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Movie Reviews by Lisa Alspector - Page 16 of 21

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Review of Center Stage (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Jun 2005

An ounce of self-awareness about its almost gleeful use of cliches would have improved this dance soap opera…

Review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 May 2005

It's not a sex movie but a parody, and the loose feel is part of its genius…

Review of One True Thing (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 May 2005

The vicarious catharsis offered by this adaptation of Anna Quindlen's novel is as efficient as that of any family-affected-by-illness drama…

Review of Evolution (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Apr 2005

Demands to be treated with conviction as parody if not as science fiction…

Review of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Mar 2005

Blends extremes of violence and humor to create an irreverent tone that nullifies everything; the plot is so clever it crushes the characterization,…

Review of Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Feb 2005

The earnestness of some of the drama in the only deceptively unsophisticated narrative may be more shocking than any of the gross-outs…

Review of Donnie Darko (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Feb 2005

Kelly is a supple and courageous storyteller, boldly free-associating as he mixes parody and satire with earnest psychodrama and coming up…

Review of One Eight Seven (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Feb 2005

Wolfgang Petersen and writer Andrew Marlowe, apparently afraid to really make fun of any American icons, challenge us to take the story straight…

Review of Proof of Life (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jan 2005

Against the lush backdrop of the Andes, Crowe and Caruso define on-screen cool: good guys in a match of wits and firepower who even talk about…

Review of Bean (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Nov 2004

Rowan Atkinson's recalcitrant TV character is the hub of this 1997 feature that will disappoint fans and nonfans alike…

Review of Focus (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Nov 2004

This insidiously complex satire is filled with apparent digressions, and our complete identification with the man occurs so gradually that…

Review of Jump Tomorrow (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Nov 2004

Transcendently kitschy, trippingly funny fairy tale, which has a surprising amount of psychological insight and a dance number to die for…

Review of Rush Hour 2 (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Nov 2004

This action comedy transforms LAPD detective Chris Tucker from an intolerably annoying egotist into a practically lovable intolerably annoying…

Review of Booty Call (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Oct 2004

There are moments of high hilarity in the slapstick that results when the characters attempt to minimize mucus-membrane contact during sex…

Review of Monument Ave. (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Aug 2004

Set in an expressively underlit environment, this rivetingly moody drama is enhanced by the restrained use of incidental music…

Review of Flawless (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jul 2004

This 'heartwarming' thriller refuses to distinguish realism from stylization, and much of the plot is a twisted mess of repetition and unpersuasive…

Review of Ready to Rumble (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jun 2004

This gross-out action comedy gets good mileage from its high-energy music and World Championship Wrestling characters, and leads David Arquette…

Review of Training Day (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Jun 2004

A blandly twisting plot with no meaningful revelations or substantial themes…

Review of Girlfight (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 May 2004

A persuasively feminine coming-of-age story…

Review of Man on the Moon (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 May 2004

Though it suggests intriguing ideas about the nature of performance, humor, ambition, and the consumption of spectacle, the movie only superficially…

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