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Posted on September 21, 2004 at 6:58 pm
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild sexual references, kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Underage drinking, character gets tipsy |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Brief peril, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, strong inter-racial friendship |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This one is right off the conveyer belt. It’s numbingly predictable due to a screenplay straight from the “how to write a script” formula book, which may be forgiveable, but it is also thuddingly dull due to performances and direction that lack energy and commitment, which is not. Samantha (Katie Holmes) is the daughter of …
Continue reading “First Daughter”
Posted on September 21, 2004 at 12:58 pm
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Character abuses alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
A lot of tension and peril and some jump-out-at-you surprises, brief grisly images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female and minority characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This year’s most popular movie theme — memory — turns up once again, though this time what someone, um, forgot was the script. Oh there are situations here, but I would not say that they rise to the level of a story, and some people, but I would not say they rise to the level …
Continue reading “The Forgotten”
Posted on September 17, 2004 at 5:57 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language (British and American) |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to masturbation and pornography, shower scene with partial nudity, characters have a very casual attitude toward sex, sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters hit by tennis balls, brief fight |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Sun splashed shots and a series of beautiful, thoroughly English sets get this sports-romantic-comedy over the net, but a clumsy romance with flat dialogue means “Wimbledon” is far from an ace. Peter Colt (a glum-looking but winningly wry Paul Bettany) is the fading tennis player who draws a wild-card slot at Wimbledon and decides it …
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Posted on September 17, 2004 at 4:39 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references, non-explicit sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, scenes in bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some mild tension |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, strong woman |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Bernie Mac doesn’t hit this one out of the park, but he manages a solid double in his first starring role, as a retired baseball player who has to get back into shape and suit up for three more hits. Mac plays Stan Ross, known as “Mr. 3000.” As soon as he got the 3000th …
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Posted on September 16, 2004 at 2:47 pm
A+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, brief explicit sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild comic peril and scuffles |
| Diversity Issues: |
All major characters white |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
We don’t think about it much, but most comedies are about existential crises. Whether it’s the bewitched lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, an heiress grappling with a leopard in Bringing Up Baby or Moe bopping Larry, and Curly, comedies let us laugh at characters who are trying to make sense of an absurd world. …
Continue reading “I Heart Huckabees”
