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Advantages: Acting, Funny, then sad :'-(
Disadvantages: Made me crack up

O-O- TAKE 1 --- BICENTENNIAL --- TAKE 1 -O-O /\--------------------------MAN--------------------------/\ By Helpa4eva ------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: Bicentennial Man is not a particularly new film. In fact, its not even nearly new! The Chris Columbus made masterpiece is even starting to border on old. But it recently being showed on Sky One on 13th August, inspired me to write a review on this film, ...
...the end. Although it had frequent comical and humourous bits, the message Chris Columbus was trying to get across in the film is very clear and serious, which is a great combination. The film is brilliant. Thank you for reading this helpa4eva review on: Bicentennial Man: Film ------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Read review

Advantages: Some laugh-out-loud moments and good satire, Good work by Edward Norton, Cheap to buy or rent
Disadvantages: Scene mugging by Robin Williams, Not as black or cutting as it could have been, Lacks confidence

Death to Smoochy (2002) Genre: Comedy Certificate: 15 (UK), R (USA) Running time: 109 minutes Extras: The rental copy I viewed had none Director: Danny De Vito Main Cast: Robin Williams - Rainbow Randolph Edward Norton - Sheldon Mopes/Smoochy Catherine Keener - Nora Wells Danny De Vito - Burke Bennett Pam Ferris - Tommy Cotter "Death to Smoochy" is a film that aims to be both a black comedy and a satire of the saccharine world of American ...
...scathingly brutal about the realities of this world and the personalities that populate it, but Danny De Vito's attempt at shredding the image of this cosy land of magic and glitter never quite manages to be dark enough to be black comedy or sharp enough to be a satisfying satire. Every time the film seems to approach the necessary edge, it seems to withdraw back and try to be cosier; unfortunately, it is very difficult to get a film to be both loveable ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: More of the same

Sid and Jean Abbott are a happily married couple, living with their two teenagers, Sally and Mike, in suburbia. Life is never without its ups and downs though, and the Abbotts certainly get to see their share of the downs. Mike is a student who happily lives off his parents. Sally is a environmental protester, much to her dad's embarrassment. Then the Baines move in next door and are quickly at loggerheads with the Abbotts. Mike disregards this though, ...
...see eye to eye? In the seventies, it became popular to make one-off films out of television series; this one was based on the popular series of the same name, starring lovable rogue Sid James as Sid Abbott. However, there are a couple of differences in the cast list. Diana Coupland and Sally Geeson reappear as Jean and Sally Abbott, but Mike, played by Robin Stewart in the television series, is replaced by Robin Askwith. A new Trevor Lewis, the Abbotts' ... Read review

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: Bit cheesy

The movie stars Mike Myers and deals with the story of a "Hindu" love guru tasked to save the marriage of a Toronto Mapleleafs hockey player before it eventually ruins the team's chances of winning the Stanley Cup. Yes, that's the synopsis of the movie. If you think it sounds shallow and unfunny, well you've hit the nail right on the head. People who were expecting the kind of gross but ultimately super-funny gags and sequences in Myers' Austin ... Read review

Advantages: Good acting
Disadvantages: N/A

Big forehead Reese Witherspoon plays (implausibly) a workaholic doctor who seems to retain her Barbie-like prettiness despite working without sleep. She can't get a date (again, yeah right) and is on her way to visit someone when she gets smacked by a car. Fast forward to sometime later and we meet Mark Ruffalo, who happens to be the new tenant in Witherspoon's apartment. He starts seeing the unknowing ghost of Witherspoon and thus the saccharine-sweet, ... Read review