of The Last Emperor (1987)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jan 2014

The story is colorful and sometimes unpredictable, so it's rarely boring. But it's rarely much deeper than the emperor's favorite rice bowl…

Review of Forrest Gump (1994)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jan 2014

The movie supports its optimistic agenda by evading or overlooking many hard realities of the historical period it supposedly wants to explore…

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