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Scotland, PA (2001)
Quirky and clever
Okay, so the idea sounds absurd. The film is absurd. It's also fantastic. The writing was extremely well done (although it was horrendously obvious that Morrisette had beefed up the Lady Macbeth part for Tierney), the dialogue was witty and never seemed out of place coming from the characters. And the soundtrack was just fantastic, and had me giggling with the sheer hilarity of having "Can't get enough of your love" playing as Macbeth heaves up his big ol' saucepan.
But what really makes this film is the cast. Walken is his usual genius self, waltzing in and claiming his role as his own, playing the straight laced all seeing cop perfectly. LeGros is perfectly slouchy and dopey as McBeth, Banko is hilariously inept. But the one who really outshone the rest was Tierney. After playing the good girl for so long, she's really pulled out all the stops here. She delivers each curse like a true pro, does manipulation like she's being doing it her whole life, and yet still manages to gain sympathy from the audience. And you can really tell they all had an absolute blast making this movie, their joy really shines on through.
It's a definite must-see!
Ed (2000)
Totally totally adorable
This is one of the best tv shows i have ever had the pleasure of watching. It has a great combination of quirkiness, sentiment, and comedy. All the actors on it have great chemistry, no matter what combination, but in particular Carol and Ed are simply electric in scenes together. They just radiate cuteness. The comedy comes in the form of hijinks between the main character and also an excellent support cast. Phil, Ed's worker at his bowling alley, is perfectly cast in the role of the intellectual wannabe, and Warren as Carol's adoring student is comedy genius whilst still maintaining that aura of small town life that the show is best at. However it is worth watching this show simply for Ed and Mike's $10 'bets' every week. Simply hilarious. This show cannot and should not be missed. For anything.