The Weekend

Starring:Gena Rowlands, Deborah Kara Unger, Brooke Shields, Jared Harris, David Conrad, James Duval, D.B. Sweeney, Gary Dourdan, Jessica Morris
Director: Brian Skeet
Studio: Strand Releasing
Product Type: DVD

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Spun is an unclassifiable ensemble piece, intentionally bleached of soulfulness and high on visual invention and comic depravity. Set in north Los Angeles, where meth freaks lurch from one motel room to another in search of companionship and a score, the film stars Jason Schwartzman as Ross, whose life is rapidly disintegrating. Fielding phone messages from his mother and trying in vain to reach an old girlfriend, Ross spends most of his time on a feverish circuit with the half-mad Cookie (Mena Suvari) and Nikki (Brittany Murphy), the dangerously paranoid Spider Mike (John Leguizamo), and a macho drugmaker called the Cook (Mickey Rourke). Director Jonas Akerlund's story is nonexistent, but then again Spun is driven by the blurry, hellish energy of a life lived on speed. An obvious influence is Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, but Akerlund is interested in nightmarish set pieces than tiny horrors of misfired nerve endings and ravaged time. --Tom Keogh

Description

When college drop-out Ross becomes the local crystal meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs, he has no idea what he's in for. Starring: John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Empire), Brittany Murphy (8 Mile, Just Married), Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Pie),Jason Schwartzman (Slackers, Rushmore), Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous, White Oleander), Debbie Harry (lead singer of rock group "Blondie"), Mickey Rourke (The Pledge, Get Carter),Eric Roberts (National Security, TV's "Less Than Perfect").

Customer Reviews:

I only buy great movies.......2007-05-25

This movie is a comical view at the life of a meth user. I really love this movie. It's better than MTV's "True life - I'm a meth user."

A Must See!.......2007-05-13

This movie will definitely keep you entertained! A must see and a must add to your movie library collection.

Great Look at the Drug World.......2007-05-12

Very good depiction of the other side of the human dependency. If you like Natural Born Killers than you should enjoy this!!!!!!!!!

Jump Cuts Like A Knife.......2007-02-18

A lot of the criticism I've read about this movie has to do with the editing. To which I say: did all those jump cuts make you jumpy? Well, that's probably the point - to try and propel you the viewer into the confused and addled mindset of a fiending meth junkie. MY only problem is - once that point is made, the rest of the movie is kind of pointless (although, maybe the other point was to make a movie that's as much of a mess as the characters it represents. And while that wouldn't exactly be a propitious goal, at least it's a goal that they reached).

Granted, some of the skittish shots are beautifully composed - clearly it was a labor of (unrequited?) love to assemble so many artful shots only to run rampant with the jump cut Ginsu knife. And the opening title sequence is gorgeous. I could have watched it forever (which is both good and bad, since what I'm ultimately saying is this movie would have worked better as a music video).

It's a fine line (and one of the only ones that doesn't get snorted in the film), but sometimes a movie's style can get in the way of its substance. And, in the worst cases, sometimes its style serves to mask a lack of substance. This film suffers symptoms from both of these syndromes. I appreciate its aim, but for me the target was never quite hit.

The "comic" moments aren't that funny and the serious moments are undermined by the previous attempts at comedy. The acting is a bit forced and tone-deaf at times (Mena Suvari is surprisingly stilted and just can't seem to be convincingly hyperactive, but Brittany Murphy is actually really good).

The writing is subpar - there are no truly memorable lines that stuck in my mind (for which these kinds of movies are usually reliable). Plot? Not really. Guy drives around, leaves a girl in bed, tries to call his girlfriend. Which would be fine, if the movie was a slice of life or a character study, but this doesn't really feel like much of either.

Most of the celebrity cameos (Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Ron Jeremy of porn) are distracting and kind of useless (still, I can't bring myself to type anything mean about Debbie Harry, so I won't).

And by the time Mickey Rourke gets around to telling his "old dog" tale to a sleeping Jason Schwartzman, I'm practically comatose myself. So when the movie finally reaches its supposedly explosive climax, I'm numb. I'm spent. I'm spun. I'm done. Again, maybe that's the point. But it ain't no fun.

I'd like to give this movie 2.5 stars, but since I have to round up or down, I'll give it credit for being ambitious in what it's trying to do (as well as being so visually intoxicating) and round up to three.

WOW.......2007-02-14

Never seen anything quite like this movie. Absolutely loved how accurate and cleverly made with a style all its own.Pretty cool. One of my favs.

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The Lost Weekend
One's Too Many and a Hundred's Not Enough
LOVE IT!
A Very Powerful Film by the Great Billy Wilder and Performed Masterfully by Oscar Winner Ray Milland
"Talent, ambition. That's dead long ago. That's drowned. That's drifting around in the bloated belly of a lake of alcohol."

The Lost Weekend
Starring: Ray Milland , Jane Wyman , Phillip Terry , Howard Da Silva , and Doris Dowling
Director: Billy Wilder
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B0000549B1
Release Date: 2001-02-06

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"I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk." These words, and the serious message behind them, were still potent enough in 1945 to shock audiences flocking to The Lost Weekend. The speaker is Don Birnam (Ray Milland), a handsome, talented, articulate alcoholic. The writing team of producer Charles Brackett and director Billy Wilder pull no punches in their depiction of Birnam's massive weekend bender, a tailspin that finds him reeling from his favorite watering hole to Bellevue Hospital. Location shooting in New York helps the street-level atmosphere, especially a sequence in which Birnam, a budding writer, tries to hock his typewriter for booze money. He desperately staggers past shuttered storefronts--it's Yom Kippur, and the pawnshops are closed. Milland, previously known as a lightweight leading man (he'd starred in Wilder's hilarious The Major and the Minor three years earlier), burrows convincingly under the skin of the character, whether waxing poetic about the escape of drinking or screaming his lungs out in the D.T.'s sequence. Wilder, having just made the ultra-noir Double Indemnity, brought a new kind of frankness and darkness to Hollywood's treatment of a social problem. At first the film may have seemed too bold; Paramount Pictures nearly killed the release of the picture after it tested poorly with preview audiences. But once in release, The Lost Weekend became a substantial hit, and won four Oscars: for picture, director, screenplay, and actor. --Robert Horton

Product Description

The Best Picture of 1945 has lost none of its bite or power in this uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism. Ironically, this brilliant Billy Wilder film was almost never released because of poor reaction by preview audiences unaccustomed to such stark realism from Hollywood, but the film has since gone on to be regarded as one of the all-time great dramas in movie history.Ray Milland's haunting portrayal of a would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a self-destructive three-day binge. Filled with riveting imagery, the multiple Academy Award-winner offers an unforgettable view of life on the edge.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

The Lost Weekend.......2007-06-25

Billy Wilder's searing look at the "problem" of alcoholism was harsh, unpleasant stuff for audiences to swallow in the '40s, but Paramount execs--who nearly shelved "Weekend" over pressure from temperance and liquor lobbyists--were thrilled when it became a huge hit. That's due entirely to Milland's riveting, Oscar-winning portrayal of Don, a man so hysterically self-destructive that he sacrifices his dignity and others' goodwill to keep himself in a state of perpetual stupor. Cheery it's not, but "Lost Weekend" is a landmark work, showcasing Wilder at his gut-wrenching best. Wyman also excels in an early role as the concerned Helen.

One's Too Many and a Hundred's Not Enough.......2007-05-21

As with all the great products on Amazon, the spotlight reviews have just about covered everything that should impel one to watch this fine film. I should only like to resonate and emphasize those points.

At its core, The Lost Weekend is a didactic movie that tries to show all the degenerative aspects of alcoholism, with a self-conscious sense of unflinching character. Of course, by now there are plenty of films--both fictional and documentaries--that take on the same goal. The beauty of this one, and the reason for watching it, is in the approach the director takes to relate the message.

To make sure we sympathize with Don Birnam, rather than see him as a doomed sod of a separate class from us, the director employs the film noir style. Don is not a bum or a wife-beater, but an intelligent, witty fellow, with his own quirks (like constantly putting a cigarette the wrong way in) who is driven to drink by the weight of his ambitions--a typical film noir presentation of an essentially decent man corrupted by a wrong decision. As his vice starts to dominate and he tumbles into the abyss, his surroundings reflect the change by moving from the bright cheeriness of an opera or the prospect of a relaxing weekend in the countryside to the dark and seedy halfway ward of the hospital. Here, too, the film noir technique of stark lighting contrasts and dominating shadows play an effective role. Ultimately, as Don reaches rock bottom, he intends to find redemption one way or another, although the ending picks, somewhat superficially, the cheerier of the alternatives.

The reason for watching this movie, then, is not the plot necessarily--even by watching the trailer, you should find out it will focus entirely on a man's spiritual dissolution--but for the empathy it aptly evokes. Don is fully fleshed out, is portrayed as a convincing representation of even the most good-natured person in the audience, and the result is that the viewer feels the heartfelt pangs of withdrawal almost as much as Don himself.

Whoever wants to see superb manipulation of lighting and character development, in other words, need look no further than this noir classic. Everything that needs to support these things is present--a great director, fantastic acting, memorable writing (a quote of which is the title for this review), all these are present. The only thing it lacks is consistency with the ending, but even that is handled so eloquently that you won't walk away with disappointment.

As a side note, since this is a review for the whole product, the DVD has nice video quality, though some of the very dark scenes do show signs of "static." The features include only the trailer, and images of production notes and actor/production team biographies. Though lacking in all, at least the production notes are very pithy.

LOVE IT!.......2007-02-07

Being a man in recovery, I was really pleased by this performance by Ray Milland. Very real. The scheming and the hiding of the booze in his apartment. He deserved his Oscar!
By the way, was he Bryan Ferry's Dad? Ha Ha Ha!

A Very Powerful Film by the Great Billy Wilder and Performed Masterfully by Oscar Winner Ray Milland.......2007-02-04

The first time I saw "The Lost Weekend" was about a year ago on TCM and in my own opinion, it was a excellent film. Billy Wilder, who had just done "Double Indemnity", does not miss a step. Ray Milland's performance as Don Birnam, who was chosen as the star, after several of Hollywood's box office draws had turned it down, was perfect for the part and most deservedly won the Oscar. Jane Wyman was perfect as Don's girlfriend, Helen St. James, who stuck by Don no matter what the outcome. There was also the support of Philip Terry, Howard DaSilva and Doris Downing, who helped to add to the film as well.

While the ending may seem a bit rosy in some regards, any other way in which the film would have ended, possibly with Don committing suicide would have violated the Production Code, which still was prevalent during the 1940's. Also, to take into consideration of World War II coming to an end when the film was made, a rosy ending would probably help to bring a little bit of optimism after years of fighting and bloodshed. That's just what I have surmised from this.

Anyways, excellent film and performances. This film is highly recommended and should not be missed!!

"Talent, ambition. That's dead long ago. That's drowned. That's drifting around in the bloated belly of a lake of alcohol.".......2006-11-24

Billy Wilder pulls no punches in showing the horrors of alcoholism in "The Lost Weekend." So ahead of its time was this film upon its original release that it still holds up pretty well to modern sensibilities.

Writer Don Birnam (Ray Milland) is an alcoholic. Both his brother, Wick (Phillip Terry), and his girlfriend, Helen St. James (Jane Wyman), have tried to get him to sober up. Don is making progress but he gives into his demons once more during one harrowing weekend. During this time, Don lies, steals, and does whatever he can to get his hands on booze and more booze. After staying at the drunk ward of a hospital and experiencing a series of terrifying hallucinations, his journey enters even darker territory when he contemplates ending his life

Wilder's unwavering direction coupled with Milland's remarkable performance gives "The Lost Weekend" a dramatic power that disturbs and frightens. The scenes in the film are so well staged that they attain a heightened sense of realism that is impressive for a non-documentary. The only problem with "The Lost Weekend" is an ending that feels a little too neat and tidy. Specifically, Don's final proclamation has a dubious ring to it. Wilder undoubtedly wanted to end his film on a hopeful note but the ending just feels awkward. Yet, even though "The Lost Weekend" ends oddly, its depiction of one man's total meltdown remains a powerful viewing experience to this very day.

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Badly acted and Stupid but....Hilarious!
Funny movie
entertainment
Death can be funny, right?
Classic black humour of 80's

Weekend at Bernie's
Starring: Bruce Paul Barbour , Don Calfa , Dan Cox , Eloise DeJoria , and Louis Giambalvo
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B00094ARJQ
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Description

It sounded like a great weekend away at their boss Bernie's beach side pleasure palace. But when working stiffs Larry and Richard (McCarthy and Silverman) arrive to find a real stiff their murdered boss they're forced to concoct a crazy scheme to avoid being implicated and/or dead themselves! With Bernie propped up and his death effectively covered up, Richard and Larry's weekend getaway becomes exactly that as they dodge curious babes, a curtain of bullets and one confused hit man!

Customer Reviews:

Badly acted and Stupid but....Hilarious!.......2007-05-03

Critics are soooo judgemental and overly serious that of course they threw this movie one star easily. Hell I could toss it one star easily too because I see everything that is bad about it. But I still can't help but to see it as great fun ayway. It stars Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy as 2 bafoons who wanna work for a rich businessman named Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser). They know something about his business that they don't realize he wants to kill them for knowing.

He invites them for a weekend at his beach home but he gets killed before they get there. They slowly realize that he's dead and people on the island are slower than them because they just don't see that he's dead. So they fake him being alive just so they can live it up and enjoy his place to themselves. They soon have to save themselves from the guy who killed Bernie. The result is a really really stupid movie with pretty awful acting but will you enjoy the movie anyway ? Hell yes! Terry Kiser actually is hilarious and gives a fun performance as...a dead body. It's silly that no one can even tell that Bernie is dead and try to carry conversations with him. Hell his g/f has sex with him and doesn't even know she had sex with a dead body.

Of course those are good reasons critics gave it one star but to me those are good reasons to enjoy how stupid this movie is. I mean why just give a movie one star when it's at least well done enough to get some good laughs. If you wanna see garbage that's not only easy to just toss one star but Zero Stars, then see Weekend at Bernies 2! Plus when Men at Work did something similar with a dead body it wasn't as clever and well done as this movie or as funny.

Funny movie.......2007-04-21

Bernie's dies but noboies knows it, he act like he's still alive.
Great acting by Terry Kiser!

entertainment.......2007-03-26

I always fall asleep during movies. I found this one to be very funny. Better than the first Bernie's.

Death can be funny, right?.......2007-03-09

This movie can be cheesy at times, and the plot falters a little at times, but it is hilarious and I get nostalgic every time I watch it. I loved the shooting scene and Bernie's Porsche cart. Oh, and when the drunk mobster's girlfriend comes over looking for Bernie. Super funny. It's a typical 80s movie. The DVD format is nice too.

PS (to E. Kutinsky) I believe the movie was set in New York.

Classic black humour of 80's.......2007-01-21

Fantastic film that i first saw when i was little and i like it still. Amazing black humour, nice and relaxing comedy. After 20 years is still funny: funny actors, funny scenario and just 5 stars.

Jack Johnson - A Weekend At The Greek & Live In Japan [2 DVD]

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If you like Jack Johnson...
Soul-Soothing Jack Delivers
A must buy !
Dissapointing, and I'm a fan!
GREAT!

Jack Johnson - A Weekend At The Greek & Live In Japan [2 DVD]
Starring: Jack Johnson
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
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ASIN: B000BRBAOC
Release Date: 2005-11-22

Product Description

Disc 1: A Weekend at the Greek

In Between Dreams Medley
Never Know
Taylor
Sitting Waiting Wishing
Flake
Breakdown
Bubble Toes
Staple It Together
If I Could
Rodeo Clowns
Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner)
Fall Line
No Other Way
Better Together

Disc 2: Live in Japan

Banana Pancakes
Gone
It's All Understood
Cookie Jar
Pirate at 40
Heading Home (w/Donavon)
Wasting Time
Horizon Has Been Defeated/Bad Fish (Live w/Money Mark)
The News
Inaudible Melodies
Times Like These

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This two DVD set includes two separate films, Live in Japan (shot in August 2004 at the end of the On & On tour) and A Weekend at the Greek (shot on August 19th & 20th, 2005 at Berkeley's famed Greek Theatre during the In Between Dreams tour). Both films blend concert performances with intimate interviews and behind the scenes footage as well as over 30 minutes of bonus material. Live in Japan captures Jack's band in its original trio form, with Bassist Merlo Podlewski and drummer Adam Topol touring Japan performing selections from Brushfire Fairytales and On and On. The film features guest appearances by Money Mark and Donavon Frankenreiter. Shortly after the completion of the Japan tour, the band convened in the Mango Tree Studio to record their most recent album In Between Dreams, with Zach Gill from Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) adding piano and accordion. A Weekend at The Greek, filmed over two nights at one of the band s favorite venues, captures the expanded sound of this four piece lineup as well as sit ins from the growing Brushfire Records family: G.Love, ALO, Money Mark and Matt Costa.

Format: DVD VIDEO

Customer Reviews:

If you like Jack Johnson..........2007-03-08

If you are a huge Jack Johnson fan, you will LOVE this dvd. It has tons of songs on it, with some extra stuff which is fun to watch. I 100000% recommend this!!

Soul-Soothing Jack Delivers.......2007-01-14

Take a peak into the life of the gracefully talented Jack Johnson. Bios on musician friends and Jack's personal tales mark the musical contribution he is making. I continue to be impressed by his message, his personal character and his grateful humility. This DVD will give his supportive fans a clearer view of this truly wonderful person with brilliant singer/songwriting prowess.

A must buy !.......2007-01-10

The Greek theater in Berkeley is a special place - sorry to have missed that concert - this DVD is the next best thing - a must buy !

Dissapointing, and I'm a fan!.......2006-12-21

Well, I've fallen in love with Jack Johnson's music couple of months ago and I really LOVE album In Between Dreams, heard it probably fifty times already. So I went and bought this DVD hoping it would be something special, just like JJ's music. But I could not believe! This is NOT a concert show, this is just a documentary with songs in between! What sense does it make to interupt the song line just to tell viewers things that could easily be put in a separate chapter on a DVD? Are you looking forward to hear JJ's best hit Sitting, Waiting, Wishing? Go on then! After one minute, this song is interupted by JJ's explanation of how was video for this song made! Then you go back to the song but guess what - not where it stopped before but almost to the end!
Well, some songs are good, I must admit - loved Banana Pancakes, No Other Way and Better Together.
I'm giving 2 stars only because I love his music so much but I don't think I'm gonna watch this DVD again.
If you want to see what a concert DVD should look like go for David Gray - Live At the Point, but the best one out there is definetely Seal In Paris - that's by far the best thing I've seen.

GREAT!.......2006-08-18

What else can we saw from J.J...
excelent DVD...amazing show and perfect 2nd DVD... is a must have..

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Good Ratings ? lol
Bernie should've just stayed dead
Very nice sequel
Crazy and outlandish as ever!
Weekend at Bernie's II

Weekend at Bernie's II
Starring: Andrew McCarthy , Jonathan Silverman , Terry Kiser , Troy Beyer , and Barry Bostwick
Director: Robert Klane
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ASIN: B00005QT9P
Release Date: 2001-12-04

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Yeesh. The dead guy from Weekend at Bernie's is back for the gratuitous sequel, still flopping around in his lifelessness like a wet noodle and getting dragged, stuck, bumped, and subjected to all manner of undignified things the living would never tolerate. Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy return as hapless businessmen who flee to the Virgin Islands after being accused of embezzlement. For reasons we won't go into, they need Bernie's corpse to get out of a jam. McCarthy is annoyingly mannered, Silverman is on auto-pilot, and the visual jokes--all based on one form of desecration or another--do not strike any resonant black-comedy chords. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Good Ratings ? lol.......2007-05-03

A witch doctor makes it that Bernie's dead body can move when music is played which is probably the only slightly funny thing about this movie. That's all you really need to know about this bad and uneeded sequel to the stupid and cheesey but pretty damn funny original. This movie is just stupid without the laughs. I'm surprised so many people here liked it. I like that in How I Met Your Mother how when they try to get a friend to get over a girl. They say "she laughed during Weekend at Bernies 2!". Yeah there is something wrong with someone if they actually laugh during this entire awful movie lol. I admit that Terry Kiser is sorta brilliant yet again as a dead body though. He's about all this movie has going for it.

Bernie should've just stayed dead.......2007-03-09

This movie is super cheesy. I only bought it because I had Bernie's I, which is much better. They almost made a Bernie's III, but it got lost in, what they call, "development hell."

I have a feeling that if they indeed made a Bernie's III, it'd be worse than the II. Don't buy it. Rent it and make a copy.

Very nice sequel.......2007-01-21

In most cases sequals are worse then 1st part. And this film is not an exception. The main line of movie a bit changed and has a bit other motive.

From other hand Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy are still funny and Berny is still dead, but don't lose his charming. This time Larry finds an amazing girl and Richard's seems lost his Gwen in end of first film.
Voodoo stuuf, dead dancing body of Berny, treasure search, beautiful island... what else you wanna from movie?

Crazy and outlandish as ever!.......2007-01-13

Weekend at bernie's 2 is every bit as funny as the first one. I wish this movie would get more attention by reviewers, but unless you can really enjoy 80's and 90's comedies you might skip this one. i guess t.v. people just think if you see the first one, that is good enough. The music in Weekend at Bernie's 2 is better, and the scenes in the morgue are hilarious. I can't believe it when Bernie shows up after being found dead in the subway, and they say "He's been here before!" ITs just crazy.

Weekend at Bernie's II .......2006-11-10

The order was filled promptly and efficiently. I was very pleased and would highly recommend the seller.

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Great Fun For Mystery Fans
I loved it!
Nancy Drew Grown Up
Charming Bookstore Sleuth

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Starring: Kellie Martin , Clarence Williams III , Nina Siemaszko , Casey Sander , and Julianna McCarthy
Director: Mark Griffiths
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Release Date: 2006-05-02

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She's an avid mystery lover and bookseller, for whom crime has been comfortably confined to the pages of her favorite novels -- until a real-life murder turns a weekend of fun and games into a chilling whodunit... The quaint mystery bookshop bequeathed to Samantha Kinsey may be struggling, but the idea she's concocted for the weekend should drum up some killer publicity -- a book signing by three very popular and very competitive mystery writers; Maura Hobbs, Angela Cooke, and the reclusive Clare Beckman. Unbeknownst to Sam, Clare is using this "mystery weekend" to make the shocking announcement of her retirement. Just as Clare poses for a final career photograph, an ear-shattering gunshot rings out. Clare manages to dodge the bullet, but later falls victim to a cleverly planted poison. Wading through a long list of suspects and motives, Sam manages to uncover a convoluted plot of blackmail, greed, and deceit -- a real-life mystery that would have thrilled Clare...had she lived to see it unfold.

Customer Reviews:

Great Fun For Mystery Fans.......2007-02-01

This series of films from Hallmark Entertainment is delicious fun for mystery lovers and Kellie Martin fans. Martin is Samantha Kinsey, the owner of the Mystery Woman Book Store who finds herself involved in her own favorite pastime. There is a warmth and sense of fun to the story in this one and a fine atmosphere just right for light entertainment.

Samantha is making plans for a "Mystery Weekend" for her avid customers sure to please them. At her weekly "Thursday Night Mayhem" event, however, the very reclusive and prolific mystery writer, Clare Beckman, just misses being shot. Samantha's close friend and Assistant D.A., Cassie (Nina Siemaszko), is shot in the arm instead, and the mystery begins.

One of Samantha's elderly customers is the obvious suspect, at least to Chief Connors (Casey Sander), but Samantha has other ideas. There are two other female mystery writers present at the shooting whose jealousy is hardly masked. And when bee venom is used by someone to finish the job, Clare's trophy boyfriend might have motives also.

There is a real sense of fun as Samantha starts questioning people to get to the bottom of things. Clarence Williams III of "Mod Squad" fame is simply terrific as Samantha's pal, Philby, with a past so mysterious he has access to the Prime Minister! Pretty Nina Siemaszko is endearing as Samantha's best friend, helping her best bud and getting into hot water while fending off a hunky lawyer trying to romance she and Samantha at the same time.

It's all tied to a 30 year old murder. And as Samantha knows, everybody loves a murder. Mystery lovers won't be able to get enough of Samantha and her buds sluething around. Martin looks fantastic and it's great to see her find a fun project like this one. It's a great premise executed with just the right sense of mischief. A great find.

I loved it!.......2007-01-08

I happened to see this DVD at the library today and thought it looked interesting and I was right! What a great mystery! I am now looking to purchase the entire set. It's a good, clean, fun show. Loved it!

Nancy Drew Grown Up.......2006-09-19

This movie is a little bit too Nancy Drew. The characters are stock suspects, and the action is rather contrived. "Mystery Woman" is anything but edgy. Whatever edge the plot may have had was neatly gone over with pinking shears. So we end up with good, clean family entertainment that some might relegate to the pile of "chick flicks."

Nevertheless, it was a relief to get out of the rawness and irresolution of daily life and to spend some time in this polished hardwood mystery-fans bookstore. And it was good to see Clarence Williams III on the screen again.

The bookstore is the kind of business we all dream about having; and Clarence Williams is the kind of business partner we all wish we could have. He's smart, mysteriously well-connected, and supportive. After each draining homicidal attack, Mr. Williams is ready to go brew a tea for himself and his partner. For many of us, that is the ultimate wish fulfillment.

What more could you ask out of a "cozy?" A bookstore, a dead body, and a cup of tea...

Charming Bookstore Sleuth.......2006-06-05

Samantha Kinsey owns the Mystery Woman Book Store, and occasionally runs into murder mysteries of her own. During Mystery weekend, a chance for fans to gather and meet their favorite writers, writer diva Clare Beckman puts in the first appearance in almost fifteen years. No one knows why she's avoided the limelight. Arriving fashionably late, Clare immediately seizes everyone's attention, makes the announcement that her latest book is her last, and is promptly nearly murdered. Samantha ends up on the suspect list, alongside her most treasured patron. In short order, things go from bad to worse as the mysterious killer succeeds in killing Clare Beckman. With the police certain they've got the killer in custody, it's up to Samantha, her partner Philby -- who used to be a spy, and her assistant district attorney friend Cassandra to track down the real murderer.

This is the second entry in Hallmark Entertainment's MYSTERY WOMAN movie series. Kellie Martin stars as Samantha Kinsey, bringing a lot of experience as an actress as well as directing some of the series' entries. Created by Michael Sloan -- who's created or written for HARRY-O, COLUMBO, THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES, McCLOUD, THE EQUALIZER, and LA FEMME NIKITA, the series is off to a promising start.

Samantha Kinsey is an enjoyable sleuth. She's an everyday woman, with just a touch of something extra. Her curiosity about mysteries is a deeply rooted passion, and in her movies she's given a good chance to exercise it. Although there's no real drama involved in this movie, there is a good storyline that will keep avid mystery fans guessing up until the final moments. The story plays fair with the clues and the background to solve the murder. Doubtless, the writer, Joyce Burditt, wound the plot largely around British mystery maven Anne Perry's real life, which only came to public light in the last few years. The dialogue is quick and fast-paced, and the subplot involving Samantha and Cassandra's interest in the new lawyer in town is great fun.

The only real drawback to the DVD version is the lack of extras. These days all DVDs come with a little more than the movie, and interviews with the cast would have been a nice addition.

MYSTERY WOMAN: MYSTERY WEEKEND is highly recommended for the armchair sleuthing couples who want to while away a lazy hour and a half over the weekend playing guessing games with each other. This series doesn't have the intensity of something like FOYLE'S WAR, but it is an engaging effort well worth the visit.

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The sets are a mess and act as a metaphor for the rest of the movie
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Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble
Starring: Danielle Aykroyd , P.H. Aykroyd , Peter Aykroyd , Daniel Baldwin , and Raymond J. Barry
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ASIN: 6305162018
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Description

Get spooked silly when Chevy Chase and Demi Moore take a wrong turnpike exit and find "hanging judge" Dan Aykroyd and "constable" John Candy in a bizarre New Jersey burg. Year: 1990 Director: Dan Aykroyd Starring: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, John Candy

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The sets are a mess and act as a metaphor for the rest of the movie.......2007-03-16

Dan Ackroyd has sure had a wide ranging movie career. He has done the brilliant roles in "Trading Places", "Ghostbusters", and several others. However, he has also laid some eggs such as "Dr. Detroit" and this very strange work. On the whole, I think he has done more good work than bad. I know he has his detractors, but I like him and enjoy his work even when it is as odd as this thing. While this movie only did $8.5 million in box office in 1991, it has become a staple on cable TV and is all but unavoidable.

This thing, however, is hard to fathom. The story makes little sense. Chevy Chase and some friends get stopped for a very minor traffic violation and face imprisonment, death, and a forced marriage to a crazy old man's mute and huge (John Candy) granddaughter.

The sets are all a mess. I know it is supposed to be a kind of junkyard from hell, but still, everything is a mess. And wouldn't someone begin to question all the human bones lying about in piles?

Still, the movie has its moments. The very image of Ackroyd as the impossibly disgusting Judge Valkenheiser is unforgettable. The scene with the Digital Underground and the Judge's playing a fake little organ riff is pretty memorable. I never understood the fake nose and glasses of the lead rapper of that group (Humpty Hump?). Note: Tupac Shakur is in that group and a second or two of screen time.

John Candy makes what he can of the dual roles he is given, but they aren't that good. Chevy Chase is, well, Chevy Chase as Christ Thorne - the what passes for a hero in the movie. Demi Moore looks cute as the love interest Diane.

Watch it for the curiosities, but make sure you don't have anything near you that you could throw at your TV screen or this could end up being expensive.

The Sorry, Sad and Ugly Yet Perversely Addictive Head-Shaker.......2007-02-16

It's always: how to come down on this one? Is this film an unbelievably schlocky, poorly acted, horribly scripted, under-budgeted, lamely produced film striving for transcendent comedy? Or is it the blackest of black humor, the wacky, loopy side of mass murder and extra-judicial killing a la "Eating Raoul?" I just dunno, but every time this thing pops on cable I'm there for the duration. Before I know it the end titles roll and I'm confused and conflicted, and giddy that it's over.

First, Chevy Chase as the headlining straight man? After his best in "Caddyshack" and "Fletch?" It's like director Aykroyd is setting him up for failure, and Chase appears to bristle at it through the entire film.

For historical novelty we've got the pre-"Deh-Mee" Moore, back when she was normal, even attractive, despite that horrible pasty-white makeup they've piled on her, somehow missing her neck, shoulders and chest. Her off-white outfit is just as nonsensical, with those so stupid post-80s half-heeled pumps, the lame semi-formal dress shorts, and the faux country club halter.

And then there's John Candy as a self-loathing deputy somehow turned hero, as well as mute drag-queen. His incarnation as Eldona is the only interesting character in the whole film. His Dennis character finds escape with the tacky Latins to Brazil, but what of redemption? What of his direct and knowing complicity in the hundreds of extra-judicial murders over the years? Does the fact that he leaves Aykroyd and Demi to their fates compromise his redemption?

Who other than me notices early in the film, after that excruciatingly lame, low-budge, non-high-speed chase that beautiful southeastern California landscape through which they tour? Note the dry creek beds, the eucalyptus trees, the barren brown mountains in the distant sunset background--this is New Jersey? And on they travel, through the desert scrub, the pinon pines, down the dry washes and through the beautifully wooded vales that I remember so well as the bucolic Hazzard County of yore. Awful.

Okay, a forgotten "shire" in "rural" New Jersey, just off the interstate between NYC and Atlantic City, where a coal fire has been burning for decades? Who thought up this garbage, and what producers swallowed it? Check the facts; NJ doesn't produce coal.

And what's with the Rube Goldberg house, the slides the go and go but still end up in the house? Who loads the traps and maintains them? What are the piles of bones doing in the house? Why are they all femurs? Where are the humerusses, the ulnas, the scapulae?

Note the young and thankfully dialog-less Tupac, and the so unfairly busted Digital Underground homies. It's clear in this overly long vignette that the DU's label coughed up plenty so the band could badly lip-sync their hit. And just like in "Doctor Detroit" and "Blues Brothers," Aykroyd can't pass up the opportunity to show us how terribly down he is with black music culture by having his feeble and shaky-handed JP suddenly belt out a wicked-cool organ solo as the video bimbos paw him like he was wearing a suit made of cocaine and cash. Puh-leeze.

And then there're the two mutant diaper-babies, Li'l Debbull and Bobo (one of them is Aykroyd), so obviously latex bodysuits, utterly unlikable and truly grotesque. Are they supposed to be cute, the lovably disgusting successors to Sloth in "The Goonies?" Are we to feel some kind of deep moral dilemma of whether we should like them or not? They're filthy, neglected, with full, sagging diapers. They're both clearly clinical morons, and have been left to fend for themselves in the junkyard, which says a great deal about the overall Valkenvania approach to child-rearing.

And finally, Aykroyd. This was his first and only directing effort, and you can tell why. There have been many interviews in which he's laid blame on the script, upon the unwillingness of the producers to give him what he wanted, the subtle shots at the actors and their performances (he's top-billed), and even the fact that the working title of "Valkenvania" was not used as the release title. Yeah, like these were reasons this film tanked.

And, please, someone, what is with the JP's nose? Just what in the name of St. Alfonso's pancake breakfast is that thing all about? Is it just a really, really bad sight gag, or is thee some kind of deeply mystical significance that is escaping me?

And at the end we are caught in the big joke, that all of New Jersey law enforcement knows about Valkenvania and have been in on the grand conspiracy for years, apparently fully aware of the JP's extra-judicial killings. As they swarm the building, it's sadly right out of "Blues Brothers," the only thing missing is the troopers yelling "Hut, hut, hut, hut!" as they advance clumsily all over the compound.

There is one thing I like, though: the shot where fleeing Demi is in the forest of scrapped Mr. Muffler signs. Their sheer size, grinning faces, outstretched arms devoid of their beloved oversized car parts is some very nice composition, surreal, eerie and menacing, highly reminiscent of Tim Burton's nod in "Mars Attacks" to the unplugged glamour and glory of the old Glitter Gulch in Vegas when he has Danny DeVito, Tom Jones, Jim Brown, and Annette Benning flee through the marquee graveyard.

Bottom line: this film seems to be an interesting black comedy concept which somehow took on a life of its own. It's a last-gasp 80s kind of thing, with Aykroyd going so obviously back to wells which have been emptied already, by him and prior co-stars. Overall, it's a serious stinker, but it's still got enough wacky train-wreck mojo to pull me in, every single flippin' time.

HERE'S A FILM YOU WILL EITHER LOVE OR HATE.......2006-10-26

FIRST OFF: WHY LOVE OR HATE THIS FILM?

Even in our household the opinions are divided on this one. I'm giving it a 4 [instead of a 5] in recognition of everyone else in our family who can't stand to see this film.

IN A NUTSHELL: 'NOTHING BUT TROUBLE' IS NOTHING BUT RIDICULOUS

'Nothing But Trouble' features John Candy, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Demi Moore, with Aykroyd and Candy actually playing two roles each. Candy plays a strange female mute, Eldona, in addition to Sheriff Dennis and Aykroyd plays 'J.P.' the hanging judge and 'Bobo', a huge outdoor only frankenstein-esque relative. This is a film that is obviously a bit too over-the-top for many viewers and also a bit on the gross side for many others. Nevertheless, it strikes me as a very goofy film that features three of my favorite comedians [Akyroyd, Chase & Candy], so obviously I am going to like the film. Nevertheless, I liked 'Nothing But Trouble' enough to add a DVD to my collection where I already had several video copies of the film.

WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT: [could be plot spoilers below]

Chris Thorne [Chevy Chase] takes a detour off the N.J. Turnpike to see some of the scenery and accidentally goes through a stop sign in the Village of Valkenvania and right into the twilight zone.

After a rather absurd chase scene Thorne is apprehended by Dennis [Candy], and along with his eclectic party, is escorted to the Village Reeve, 'J.P.' and into custody for an indefinite stay. Their stay in custody is punctuated by strange people behaving rather strangely while Thorne tries to wise crack his way to freedom, never really taking the gravity of the situation seriously. In fact, they are all in danger of being executed, because that is the usual punishment for bankers, which Thorne has been labeled, as well as for other undesirables.

By the time Thorne realizes that he and his party may never leave the judge's custody, it may be too late to do anything to save Diane Lightston [Demi Moore] and himself from being executed. To escape this plight is what this film is all about. It is silly, perhaps too silly to be taken seriously.

WHY SOME IN OUR HOUSEHOLD DON'T SHARE MY FONDNESS FOR THIS FILM:

I do enjoy this film, but many others in our household do not share my opinion. They feel that there are scenes that are gross for the no good reason and that the film is silly in a way that seems unmotivated. Also, Demi Moore seems to have been included for window dressing rather than as a serious female lead, which she is quite capable of delivering.

ABOUT THE DVD: NO SPECIAL FEATURES BUT IT PLAYS BETTER THAN THE VHS EDITION

This DVD plays quite well and is in Full-Screen Format. With the exception of 'Scene Selections' there are NO Special Features whatsoever, which was a big disappointment for me, since I was hoping at least to have a commentary track by the Director and Star, Dan Aykroyd.

Nothing But Boredom and Shallowness..........2006-10-09

How could two such great talents as John Candy and Dan Ackroyd and the beautiful Demi Moore (I expect garbage out of Chevy Chase, so 'that' was no suprised) agree to do such an unfunny, stupidly written, shallow pile of crap is beyond me..
If you are suffering from insomina, watch it..You'll be cured in five minutes...Jack Schlatter

Nothing But Trouble.......2006-07-22

An all-star cast really pulls all the plugs on comedy and light drama. John Candy plays a very controlled straight man while Dan Ackroyd keeps the laughter at its max, in his multi role performance. You will want to view this comedy-fantasy more than once.

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Super Funny.
The official start to your evening
Reach for the lasers...
Amazon's Brett Fetzer Is A JERK-OFF!!!
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Human Traffic
Starring: Jo Brand , Richard Coyle , Dean Davies , Danny Dyer , and Bradley Freegard
Manufacturer: Miramax
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ASIN: B00004Z4WS
Release Date: 2000-12-12

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Human Traffic wants to be a Trainspotting for the rave set, and so it has thick British accents, hip snotty attitudes, slick visuals, a propulsive electronic soundtrack, and unfortunately some very weak writing and drab characters. A band of friends, with the cute names of Jip, Koop, Nina, Lulu, and Moff, are sex-obsessed clubgoers having some sort of premature midlife crisis. Jip and Lulu are best friends, only their friendship is about to be threatened by sexual tension. Koop gets ravingly jealous about his girlfriend, Nina. Moff masturbates a lot and has a repressive dad. Jip's mother is a prostitute. Koop's father is a paranoid schizophrenic. What little plot there is revolves around whether or not they'll get into a particularly hip club. Critics usually complain that movies are too much like music videos, but Human Traffic could stand to be more of one. All the best moments are when the tepid dialogue stops and the driving beats and quickly edited images take over. A brief break dancing sequence is a moment of genuine dazzle. The actors aren't completely without charm, but the movie is just trying too hard to achieve the effervescent buzz it seeks. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Here's the hip, adrenaline-pumped comedy about one wild weekend in the lives of five young friends ... and how their latest raved-up adventure just might change their outlook before the next weekend arrives! For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, workdays are merely the dreary downtime between frenetic 48-hour binges of clubbing, pubbing, and partying without rules or limits! But when these friends spend a wild weekend in search of some meaning and real connections, they'll see things in ways they've never imagined! Fast, funny, and excitingly original -- discover for yourself this widely acclaimed hit!

Customer Reviews:

Super Funny........2007-01-03

It is a great to see life of young adults from Cardiff, Wales who love clubing.....and how they spend their entire week planing their weekend. It's a crazy bizarre club life you will experience in this movie.
Good buy.

The official start to your evening.......2006-03-30

All I have to say is that this film used to be a seminal part of the build up to my nights on the town. Re-discovered it again recently and still love it! It isnt a complex film but you feel part of the build up, part of the craziness and the slow comedown at the end. It even takes the odd pot shot at the drug culture that makes up the core of this film. The whole soundtrack is fantastic and seems to pick up on the moods so well. Finally it manages to pull out all those great and pointless thoughts and conversations you have on a night out that make that always seem spot on! A film that for better or worse will always have pride of place in my collection.

Reach for the lasers..........2006-03-23

Great movie.. Fabulous soundtrack.. Highly recommend the movie to everybody. SOundtrack featuring classic dance hits like "energy 52" and "Come together"...
Get the dvd and the soundtrack from amazon.com! real great and prompt service too..

Amazon's Brett Fetzer Is A JERK-OFF!!!.......2006-01-17

Brett Fetzer needs to get a clue, you don't understand something, generally you shouldn't be doing reviews for it. Amazon's review is so off the mark you have to wonder if he actually watched the film. "Human Traffic" is so on the mark you'd have to be an idiot not to enjoy it. "HT" and "Trainspotting" have absolutely nothing in common, and in no way should they be compared. Just because they're both European films doesn't mean they're trying to be the same movie. That's like saying "Saving Private Ryan" wasn't funny compared to "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" becasue they're both American movies(Although "SOMMWS" was lame to begin with). Check out this movie, even if you're not familiar wtih the culture you should laugh your buns off. Also if you like this movie check out the directors new movie "It's All Gone Pete Tong" just as god of a movie, not as scary as "28 Days Later" though, cause that was british too.

PURE EXTACY.......PARTY ON!!.......2006-01-12

This movie is one of a kind its hilarous has great music and any ravers or people that have taken extacy or clubbers can relate to this movie its a fun ride of a movie i'd give it nothing less than 5 stars

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Madea Still in the House
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Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion
Starring: China Anderson , Gabrielle Anderson , Lisa Arrindell Anderson , Maya Angelou , and Vic Aviles
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ASIN: B0009A40O8
Release Date: 2005-06-28

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When pistol-packing, chain-smoking granny Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) invites her family over for the weekend, chaos is sure to follow. First they gather for her sister Irene's funeral and then for the wedding of her granddaughter, Lisa (Sonya Evans). Naturally, nothing goes as planned. The rest of her extended family include daughters Cora (Tamela J. Mann) and Vickie (Pebbles Johnson), granddaughters Jackie (D'Atra Hicks) and Tina (Zakiya Williams), and irrepressible neighbor Mr. Brown (David Mann). The urban inspirational comedy, which was followed by popular spin-off Meet the Browns, takes place between the two events as family members attempt to heal their differences through quips, scriptures, and gospel-oriented numbers. Written, produced, and directed by Perry (who co-wrote the music and lyrics), Madea's Family Reunion was filmed in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana in February 2002. A feature film version starring Blair Underwood and Lynn Whitfield is planned for 2006. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

Madea s family reunion Madea has a wedding, a funeral and a family reunion and she did it all for only $75 dollars.

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Running Time 120 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

wonderful.......2006-08-07

I enjoy all the Tyler Perry plays and movies that is why I purchased the item

Madea Still in the House.......2006-07-31

I was really impressed and pleased with the fact that the Madea role was still true to form. I thought that being a movie would take away the real Madea role. But it didn't!!! Super. I really enjoyed it.
Cathy Autry (a Madea fan from the very beginning)

Matriarchy.......2006-07-04

We live out in the midwest, so when we saw this movie, we were struck by the style and elements this movie captured for not only Black Americans, but other minorities as well [including all of you of European ancestry, who don't think you have a culture too]. It was funny, but it has elements of pride in it about black people, that shows the value system and familial relationships that are tribal and beautiful. The scenes about the elders were breathtaking. They brought the women elders, grandmothers and great grandmothers into the circle at the family reuntion. Cecily Tyson and Maya Angelou added so much. I am pleased to recommend this movie, and you will be delightfully surprised, as we were. Your children should definitely watch it because we aren't aren't paying attention to our elders or doing things that include "Ceremony" to welcome our sacred children into our families.

all families.......2006-06-22

It's absolutely wonderful how Tyler is able to transcend all earthly families and show that we all have the same problems and we all need the same Savior

Madea's Family Reunion.......2006-03-20

This is a wonderful,well written family movie. Admire Tyler Perry's GOD given talent very much. However, I will not order anything else from Amazon. Amazon mislead people by stating it was 2006 and Lynn Whitfield was in this DVD. Since then Amazon has change the ad, prior to they sold many DVD's under a false ad. Again the movie is fantastic.

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Almodovarian Kitch
Enjoyable, but not going to change the world.
Funny light and very Almodovar movie
Not Queens
Nearly unwatchable

Queens
Starring: Verónica Forqué , Carmen Maura , Marisa Paredes , Mercedes Sampietro , and Betiana Blum
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira
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ASIN: B000IY04SG
Release Date: 2006-12-05

Description

A whimsical, contemporary ensemble comedy that stars five of Spain's most celebrated and beloved actresses as strong willed mothers learning to cope with the family conflicts surrounding the marriages of their sons during Spain's first ever en masse gay wedding. Hilarious high jinx and mayhem unfold as the mothers learn to deal with their own prejuidices, history and desires. With the "I do's" pending, will the hearts of the Queen mothers find the strength and love to give their sons away on their special day?

Customer Reviews:

Almodovarian Kitch.......2007-07-01

Thoroughly enjoyable light entertainment.
Every movie doesn't have to change the world.
Can't go wrong with those actresses.
I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Enjoyable, but not going to change the world........2007-04-24

I wasn't looking for a weighty, emotional rollercoaster and this movie definitely isn't one. Mothers and sons and the f---ed up relationships they sometimes have is the focus of the movie. Works for me. It made me laugh at times and that's what I wanted.

Funny light and very Almodovar movie.......2007-03-08

This Spanish movie has the Gay marriage theme, but is one of the funniest movies I've seen. It's with no doubt better than most of the gay american comedies. It has also a great casting, Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes , Veronica Forque, Jorge Perrugoria(cuban actor from Strawberry and Chocolate)
If you love Pedro Almodovar you'll love this movie too, same style, more modern, very good actors.

Not Queens.......2007-01-16

The production values are good, but the story and situations are really hard to swallow. The film is mostly about the relationships of the women, not the gay sons. It was confusing having so many similar-aged women, stories swapping back & forth, constantly having to identify which mother belongs to which son. The situations were far too ridiculous, without being funny. Three of the women are having sex with people that are extremely unlikely to happen in real life. Just not believable. The gay guys are portrayed as weak shells.

Clearly this film concentrates on the mothers and could easily have been about straight children getting married. As a gay man, I feel insulted that the writers think writing the children as gay instantly makes the situation something to be laughed at. There aren't many films that I find difficult to sit through to the end, but this was one of them.

Note: This DVD is actually 4:3 letterbox (they couldn't be bothered to make it full anamorphic widescreen).

Nearly unwatchable.......2007-01-14

Boring, trite, overdone, overcomplicated, unmoving mess.

I'd like to say this was watchable, but I couldn't manage to get through the whole thing. Maybe you can.

I can't imagine that the creators or performers of this film would have thought that the infantile and childish banter that passes for dialogue would impress or entertain anyone. Almost from the beginning, this film is silly and ridiculous, and not in a funny way.

I'd avoid this. "All Over The Guy", "I Think I Do", and "Adam & Steve" are all funny, interesting wedding-themed movies that are far superior to this in every way. I'd suggest you skip this one and see them.

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