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Movie Reviews by Lisa Alspector - Page 7 of 21

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Review of The Others (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jul 2012

The payoff matters at least as much as the setup, and this story's secret is way too easy to guess…

Review of The Fifth Element (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Jul 2012

Even the revelation of what the fifth element is at the end is disingenuous--in fact, the archness of this whole project is repellent…

Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jun 2012

Strives for comprehensive coverage of its theme of forbidden love…

Review of All Over the Guy (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Jun 2012

Surprisingly, this didactic and self-consciously clever romantic comedy isn't annoying -- it's refreshing, moving, and at times quite funny…

Review of An Everlasting Piece (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Jun 2012

Writer Barry McEvoy and director Barry Levinson might want to brush up on the use of metaphor…

Review of Children of Heaven (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jun 2012

One problem leads to another, but because the children's points of view are so powerfully rendered, the plot of this elegant and lightly magical-realist…

Review of Fallen Angels (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Jun 2012

Writer-director Wong Kar-wai makes these five self-consciously idiosyncratic types--often seen through distorting lenses in cinematographer…

Review of Rat Race (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 May 2012

Inspired, elaborately plotted, and unusually satisfying variable-speed chase comedy…

Review of A Dog of Flanders (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 May 2012

Full of meaningless tragedies left unjustified by the absurdly optimistic ending .. (an) intolerable story…

Review of The Shipping News (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 May 2012

This atmosphere-heavy drama, with its comfortably quirky characters, elegant performances, and ever shifting tone, is so innocuous it's not…

Review of Hannibal (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 May 2012

Stylistic excess, comedy, and romance often help make extremes of cruelty and horror function as cathartic metaphor, and all three figure,…

Review of Hideous Kinky (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Apr 2012

The fusion of dream sequences and evocative landscapes makes the characters' feverish sense of living at the edge of reality contagious…

Review of Vegas Vacation (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Apr 2012

The Griswolds, headed by Chevy Chase, are taking what could be one of their last family vacations…

Review of The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Apr 2012

Writer-director Aiyana Elliott gives her father his due in this evenhanded yet impassioned documentary…

Review of Songcatcher (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Apr 2012

Like the main character, it's stodgy and didactic -- and full of grace and surprises…

Review of Swingers (1996)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Apr 2012

Movies about the trajectory from outsider to insider in LA social and professional circles--the two always seem inextricably linked--are a…

Review of The Best Man (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Apr 2012

Viewers who mistake the didacticism for stylistic weakness miss much of the point of this nicely toned movie…

Review of Bait (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Apr 2012

This comedy-thriller that has no particular motive for changing tones…

Review of Meet the Parents (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Apr 2012

Scenes that should have been uproarious are weaker than many of the movie's smaller moments…

Review of Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Apr 2012

Though it isn't so much funny as clever, the parody will hopefully discourage some aspiring teen-movie makers from doing the same old thing…

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