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Life in Flight (2008)
Ugh, Good Cast, Nice Pictures, Miserable Script
Saw this at Tribeca Film Festival and was surprised by the wretched writing. The cast is professional, and the photography, set and production design are all first class. The problem is a script that presents a somewhat dopey male lead, an unredeemable monster (b*tch) of a wife, and a seven-year-itch scenario.
The result is good actors reciting bad lines in overwrought scenes. We bought these tickets expecting that a cast including Patrick Wilson, Amy Smart and several other fine actors would deliver a good result. Tied to that script, they couldn't stay afloat.
The movie inspires me to create a new rule for young filmmakers: don't write a script with an architect as your main character, unless you are remaking "The Fountainhead." And don't remake "The Fountainhead."
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
Sophisticated Independent Without Attitude
Bravo to the Polish brothers. Twin Falls Idaho is a first film by young brothers that tells a touching story without becoming sappy or sassy. The conjoined twins of the movie are a remarkable pair. Saw Twin Falls at the New Directors/New Films Festival April 1999 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Perfect. Best of 1997.
This is a movie for grown-ups. It tells a compelling emotional story in an astonishing fashion. The plotting is extraordinary, the acting supreme. Atom Egoyan has a remarkable body of work. This film leads it.