Word: characterize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite its short running time the movie does occasionally become tiresome in its second half, when Morton drops out of the picture to make way for a fancier enchantress. Unfortunately, Uma Thurman disappoints as Blanche, an Anais Nin wannabe with a fetish for performing geniuses: the amusing concept of her...
The films coda is satisfying enough on both an intellectual and an emotional level, but the very concept of Sweet and Lowdown, with its invented biographical framework and loosely connected scenes, works against the film burning itself in your memory. Even Penns fiery Emmet is too contained by the movies...
The cast, headed by Bobby Childs (Matt Romero '00?) and Polly Baker (Tara Carella ??), functions as one continuous unit; the funniest and most memorable scenes involve either arguments, fights, love spats, or romance between the members of the company. This is certainly a group-oriented musical, for although the main...
Patsy and Bobby, as the show's leading players, carry Crazy for You nearly entirely on their shoulders, and do a superb job. In her solos "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "But Not For Me," Carella is has ample opportunity to show off her stunning voice; and although she...
This meditation on the value of film and imagination follows a Depression-era housewife (Mia Farrow) who goes to the pictures for escapism and one day finds that her favorite movie character (Jeff Daniels) has somehow escaped from the screen and into her life. The movie gets unexpected poignancy out...