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Movie Reviews by Lisa Alspector - Page 12 of 21

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Review of Flubber (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jun 2008

The more pathetic the role, the more evident Robin Williams's conscientiousness--but his professionalism doesn't make this fantasy worthwhile…

Review of Instinct (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Jun 2008

Oscar baiting is the main point of this unintentionally silly drama…

Review of Saint (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 May 2008

This insufferable romance-adventure includes vague comedy as well as unintentional humor, and its target audience seems to be preadolescents…

Review of The Rugrats Movie (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 May 2008

The dialogue reproduces infantile idiom even as it parodies the baby talk of adults, and a touching, didactic scene involving a baby blanket…

Review of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 May 2008

The makers of this eclectically animated adventure, a follow-up to The Rugrats Movie, know their audience, though all the Godfather references…

Review of Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 May 2008

Scenes with Peter Fonda as a melancholy grandfather -- he couldn't get a cherished engine running in time for his late wife to ride it -- periodically…

Review of Barney's Great Adventure (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 May 2008

With very little modification, this archly innocuous children's musical could have been marketed as a sequel to Invasion of the Body Snatchers…

Review of October Sky (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 May 2008

The movie manages to push buttons without seeming formulaic…

Review of Snatch (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Apr 2008

Ritchie may be skilled at generating controlled chaos, but his surprise-a-minute strategy ultimately holds no surprises…

Review of La Orca (1976)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Apr 2008

Ritchie may be skilled at generating controlled chaos, but his surprise-a-minute strategy ultimately holds no surprises…

Review of 28 Days (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Mar 2008

Shows her transition to sobriety as many ensemble stories do--mainly through the development of other characters, the quirkier the better…

Review of Eve's Bayou (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Mar 2008

Subplots are woven stealthily into the story, taking the pressure off the central drama, allowing it to be affecting rather than melodramatic,…

Review of The Butcher Boy (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Mar 2008

Director Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe adapted McCabe's novel for this bland 1998 shocker that fails miserably as satire, character study,…

Review of Liberty Heights (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Mar 2008

Told from too many perspectives, the narrative puts suspense above substance, and its social consciousness seems contrived…

Review of Two Girls and a Guy (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Feb 2008

Writer-director James Toback must believe his audience is hopelessly prudish if he thinks this pedantic story, which takes place over several…

Review of Phantoms (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jan 2008

All the movie's free-form horror phenomena might have been more interesting if the plot didn't keep insisting on a systematic explanation for them…

Review of Orgazmo (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2007

A consistently light yet derisive tone, modest production values, and masterful comic timing allow writer-director-star Trey Parker to expose…

Review of 102 Dalmatians (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Nov 2007

The elaborate climax set in a Paris bakery is the least boring part of this trained-animal movie…

Review of Town & Country (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Oct 2007

Not unlike Eyes Wide Shut, this is an eerily earnest contemplation of fidelity, and it's pitched as farce…

Review of MouseHunt (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Sep 2007

This desperately all-ages movie just emphasizes its banality by throwing money and effort into effects and production design at the expense of pacing…

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