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Starring:Jack Nicholson, Georgianna Carter, Robert Bean, Carol Bigby, John Bologni, Gary Espinosa, Judith Tresize, Wesley Marie Tackitt, Sydene Wallace, Donna Dabney, Garry Korpi, Leonard Williams, John Holden, Raymond O'Day, Harvey Berman, Jack Nicholson
Director: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Berman
Studio: Vidtape
Product Type: DVD

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Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!
cathartic
Wow
Well done film about sex and its affect on our lives
A first--an erotic movie with a plot!

Shortbus (Unrated Edition)
Starring: John Cameron Mitchell
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ASIN: B000LAZDQA
Release Date: 2007-03-13

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In his aim to make an honest film about sex, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) has taken a somewhat documentary approach to Shortbus, a film describing various New Yorkers' sexual pathos. Framed by shots roving a homemade diorama of the city, Shortbus is comprised of vignettes featuring actors who helped craft this story of people's disconnect in sexual endeavors. Jamie (PJ DeBoy) and James (Paul Dawson), a gay couple experiencing a lull in their relationship, visit Sophia (Sook-Yin Lee), a sex therapist whose inability to orgasm results in her clients inviting her to a sex club after which the film is titled. Sophia's husband, Rob (Raphael Barker), is also willing to experiment, so the two independently embark on adventures in self-pleasure. Dominatrix Severin (Lindsay Beamish) plays a crucial role in Sophia and Rob's lives, as her search for real humanity overlaps with their desire for passion. As each character's plot complicates, the viewer sees a similar melancholy bulldozing its way into these seemingly disparate lives. The depression is repeatedly used in comedic scenes, such as when James is asked on a date while still hospitalized for his attempted suicide. Yo La Tengo's score, which includes Animal Collective among others, lends this film a graceful ambience. Unlike porn, Shortbus has a resonance that encourages the viewer to consider one's own sex life as an important aspect of happiness. --Trinie Dalton

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From the director of `Hedwig and the Angry Inch' comes SHORTBUS, an exploration into the lives of several characters living in present-day New York as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex. Male and female, straight and gay, the characters find one another - and eventually find themselves - when they all converge at a weekly underground salon called "Shortbus," a mad world of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality. One of the true sensations of this year's Cannes Film Festival, presents sex and sexuality as never before seen in mainstream entertainment, and promises to be one of the most talked-about films for months - and years - to come.

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-10

John Cameron Mitchell has got to be one of our best, modern day visionaries. After Hedwig, I didn't think he could create a piece of art as good but Shortbus delivers. A completely different piece than Hedwig, Mitchell as assembled an extremely talented cast to deliver a real (and I mean REAL) story. Two standouts here are Sook Yin Lee (Sofia) who is a disovery combining earthiness, intelligence, beauty and sexuality. She grounds the whole film and allows the other characters to orbit around her giving us an amazing tapestry of art. Paul Stoval (as James) can communication waves of emotion with the merest facial expression. If I ever meet this man, I will hug him whether he likes it or not. :)

This is the kind of movie that stays with you long after it ends.

cathartic.......2007-06-01

I'd been curious about this film for a while, and after seeing it I can honestly say that it exceeded all my expectations. Once the novelty of the non-simulated sex wears off (which is really fairly quickly), what's left is a film that explores the rich, complex emotional lives of a variety of characters. While superficially the characters are all very different (straight, gay, partnered, single, rich, poor, etc), what they all have in common is that they're all at a crossroads in terms of their sexual behavior, and how it either helps them to connect with other people and their own true selves, or not. To quote one of the actors in the film from the (excellent) documentary in the special features section of the DVD, the sex is really just a metaphor for something else.

The only other real film that I've seen that featured non-simulated sex was "Intimacy", which was a pretentious, dour bore. "Shortbus" is a deep, joyous, cathartic and beautiful film.

Wow.......2007-05-30

I think this movie is daring as to what they show but true to what happens in life. No boundaries are in this movie just like there are none in real life.

Well done film about sex and its affect on our lives.......2007-05-29

I was actually suprised by how nuch I enjoyed Shortbus. It is at turns, funny and sad and of course, brutally frank. The first sexual action made me sit up and think, "okay, here we go .." but after that it all seemed as natural as everything else in the film. The sex was funny and clunky and sexy - but natural in the context of the film. All of the actors should be applauded for their courageousness in completing exposing themselves physically and psychologically. I laughed quite a bit at their drama and was moved by the gentle humor. A lot goes on here, but all of it is worthwhile. The soundtrack also is excellent and highly recommended.

A first--an erotic movie with a plot!.......2007-05-28

Sanrtbus breaks the mold! Other movies of this genre either are rather boring (...) or have plots that are non-existent or downright silly. Shortbus tells the story of several young New Yorkers in a search for love and meaning in their lives. They endure a number of ups and downs during their quest but the movie ends with a satisfying and uplifting conclusion. The movie is not shy about full frontal nudity and includes scenes of actual sex acts, but they fit into the story. By the end you care about the characters and root for them which is a testament to the skill of the mostly unknown and largely amateur cast. I would suggest you try Shortbus--it may not be your bag but it is worth a look. I'd like to see more movies like it.

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Recommended
A range of emotions on film
Clement Virgo's Lie With Me is self-indulgent porn masquerading as an 'art' film
a porn movie disguised as a 'b' movie
It's like watching a car wreck, only prettified

Lie With Me
Starring: Lauren Lee Smith , Eric Balfour , Polly Shannon , Mayko Nguyen , and Michael Facciolo
Director: Clément Virgo
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ASIN: B000DZ95MG
Release Date: 2006-02-14

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Shot in sunny Toronto and set to a dreamy score, Lie With Me looks and sounds like an art film, but the end result isn't quite so lofty. The plot is thin and the dialogue superfluous, but no matter--Canada's Clément Virgo (Love Come Down) just wants to turn you on and he has enlisted two attractive, uninhibited young performers to assist in his aims. Leila (Lauren Lee Smith, The L Word) and David (Eric Balfour, Six Feet Under) meet at a party. He's with his girlfriend, but finds himself drawn to her. The feeling is mutual. She's alone, but quickly finds an unattached hipster with whom to have a tryst. David catches her in the act. Instead of turning away, he watches. They start seeing each other immediately afterwards. "I'm not hooked on danger, [I'm] hooked on sex," Leila claims, but she isn't exactly the most trustworthy narrator. She wants a purely physical relationship, while David wants something more. They return to their old lives, but the obsession refuses to die. Based on the novella by Virgo's partner, Tamara Berger, Lie With Me plays like a low-budget cross between Adrian Lyne's overrated 9 1/2 Weeks and Wayne Wang's underrated The Center of the World. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Recommended.......2007-07-01

Lie With Me is more than just lust and sex. David for example doesn't know what he wants they show him with his dad, which we know is an invalid. He has trust issues just like Leila. When he first sees her, I think that he is infautated with her. He helps her at the party when she becomes dizzy, he watches her when she is walking through that wooded area. Basically he is in love with her. When Leila is having sex with that guy he can't help but feel lust for her at first. I mean the guy watches her and then they make a connection. Leila is dealing with the collaspe of her parents marriage and struggling with herself and what she wants. She meets David and she feels actual love i mean she can't be away from him for one second without wanting to feel him. She talks about how when she has sex that she can feel the pleasure inside of her but wants to feel something completely different with someone else. You guessed it that someone is David she wants to love him but she doesn't know how that is why she leaves him. Then she realizes how much she wants to be with him and he pushes her away. She is persistant and then she shows herself to him. In turn he rips out her heart and tells her he doesn't want to be with her, but that is all a lie cause the hurt in his eyes shows through. I think that Leila freaks out because she doesn't know how to comfort him when his dad dies, because you comfort the ones you love in their time of need. Plus i think Eric Balfour has a nice everything in that movie. Both are passionate towards each other even in those scenes when he gets jealous or is still grieving he hurts and the one person who he loves, leaves him. I don't think that he needs a mommy i thinks he needs a lover and someone to show him who he is. Also when they show Leila like having sex form behind i think that she is scared to let someone make actual love to her but David changes that i mean he asks her out on a date. You don't date someone you just want to have sex with. I love this movie i mean yeah theres graphic nudity but its hot and steamy and the actors make David and Leila come to life. Both Eric Balfour and Lauren Lee Smith are the perfect actors to play them.

A range of emotions on film.......2007-06-24

I bought this movie out of curiosity. I love this movie because of the range of emotions many of us experience when one desires and loves. Virgo uses long scenes with few cuts and dialogue to show what's felt when one falls for another. There's lust, attachment, uncertainty, and resolution. The movie shows how one may grow or regress because of these feelings. Rather than lots of dialogue, Virgo uses the nonverbal communication to show what's felt - the trembling of the lips with anticipation, the attachment to another when kissing their arm while asleep, or the misery and disconnect from being without the other. The plot is simple, but many of us have felt the contents of the movie at some point in time. This movie is the first that has delved into the depth of these feelings and put it brillantly on film.

If you're looking for erotic scenes, they're definitely there, and add to the content of the movie. However, if you're thinking this movie is about nothing but sex, you're misled.

Lie With Me will make you think and feel for these characters. Take the 90 minutes; it's worth the time.

Clement Virgo's Lie With Me is self-indulgent porn masquerading as an 'art' film.......2007-06-23

I've learnt to spot the danger signs of an impending bad movie. One of them is when the director is also the screenwriter and producer -- in short, there's no one there to put the brakes on when the film starts to get too self-absorbed. Such is the case with this Canadian indie film that seems to have gone straight to video.

Based on Tamara Berger's novel of the same name (published by the appropriately named Gutter Press), we meet Leila (Lauren Lee Smith), a young woman at a party. She's more than a little tipsy, and looks to be on the scrawny side, dressed clearly with the message that she's there to get laid -- oops, I mean have a good time. One man there is pretty bold about eyeing her, and the pair end up in the bathroom, where he helps her to sober up a little with a drink of water. It almost turns into sex, but his girlfriend calls for him outside and he leaves. He, we find out, is named David (Eric Balfour).

She leaves the party, taking with her Shy Guy (Michael Facciolo), and proceeds to have sex with him outside, up against a chain-link fence. Sitting in his car, watching the pair, is none other than David, along with his girlfriend. David and Leila watch each other getting laid, mimicing each others actions, as it were. At this point, I had a pretty good idea of what this film was going to be about, but as I have this thing about finishing the book or film I start, I didn't turn it off right away.

Eventually, Leila and David meet up again, this time in a public playground, and in a daring moment, she exposes herself to him, making her own interest pretty well known. They move onto his apartment for sex, and the sexual compulsion between the two of them gets going. And in fact that's what most of this film is about -- we're either watching Leila and David going at it like deranged rabbits, or she's letting us know her thoughts and experiences in a voice over that supposed to be titillating and erotic, but sounds more like a bad memoir.

The relationship is pretty predictable -- lust, jealousy phase, playing house together phase, she tries to get it past sex, he withdraws and treats her like trash, they break up, and so on and so forth. Yawn. We've seen this before. While I have to say that the sex at least looks real and honest, the rest of the film isn't that interesting. David, in particular, strikes me as the sort of young man that is fashionable these days -- unshaven, grungy and without any visible means of support. He does take care of an elderly, ailing father, so I guess that's something in his favour. But who in their right mind goes about in dirty jeans without underwear? I had a strong urge to go dip him in a vat of lye.

Leila's not much better. She's perpetually rumpled in skimpy clothing that looks to be ready to fall off at anytime. It's a cheap and sleazy look, and if she's looking for true love or respect from men, it's not a way to really inspire it either. Her personal life isn't that much better -- her parents are going through a divorce, her job is a dead-end job, she seems to spend her free time on the couch watching porn, or partying it up with weed and alcohol. She's not someone I would really care to know in reality either.

In short, this is a couple made for each other. Neither one of them are very responsible, and frankly, he treats her like a piece of meat. I suppose this is what makes this a modern, young adult relationship, sex without strings or emotion. And while the sex does get interesting, I've seen far far better in x-rated film, the only thing this lacks is what is known as the money shot in the trade.

Indeed, Virgo tries to make this as arty as possible, with lots of soft lighting, on location shots in Toronto, use of colour and texture, and I guess that works. But there isn't any sort of plot in this except for the so-called romance between the two leads, and their sexual shenanigans. Oh, there's an attempt or two with the illness of one parent, and the impeding divorce, but the central relationship is so tawdry, the viewer is left with the attitude of so what? by the end.

I don't demand syrupy romance, as long as there is some sort of passion there, but these two are so out of touch with themselves, how can they possibly make it work with each beyond the rubbing together of two body parts? That was the other big complaint with this one -- no one hits a climax that fast, and here it's the slam-bam-thankee-ma'am sort of sex. I kept thinking that she must have had insides of old leather to put up with that.

This is not for children of any age, and I would suspect that most adults would find it a bit on the disturbing side. There is quite a bit of sex in this, with male and female frontal nudity, sex in public, public exposure, sex in public, in cars, with lots of foul language and every form of straight sex that can be performed. There's plenty of drug and alcohol abuse as well. But they do try with a bit of condom use -- after all, this is the age of safe sex, I suppose.

No subtitles, some lackluster trailers for other films, and a voice-over commentary from the director. Nothing really special to watch either.

This is certainly a D-list film. Those who prefer their film to have sex and be honest about it might find a few minutes worth watching, but this 100-minute clunker has nothing else going for it. Those who are looking for a love story will be turned off by the callous brutality and attitudes. It's not a likeable film at all, and I urge you to spend your time with something, anything, else.

Not recommended.

a porn movie disguised as a 'b' movie.......2007-06-21

this movie was about a female sex maniac seeking free rides in the city of angels. there were lot of love making scenes in this hollow movie. the screenplay writer was the original author of that book titled in the same name. if this movie was shot in the '70s timeline, i'd accepted it unconditionally, but regretfully, this is a 2005 movie, aids, hiv and other diseases transmitted from random sex are real. so every time when this young woman involved in free sex, i was just sick to death.
a big question here: what's the point of making this movie?

It's like watching a car wreck, only prettified.......2007-06-10

I saw this movie on cable one night and couldn't help but purchase it on DVD. There were some elements that if you take them one by one, are not great by itself, but taken as a whole, it sorta worked. The 2 main characters were openly flawed; both had their own background stories, but to me, the movie was really about the heroine. Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) was your typical hookup girl. She looks like a disheveled model with committment issues, and she has a face that sorta grows on you-- she's not pretty right away. She also doesn't say anything new (how guys don't feel love, all they think about is sex blah blah), but just like what my title suggests, it's something you can't help but watch anyway. Part of that feeling too is that the two protagonists look like they can be a real-life couple. They both look like models, but not typical (annoying) Abercrombie, just good-looking without trying too hard. David (Eric Balfour) did his part of looking good and sexy...I didn't focus on his acting too much; He certainly looked desirable enough that would merit the fuss over him. I really appreciated the scenes that showed sexual restlessness; it's late in the afernoon, there's-nothing-to-do-and-I'm-lonely/frisky and Leila is by herself...It was a relief to see that after a rebuff, Leila didn't go out shopping or hang out with the girls and sputter self-righteous crap.

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A Killer of a Movie
British comedy at its best
Can't Keep Mum on Mediocrity
Charmingly sweet story cleverly wrapped in a black comedy
Very British Dark Comedy

Keeping Mum
Starring: Rowan Atkinson , Kristin Scott Thomas , Maggie Smith , Patrick Swayze , and Tamsin Egerton
Director: Niall Johnson
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Release Date: 2007-02-20

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KEEPING MUM stars Rowan Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Kristin Scott Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Patrick Swayze), his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace (Maggie Smith), the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house - and a very unusual way of solving problems.

Customer Reviews:

A Killer of a Movie.......2007-06-27

Anyone reared or married into a minister's family will enjoy a vicarious revenge in Maggie Smith's uninhibited, unrepentant determination to level the playing field for her family. It was strange to see Rowan Atkinson in a mostly serious role but he did a good job, mixing sincerity with "serious" humor that only the English can do. I thought the ending was over-the-top and wasn't true to the family's character but the rest of the movie was good enough to make the flaws tolerable.

British comedy at its best.......2007-06-04

Keeping Mum is one of those eccentric British gems. The title itself is a pun and the witticisms keep coming. Great performances by Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas. The male roles were weak and the ladies were clearly the stronger characters. Grand-daughter Holly (Tamsin Egerton) is a great addition.

I've seen better by Rowan Atkinson, but overall a charming little movie. Maggie Smith as the sweet old-lady killer is classic.

Can't Keep Mum on Mediocrity.......2007-06-02

With its stellar cast, I expected "Keeping Mum" to be full of sophisticated dry wit. NOT! I mean, it isn't a terrible movie, but three stars is actually a generous rating. I'm tempted to demote it a bit for its corniness and hokey sex humor. With the possible exception of Rowan Atkinson's character, the viewer is not inspired to care much about the main players of the story. I was more concerned about the unwitting neighbor and his dog. Animal lovers such as myself will not be pleased with the outcome. I can take a joke but this one is pretty lame. Sorry to rain on the parade of happy campers who seem to like this movie, and I don't know why Amazon has paired "Keeping Mum" with "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"; the latter being a MUCH better British film.

Charmingly sweet story cleverly wrapped in a black comedy.......2007-05-30

Keeping Mum is a charmingly sweet story cleverly wrapped in a black comedy, with a dark plot about murder and strong undertones of family love and responsibility. Director and screenwriter Niall Johnson manages to pull it all together in a delightful way that will leave most audience members glad they watched, especially once they realize the pun in the title.
The film starts out 43 years ago on a train. We're introduced to Rosie Jones (a charming Emilia Fox), a smiling, gentle, very pregnant young lady... with a trunk in the train's storage compartment that is seeping blood. When she's turned in to the by the police by a suspicious porter she freely admits that her husband and his lover, or at least the remaining pieces of them, are in the trunk. When one officer asks why she did it, she casually responds "Well, I couldn't very well sit idly by, could I?" Cut to a courtroom where a judge locks her away in an insane asylum.

The audience is then introduced to the Goodfellow family (present day) and the rural English village of Little Wallop. Walter Goodfellow, the town vicar (subtly played by Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean fame), is so caught up in his sermons and the nagging members of his congregation that his home life is slipping away from him. His wife Gloria (the brilliant Kristin Scott Thomas) is having an affair with her golf instructor (Patrick Swayze in a hilarious role that feels like it was written just for him), his daughter Holly is coming home with a different boyfriend every other day, and his son is getting bullied at school. Enter Grace Hawkins.

Maggie Smith enters the scene as a renamed, aged Rosie Jones, who believes the best way to solve your problems is to get rid of them, literally. In a slightly twisted, darkly hilarious version of Mary Poppins, Maggie Smith comes to the Goodfellow family as a maid and nanny and in her own way starts to straighten things up. Her antics may be a tad outlandish, but in their own strange way, they're just what the Goodfellow family needs: a touch of Grace.

The acting is top knotch, the humor is decidedly British and dark, and every joke delivers. Patrick Swayze really stands out in a cast of Brits as the libidinized Texas golf instructor trying to seduce the vicar's wife and spy on the vicar's daughter. Throwing himself into the role with reckless abandon shows Swayze's comedic timing and adds an extra layer to the British humor.

The DVD includes several special features, including feature commentary by the director, a rather dry blooper reel, quite a few deleted scenes (I mean "bonus" scenes), and an extended scene of Rowan Atkinson as a soccer goalie that may be the funniest part of the DVD. Keeping Mum is an all around great experience.

Very British Dark Comedy.......2007-05-28

I happen to be a big fan of British comedies, even though I'm American. I rented "Keeping Mum" because I enjoy Rowan Atkinson's performances, and even though he's not really the central character in this movie, he does a fine job -- as do all the actors. Indeed, the casting is just about perfect.

The movie manages to make light of a number of basically grim topics - most notably murder - and it's definitely not for the kiddies. But if you like wry humor, and aren't put off by swearing, partial nudity, and a lot of violence (mostly off-screen) then "Keeping Mum" will tickle your fancy.

Tideland: Jeremy Thomas Presents A Film By Terry Gilliam

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not what I expected
a 'trip' into the imagination of childhood..
Well worth the ride, if you're patient
Way out left field
Sometimes critics are wrong...Jaliza Rose!

Tideland: Jeremy Thomas Presents A Film By Terry Gilliam
Director: Terry Gilliam
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ASIN: B000KB4898
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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A young girl (Jodelle Ferland) lives in a terrifying and gruesome world. When her father (Jeff Bridges) takes her away to a rural farmhouse, she finds herself in a bizarre fantasy world where only her dolls' heads keep her company. When she meets a mentally damaged man and a tall ghost-like woman, the line between her imagination and reality quickly disappears. Tideland is a spine-chilling tale from the visionary mind of acclaimed director Terry Gilliam.

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not what I expected.......2007-06-22

If you're looking for another Pan's Labyrinth, you're looking in the wrong place. The plot seemed very Pan-ish to me and the fact that Gilliam directed it made it a no brainer. How wrong I was.

Firstly the terrible fake southern accents killed me, the acting wasn't horrible but the way they talked was. I really don't understand why all the characters except for Dickens talked how they did. Incidentally the character Dickens was done very well, but he was the only character I could remotely stand.

The plot itself is rather dull. There are some weird situations, but nothing that I was really drawn to and usually I like weirdness. I was hoping for the immersive imagination of Jeliza-rose but there was only really one or two scenes in the entire movie which were poorly done. This was a low budget film, however I was not aware of that before hand.

Not much really happens in the story, I mean yeah it has weird points but not really enough to keep my interest. There was waaay too much dialog between Jeliza-rose and her dolls, which as you can imagine is intensely boring. This really shouldn't have been made into a movie, it's way too slow-paced and it feels like there's a lot missing (which I'm sure there is). This is a book and probably should have remained as one.

I can't personally recommend this to anyone because I really thought I was going to like this movie. It sounded good from what I had heard about it, but I ended up really not liking the film. My advice however is that if you are still interested in seeing the movie for whatever reason. Is that you do yourself a favor and rent it instead of buying it. Even if you like it there isn't really any reason to watch it again, its one of those movies that you probably won't want to watch again even if you do like it.

a 'trip' into the imagination of childhood.. .......2007-06-19

perhaps gilliam's best movie since brazil, tideland is a movie which is closer to a hallucination or a dream than most movies are.. The strange assortment of characters and images will engage your senses with a strange tenacity that will hold your attention throughout the length of the movie.. Gilliam's artistry is very first rate and even when we are puzzled or slightly annoyed we still cannot help but watch.. The movie takes a lot of getting used to and willingness to delve into a world you may not want to go into - but it is well worth it..

Well worth the ride, if you're patient.......2007-06-17

I spent the first hour of this film fidgeting and feeling a bit confused. By the end I was spellbound. Gilliam has surpassed typical film making (even by his own standards of typical) and created real art. It is a vision of the worst of the adult world, viewed through the best of childhood. It is dark, grotesque, disturbing, beautiful, surprising, surreal and at its heart "innocent". If you are unfamiliar with Gilliam's work you're better off starting with The Fisher King or Brazil. But if you're willing to take the time and do a little thinking it's well worth the trip down Gilliam's personal rabbit hole.

Way out left field.......2007-06-13

In the brief introduction, a wild eyed Terry Gilliam explains that as a 64 year old filmmaker he finally found his inner child (a little girl) in order to make this movie adaptation of the Mitch Cullin novel. As expected, Terry Gilliam's inner child is not your average suburban milquetoast - but this is really something else. Jeliza Rose lives with her junkie parents in a remote delapidated farmhouse on some namless prairie. A mix up with some methodone/heroin leads to her mother's death at the start of the movie. Her father (Jeff Bridges - think 'The Dude' from The Big Lebowski only several stages more advanced in his stupor) takes her on a brief wild tour, but soon settles back into his soporific routine of 'vacations' - for 90 percent of the movie he is either a corpse, or tantamount to that, mute in his chair with Jeliza periodically assisting him with his torniquet and injections.

So it's fair to say that Jeliza-Rose doesn't have ideal family circumstances. In fact, she is better off once both parents have departed. She is the typical introverted, lonely imaginative child - only much more so. She acts out hollywood actress scenes in front of her mirror, she befriends her headless barbie dolls (and spends interminable amounts of time in the movie talking to them), names fireflies, shudders in the hulk of a ruined car while trains rattle by. Eventually she encounters the just as bizarre Dell, a witch like figure dressed in black, with a beekeepers veil and a bee stung missing pupil in her right eye. Dell adopts the frightened Jeliza-Rose as a dysfunctional surrogate mother, and Jeliza enters into her world, including a friendship with Dell's brother Dicken's, a retarded epileptic who tallies with Jeliza's imaginative games, and even enters into a form of childish, Lolitaesque boyfriend/girlfriend relationship - 'silly kisser' Jeliza giggles when Dickens proffers his trembling lips to hers.

The paedophilia is not the disturbing aspect of the movie. The complete mishmash of ideas and themes, surrealism without much of a moral purpose other than to satisfy Gilliam's curious inner child reclamation. The movie is a classic visual spectacle, with some eye spiralling rapid camera work and visceral detail - especially concerning Jeliza's father's rotting corpse. But there is too much lunacy and not enough sustenance for this to be a really compelling movie.

Once again, Gilliam tries to realise a bizzare vision, and comes short.

Sometimes critics are wrong...Jaliza Rose!.......2007-06-04

This film mirrored Pan's Labryinth alot. A little girl in a bad world...she fantasizes about escaping. The film is a visual feast, very surrealistic. Jeff Bridges rotting with flies, then being embalmed, how can it get better than that?
Brendan Fletcher gives the best acting performance of 2006.

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

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The best Civil War film since Wicked Spring G&G's and Gettysburg
Powerful, Beautiful Civil War Drama
The Adams family makes a Civil War movie about their ancestors
Great Southern Movie
GREAT ACTION MOVIE

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
Starring: Last Confederate-Story of Robert Adams , Julian Adams , Weston Adams , Mickey Rooney , and Amy Redford
Director: Julian Adams
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Release Date: 2007-06-26

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The best Civil War film since Wicked Spring G&G's and Gettysburg.......2007-07-05

This has to be one of the most authentic films along with Wicked Spring, Gods and Generals, and Gettysburg. I would compare this film to Cold Mountain. Based on a true story. With passion of film making and the telling of a ancestors story to the screen by Julian Adams who writen, directed and produced the movie. This is definitly one of my favorite Civil War movies. If you are a civil war buff or any kind of a history buff and like good action, drama, and love story this is it. Boy cot Cold Mountain that movie was terriable. This is the only comparision I can put this movie to. This was way better than Cold Mountain. I just hated CM. I am glad this movie is finally out I have been waiting for the last 3 years for it to finally come out. filmed in 2003. They went to film festivals for the last 3 more years to help market and produce the movie to get it on DVD and get awards it did very well. The battle scenes are excilent. film at reenactments and stage combat. One of my favorites!

Powerful, Beautiful Civil War Drama.......2007-07-03

Beautifully and powerfully done: exquisite cinematography; infused with a sense of history and drama; great momentum; charged with passion. And, as a bonus, surely Julian Adams does his great-great grandfather proud. Even without that family connection (excuse the understatement: see the "making of" dvd bonus documentary) it's a fantastic film; with the knowledge of that connection, it gives a very fine film an added richness. Surely Captain Robert Adams smiles down on his great-great grandson, Julian Adams (lead actor, script writer, co-director, co-producer). Superb. Well worth seeing, well worth owning.

The Adams family makes a Civil War movie about their ancestors.......2007-06-30

Albert Woolson, the last veteran of the Union army in the Civil War died in Duluth, Minnesota in 1956, and every time I drive by the Depot I see his statue. So when I saw the title, "The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams," I naturally thought that this movie was about Woolson's rebel counterpart (I am sure "The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" was contributing to my interpretation as well). The film is indeed about a real person, but Robert Adams did not live to see the 20th century let alone be in the running for the title of the last Confederate (which turns out to be an extremely disputed title given Confederate war records were largely destroyed at the end of the war). However Adams did serve and fight in the Civil War, whereas Woolson was a drummer boy for an artillery regiment that never saw action. The film was originally entitled "Strike the Tent," which Civil War buffs might recognize as being the last words purportedly spoken by Robert E. Lee, but would leave most people without a clue that this is about the Civil War. So at least "The Last Confederate" is a more obvious clue.

But what you cannot tell from either title is that what makes this independent film rather unique is that it was made because of the efforts of Adams' descendant. Julian Adams, who co-wrote the script, co-produced the film, co-directed it, and plays the title role, is the great-great-grandson of Robert Adams. Julian's father Weston, the family history, gets a story credit, plays the older version of great-grandfather (so Julian co-plays it as well), and does the film's narration. The movie was filmed mostly in South Carolina and the Adams home is the one owned by Robert's brother and has been in the family since before the Civil War. When the character of Robert takes out his watch that is the actual watch of the real Robert, and the piano music that we see Tippi Hedren playing was owned by Robert's wife, Eveline. The story of anyone who went off to fight in the Civil War will have its moments, but Eveline McCord Adams makes this story even more interesting because she was a Yankee, who came to South Carolina to be a governess and teach the piano and who fell in love with a Southerner on the eve of the Civil War.

Such a relationship might be the stuff of melodrama, but one thing "The Last Confederate" has going for it is a sense of dignity. Robert and Eveline are both portrayed as being solid and serious, no more prone to start yelling as they are to engage in copious weeping. They might be in love, but they have no romantic illusions about the coming war. Robert goes off to war to protect his land and the life he knows, but we also get the sense that he a much more realistic idea of what is going to happen to the South. Adams is a planter, but we get no real sense of slavery on the family plantation, and it is the sense of inevitable death and destruction that the war brings that casts a shadow between Robert and Eveline. The story is more like "Cold Mountain" than it is "Gone with the Wind," which is probably the best way of identifying the potential audience for this 2005 independent film.

Gwendolyn Edwards (who wrote some of the songs and music in the film) co-stars as Eveline, with co-screenwriter Joshua Lindsey as her brother Nelson McCord and Amy Redord as his wife Sylvia. In addition to Hedren as Grandmother Adams, the Adams were able to get Mickey Rooney to play grandfather David McCord. Eric Holloway plays Benjamin Young, who is Robert's companion through most of the war, including the time they spent in a Yankee prison in Elmira. The film is co-directed by another first time filmmaker, A. Blaine Miller, and the production is able to take advantage of filming Civil War reenactors at play and incorporating such shots into their narrative (maybe it was stock footage, but I have yet to see a Civil War go wrong just pointing a camera at reenactors). The film won several awards at various festivals and the fact that the Adams family not only got the film made but managed to make one that is pretty good has simply captivated a lot of viewers. The DVD includes a documentary, "Once Upon a Time in the South: Behind 'The Last Confederate'" that fills you in on the family history and ends with shots of the graves of Robert and Eveline Adams, underscoring one final time that this movie is a most unusual family affair.

Great Southern Movie.......2007-06-28

This film has a beautiful feel to it. You get pulled into the lives of these two individuals. The fighting sequences were superbly done. This is definitely a movie worth owning

GREAT ACTION MOVIE.......2007-06-28

I really enjoyed this movie. It has great romance and terrific action scenes. The cinematography is wonderful and I loved the history part of it. It is definitely worth seeing and I highly recommend it to all!
Bill

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A Slice of Paris
Jessica does Paris

Avenue Montaigne
Starring: Cécile De France , Valérie Lemercier , Albert Dupontel , Laura Morante , and Claude Brasseur
Director: Danièle Thompson
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The Page Turner
Le Petit Lieutenant
Sweet Land - A Love Story
Un Coeur en Hiver ( A Heart in Winter )
The Bridesmaid

ASIN: B000O76TUO
Release Date: 2007-07-17

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French for "Orchestra Seats," Avenue Montaigne offers an outsider's perspective on an insular world (the original title is Fauteuils d'Orchestre). After bidding adieu to her grandmother (Suzanne Flon in her final performance), sunny Jessica (Cécile De France, L'Auberge Espagnole) moves from Mâcon to Paris. Upon securing a job as a waitress in a popular café, she meets high-strung soap star Catherine (Valérie Lemercier), burnt-out pianist Jean-François (Albert Dupontel), and secretive art collector Jacques (Claude Brasseur), who comes equipped with a pretty girlfriend and a handsome son (Christopher Thompson). Though the tousled Jessica has little in common with these posh Parisians, she affects each of their lives in ways both big and small. Directed by Danièle Thompson (La Bûche) and co-written with her son, Christopher, Avenue Montaigne serves as the flipside to French phenomenon When the Cat's Away, in which a young woman meets the people in her neighborhood while searching for an errant feline. In this case, the surroundings are more upscale, but the residents are just as susceptible to fear and insecurity. Though the idea of a sympathetic look at the upper class will surely strike some as off-putting, Thompson makes it work. The genuine affection she feels for her characters--privileged and underprivileged alike--and the grace with which she keeps several plot strands going at once proves that the spirit of Robert Altman lives on in the most unlikely of places. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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A Slice of Paris.......2007-04-30

`Avenue Montaigne' operates on the premise that all Parisians seek the good life. Offering a cross-section of the French dream, the film digs deeper with a "can't buy me happiness" theme stretching through intersecting lives.

Jessica (Ce'cile De France) is a high-life wanna-be who takes care of her grandmother in a nursing home. The elder reminisces that she took menial labor to enjoy vicariously the high art, food, and fashion of Paris. Emulating her grandmother, Jessica seeks a job at a café where they deliver, but will only break tradition of hiring waiters when they're in a bind. As a vivacious courier and waitress she meets the people who allegedly have fulfilled their dreams. There's Catherine (Val'erie Lemercier), a prima donna actress who isn't satisfied with the lucrative contracts she's offered. In order to achieve a high level of art, she stumbles over tables and chairs for a chance to court Sydney Pollack (cameo, himself), looking for a lead in his film. (Some of her foot-in-mouth tendencies make for some of the funniest moments.) Jean-Francois Laforte (Albert Dupontel) is a celebrated pianist who has all the amenities and filled concert halls, but his real desire is to enrich the uninitiated. His wife is his manager who can see only the material benefits of her gifted husband. Jacques, an elder art dealer wishes to sell out his collection before interest is lost, but his teacher son, Frederic (Christopher Thompson), is too idealistic. He's divorced and must watch his widower father flaunt his attractive new mistress while discovering the siren is predictably only interested in his father's money. Then, there's an elder woman who, having no musical talent of her own, is a purveyor of others' talents. She relishes the music. The movie displays great irony, for Jessica and the music purveyor, although outside of the circle of the affluent talent, seem oddly more satisfied than the successful people they admire. (3 1/2 *'s)

`Avenue Montaigne' may not be as substantive or profound as French movies like 'L'Enfant' or 'Ponette,' but it is easily likable with characters who are accessible and make empathetic connections with the audience. Warmly engaging, sometimes funny, but often wise, this movie is a heartwarming alternative to a boulevard of broken dreams. The effect of the movie is like creme brule,' sweet, light, but very satisfying.

Jessica does Paris.......2007-03-16

Jessica (gamin-like Cecile de France from "The Spanish Apartment) arrives in Paris without a sou in her pocket but within minutes nabs a prime waitress job in a smart, stylish, up to this point type of café that only hires men as waiters, Restaurant on the Avenue Montaigne, close to the Champs Elysee' with the Eiffel Tower looming nearby.
Though "Avenue Montaigne" ("Fauteuils D'orchestre" in France or "Orchestra Seats") is very fairy tale-like, there is actually a very good reason for Jessica's hiring: the restaurant is short of help and the very next night three major events are taking place nearby: a big auction selling off the contents of an entire apartment filled with names like Braque, Brancusi and Modigliani belonging to an art collector played by the legendary Claude Brasseur, a major piano recital featuring virtuoso pianist Jean-François Lefort (Albert Dupontel) and the opening of a Feydeau farce starring TV Soap star, (actress Catherine Versen played by Valérie Lemercier) looking to land a prime Motion Picture about Simone de Beauvoir. Jessica swirls in and out of every one of these stories having a positive effect on all with her sunny sweetness and disarming honesty. There are definitely shades of "Amelie" and "Emma" at work here. "Avenue Montaigne" is as slight and light as a Crepe and de France, Brasseur and Lemercier hit all the right notes, acting-wise which sounds a lot easier than it is as the genre of light comedy is pretty much dead today and these actors are remarkably spot on here.
No one in the world makes this kind of film as well as the French and director Daniele Thompson is definitely up to the task: her film exudes warmth and a charismatic charm that is damn near impossible to resist.

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Can you see how important home is?
Must watch
Brilliant, Beautiful & Sad
Hope amid despair
a GREAT documentary

Born into Brothels
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Born Into Brothels
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ASIN: B000A2XCBC
Release Date: 2005-09-20

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Set in Calcutta's notorious red-light district, Born Into Brothels explores the lives of its most vulnerable citizens. Directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, the picture's eight small subjects shot the still footage themselves. Briski first teaches them how to shoot and edit. The children then put her lessons into practice. They gain confidence as the film proceeds, yet there's always the threat that any of the girls, especially 14-year-old Suchitra, could be forced to "join the line" (work as a prostitute). For most, it's only a matter of time. The boys don't have it much better. Promising photographer Avijit's mother is gone and his father is a drug addict. "Without help," Briski notes, "they're doomed," so she takes matters a step further and tries to get them out of the brothels altogether. Produced for HBO, this heartbreaking, if inspiring film won the 2005 Academy Award for best documentary feature. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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2004 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

BORN INTO BROTHELS is an inspiring look at the transformative journey of a group of extraordinary children in Calcutta's red light district. Voted Best Documentary by the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. BORN INTO BROTHELS, which was produced and directed by New York based filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, also garnered over 20 major film festival awards including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the Best Documentary Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.

A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, BORN INTO BROTHELS is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York based photographer, gives each of these youngsters a camera and teaches them how to take pictures, simultaneously causing them to look at their world with new eyes. Together with Ross Kauffman, Briski captures the magical way in which beauty can be found in the most unlikely of places and how a bright and promising future becomes a possibility for children who previously had no future at all.

Touching and heartfelt, yet devoid of sentimentality, BORN INTO BROTHELS defies the tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly. Briski spent years with these children and became a part of their lives. Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities, and a true testimony to the power of the indelible creative spirit.

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Can you see how important home is?.......2007-07-05

If anything, this documentary is a display of human nature, a demonstration of children's textbook behaviors. As a teacher, I have found that despite life's hardships, children are resolute survivors and this film reinforced this belief. While many of us cannot even imagine the life of being raised in a brothel, we can easily imagine our own selves joining the quest in which Zana Briski embarks to improve the children's lives. We understand the importance of sending them to a good school and getting them out of their horrible surroundings so they can make something more of themselves. However, they're still children, and the importance of living a life with which they are familiar -- mom, sisters, brothers, friends, HOME -- is more important to them than anything else in the world. While I was shocked at hearing the "where are they now?" portion of the film, I was not in the least bit surprised. I wish I could show this film to parents whose children were taken by CYFD here in the U.S., so they could see just how important their roles as homemakers really are.

Must watch.......2007-06-04

I rented this movie unaware of what it was even really about. Blockbuster has the worst movie synopsis's for films. But our new pastors daughter works as a missionary in the red light district of Calcutta, and I wanted more input on what that world is like.

I have to say this, any one who has never been to India, has no idea of what it is really like. I have several friends and a fiancee there, but have not been able to go yet. So I started immersing myself in the world of Bollywood a few years ago. I love musicals, the stories are funny but tragic, but fairly unfulling unless it is a historical piece. But lately, I've begun to watch the documentories instead. This, is how one learns more about the true country.

The kids in this movie completly drew me in. I wonder every day, where they are, what they are doing, how many have escaped. I am amazed at how they can incorporate living a grown up life, into their childhood. They are not mad at their situations. They are matter of fact instead.

Born into brothels is heart wrenching, and I don't see how ANYONE w/ a soul could rate it less than five stars. I've joined the mailing list on the kids w/ cameras website and will be donating as well.

Don't pass this one up.

Brilliant, Beautiful & Sad .......2007-05-01

Very sad because while they are still children they are so delightful & beautiful, but destined to become like the mostly harsh parents in the film, the youthful exuberance completely crushed by the hard realities of life in the Indian brothels. But see it for its fleeting beauty & joy.

Hope amid despair.......2007-04-23

Extraodinary work. Both the story and the effort of the filmmakers to save some of the children. You will be moved. Perhaps to help.

a GREAT documentary.......2007-04-13

This was truly an amazing film. The stories of the Indian children are heartbreaking, yet the film ends on a very hopeful note. It was interesting, well made, and deeply personal. Anyone interested in problems of poverty, Indian culture, and the welfare of children ought to check it out.

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Glastonbury
Starring: Billy Bragg , Björk , Michael Eavis , James Brown , and Steven Patrick Morrissey
Director: Julien Temple
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Release Date: 2007-06-12

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LOL
Don't be fooled by the names...
UGH! What a horrible movie!!
Wasn't what I expected...
What Could Have Been

Farce of the Penguins
Starring: Jason Alexander , Christina Applegate , Jason Biggs , Lewis Black , and Dave Coulier
Director: Bob Saget
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ASIN: B000JJSJD2
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Between Snakes On A Plane and Farce of the Penguins, one really wonders what Samuel Jackson has been smoking. This Jackson-narrated mockmentary of March of the Penguins, written and directed by Bob Saget (America's Funniest Home Videos), highlights the penguins' lascivious side, as the male's march inland to find mating partners. Overdubbed with human voices, Farce stars three penguins, Carl (Bob Saget), a neurotic, insecure bird whose search for true love has so far been in vain, Jimmy (Lewis Black), a mobster-like father figure who encourages Carl to keep up hope, and Marcus (Tracy Morgan), a smooth, African American penguin with a self-professed huge penis. Miles away, as the men journey inward, fighting off seals and engaging in therapy sessions with snowy owls along the way, Vicky (Mo'nique) tells Melissa (Christina Applegate) that someday her Prince Charming will come, which, predictably, he does. Watching penguins discussing the meaning of life, questioning their annual masochistic hike through tundra, or wondering if they have eating disorders is funny for about ten minutes. Samuel Jackson, the ultimate omniscient narrator, furthering the story between scenes is also odd and laughable. But Farce of The Penguins relies on its lewd humor for laughs, and though it is disarming to see waddling birds cuss, Farce's one-liner gets old. Yes, penguins have sex. Farce of the Penguins is a fun idea perhaps taken too far. Nonetheless, there is always something pleasing about anthropomorphizing animals, especially for lovers of crude sex jokes. --Trinie Dalton

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It's mating season...

Meet Carl (Bob Saget) and Jimmy (Lewis Black), two cold penguins on a desperate mission to get themselves some hot booty. After years of empty one-night stands, Carl wants more than a piece of penguin tail. He wants the love of the beautiful Melissa (Christina Applegate). Now it's up to Jimmy to help his neurotic friend win her heart and find his dream girl. The only thing that stands in their way is...a seventy-mile trek across Antarctica. It's a road trip like no other, as these two best bros make their way to a penguin island paradise. From director and comedian Bob Saget, comes a raunchy, yet heart-warming comedy like no other.

Get ready for a stiff and dirty ride! May the FARCE be with you...

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LOL.......2007-06-22

True this movie drug on for a while, but i thought the crude humor was funny. maybe you just have to be 16 and in a really good mood. I dunno.

Don't be fooled by the names..........2007-06-21

I really don't understand why a few of the decent comedians in this piece of $#!% movie decided to screw their reputations over. I have no respect for the people who made this; it's completely disgusting, crude, childish, etc. I was hoping for something...else, but I could not even watch the whole thing it was just terrible, I could almost feel the brain cells dissolving in my head. Lewis Black, you should be ashamed for taking part in this (strike one, but we still love you).

UGH! What a horrible movie!!.......2007-06-13

The trailer for this movie is the best part...when put together with the rest of the movie, it is dull and boring. The funniest part was the penguin slipping on the ice and falling. Don't waste your money on this one!

Wasn't what I expected..........2007-05-13

I thought this movie was gonna be super hilarious. It wasn't. If your into lots of perverse sexually immature jokes then you'll probably like it. But other than that the movie really sucked... and now I don't know what to do with it.

What Could Have Been.......2007-05-13

What a shame that the possibilities of this film never materialized. Maybe I shouldn't have watched "March of the Penguins" first. Obviously, that film was very enlightning, though not overly entertaining. So I sat down to watch "Farce of the Penguins" and was bored with it. All I could think about was "What Could Have Been", if they had taken a little longer to think things out; or taken a few more shots at the movie itself - something - anything to make it funny. But no, there was no laughter in our house that night - only disappointment over "What Could Have Been".

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What's the beef, y'all?
this was ok.....
Its not a funny movie but I saw a reason for the movie
not funny, just inane
maybe getting audiences to shell out ten bucks in theaters was the sleaziest punchline of all

The Aristocrats
Starring: Jason Alexander , Hank Azaria , Shelley Berman , Lewis Black , and George Carlin
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Release Date: 2006-01-24

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Released without a rating and billed as "the most vile, disgusting, and vulgar" film of all time, The Aristocrats is also funny enough to qualify as a minor comedy classic. We say "minor" only because hearing the same foul joke told by 100 celebrated comedians is inevitably exhausting, even though the shaggy-dog gag (a vintage in-joke among comedians, allowing outrageously obscene improvisation, and always ending with the same titular punchline) is also a fascinating litmus test for each comedian's irreverent style. As codirectors and show-biz insiders, veteran comedians Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (from the comedy duo Penn & Teller) corralled an unprecedented parade of stand-up celebrities (George Carlin, Robin Williams, Drew Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Silverman, the South Park kids and many, many more), each telling "the dirtiest joke of all time" in their own inimitable fashion. The sheer volume of vaudevillian vulgarity takes on a life of its own, more fascinating than funny, until Gilbert Gottfried (at a celebrity roast for Hugh Hefner, shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01) tells what is unanimously hailed as the definitive version of the joke. It's a matter of context, style, and bawdy bravado, and for better or worse, The Aristocrats will endure as a testament to a joke so bad--so uproariously bad--that no comedian worthy of the profession can resist the temptation to tell it. --Jeff Shannon

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Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette (one half of the hit duo Penn & Teller) and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends (who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman) to reminisce, analyze and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public, called The Aristocrats. One of the smash hits of the 2005 Sundance film festival, this critically acclaimed, star-studded comedy extravaganza, which celebrates the art of improvisation and the finest (and most foul mouthed) traditions of stand up, is sure to stretch the limits of its audience, particularly for how loud and how long they can laugh.

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What's the beef, y'all?.......2007-05-03

See it if you haven't already, ideally with a group of people. I don't know what's buggin' all these one star review people, but I saw it in a packed movie house and everybody laughed until it hurt the whole time. Is the joke itself all that funny? No. But hear this, friends-THE MOVIE WAS NOT ABOUT THE JOKE. Similar to a jazz performance, throughout history great and memorable solos and improvisations have been rendered from some fairly ordinary material. But oh, if you happened to be in the club that one night...

this was ok............2007-04-16

....but I think it would have been funnier had I been drunk and with a large group of people. I think it would be a great "social" experience. Although, hearing Bob Saget tell his version of the joke made me want to scrub my brain with bleach - it's Bob Saget!! He shouldn't say those things! And I wish they'd given Robin Williams more time to cut loose and ad lib the way he normally does.

Its not a funny movie but I saw a reason for the movie.......2007-04-13

After reading a few of the reviews submitted here, I agreed with some reviewers who said: No the movie wasnt funny. It wasnt, I almost never laughed.
But I also agreed with the reviewers who felt it was more then just about the joke The Joke gave the comic Freedom This joke had a beginning and a punchline and the freedom came from how you filled in the middle.
I can see why the dirtier the better cause in some eyes Its the opposite from the punchline.
If I could show you one scene it would be of Gilbert Gottfried telling the joke live on stage at a Banquet. If I understand things he was bombing The joke wasnt any funnier then the 30 other times it was told in the movie, But what made it work to me was that so many others on stage knew what was coming and they were squirming.
That moment was very good and worth the movie
If you dont have a Liberal sense of humor (I thought I did) You wont think this is funny
But if you want to Listen to some Comics Talk about the love they feel for this Joke. You get the real impression this Joke was part of their Comic Puberty I guess

not funny, just inane.......2007-03-29

Trying to move a product by being as vile as possible is a poor excuse for something marketed as humorous. Even though top comics are involved, the Aristocrat joke format is tiresome as every possible combination of themes on scat, bestiality, and incest is played out ad nauseam. The documentary style of endlessly discussing the joke and its supposed merits is also tedious. Save yourself some money by searching for aristocrat jokes on the internet to get an idea of what the joke is all about. If you can't get enough of that style of perversion, then maybe you might like this film after all.

maybe getting audiences to shell out ten bucks in theaters was the sleaziest punchline of all.......2007-03-25

by now, i guess you know what this movie is: a compilation of stand-up comics telling variations on the legendary "dirtiest joke ever". as a baroque take on theme and variations it eventually grows tiresome, but as a hit-&-miss documentary, there will be moments when anyone with a strong stomach will want to vomit with laughter. and i will never view bob saget in the same way again ...

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Karate Do Shotokan Style by Kiyoshi Yamazaki Volume 2

Will & Grace: Season Two

Water Drops on Burning Rocks [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

DVD: Steel Magnolias - Special Edition

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