Review of Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) by Tim H — 09 Sep 2007
This one comes too close to home. Not for me, mind you. My mom and my stepdad. That's right. He's a little nuts and I don't get a lot of it. But what I will say is that this movie is ridiculously honest about itself and humanity. I'm gonna add a scene from this movie into the great scenes of cinema. It's the scene where Minnie is a li'l drunk and talking about how the movies disillusion us. It's really the thesis for this movie. No one is as perfect as they are in the movies. Rather, we have guys who think girls will like them if they walk on their hands. Cassavetes has a way of noticing what real people do in intense situatons.
What does kind of raise my eyebrows is the fact that Gena Rowlands is almost always abused in all of Cassavetes's movies. Maybe she's good at it, but it's weird knowing their real-life relationship in league with Rowland's fictional characters.
Gena Rowlands just keeps moving up my list of favorite actors. Minnie and Moskowitz really secures that spot for me.
This review of Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) was written by Tim H on 09 Sep 2007.
Minnie and Moskowitz has generally received positive reviews.
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