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Romance on November 24th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Kate (Meg Ryan) is afraid to fly for the first time, and as a result, her soon-to-be-husband Charlie (Timothy Hutton) heads off to Paris without her.
On his first night there, he calls her at exactly six o’clock. On the next night, it’s a few minutes after six. On some indeterminate night (perhaps the third, perhaps several nights later), it’s nearly 6:45, and he has some bad news. He’s fallen in love with a French woman, who he will be marrying, and he won’t be coming home. This can’t be good.
Kate decides that rather than sitting around and moping, she is going to do something about this. She packs up her bags and gets on a plane and heads to Paris. There’s just one problem. She’s still afraid to fly. It gets worse when a rude, smelly Frenchman named Luc (played by the typically enjoyable Kevin Kline) sits next to her on the plane.
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Thriller on June 29th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Kevin Spacey is just a really good psychopath. I think it’s because he doesn’t have to be all in-your-face about it. He can quietly go about his business and when you turn around, you realize how twisted he is. If you’re lucky. This movie, while perhaps not the best, is a pretty good example of that.
Here, Spacey plays Eddy Otis, a seemingly successful guy in the suburbs who is always ready to share everything he has – even, it seems, his wife. Initially, neighbor Richard Parker (Kevin Kline) thinks Otis is a little wacko, but over time, he slowly becomes curious, until one day he gives in entirely.
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Comedy on June 2nd, 2006 by Chad Everett
The most common comment I’ve seen about this movie is that a whole lot of people seem to complain that Steve Martin isn’t Peter Sellers. Maybe it’s just me, but that seems to be pretty obvious. I mean even if you haven’t seen the movie, even if you don’t know the two, you should be able to tell that.
While I think Peter Sellers was pretty funny, I happen to think that Steve Martin is pretty good too. And in fact, I think I may go so far as to say that I think that Steve Martin is pretty good as Clouseau. Is he as good as Sellers? That’s a tough call. He’s different, to be sure. But the movie is every bit as enjoyable as one of the Sellers’ films, perhaps more.
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