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Richard Jenkins
Reviews Featuring Richard Jenkins
A break from the norm for the Coen boys, but this so-so attempt at an old-school screwballer only just manages pass marks.
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway 2
Whether you view these two pieces as allegories for our fallen times, as postmodern reconstructions of films that were never made and events that never took place, as the sustained pedantry of a lunatic, or as a comprehensive encyclopædia of human absurdity and banality, they are ingenious, kaleidoscopic works that will boggle the brain and tickle the fancy. 'The Falls' alone makes this DVD worth watching (and rewatching). Certainly one of Greenaway's most accomplished films, its obsessive detail, endless digressions, and surreal humour are enough to give any viewer the best kind of vertigo.
The Coen brothers are capable of better, but when it takes other Hollywood competition to court, 'Intolerable Cruelty' comes out with the winning verdict. Mainstream enough to get a general audience, quirky enough to keep fans of 'Raising Arizona' and 'The Big Lebowski' smiling.
A cauldron-full of fun.
The cinematic equivalent of being left without a partner at the school dance. You get to see everyone else out there on the floor having fun, but never feel involved.
The Coens have delivered a superb follow up to their masterful No Country for Old Men by not even trying to do something similar.
Two appealing leads and a superb performance from Richard Jenkins make this weeper more watchable than Id expected.
A satirical take on the modern horror film that will save this from the bargain and make you laugh.
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