Drama

Lost in Translation

Dramatically recommended, but not morally. This is the sleeper indie film of the year. A...
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American Splendor

Ambivalent Recommendation. This is an interesting movie based on the real life, below average existence...
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Big Fish

Not Recommended. This is a story that showcases the worst that postmodernism has to offer....
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Cold Mountain

Not really recommended. You know, after the moral atrocity that was The English Patient, I...
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Girl With a Pearl Earring

Recommended with qualifications. A fictional story of the historical Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the...
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21 Grams

Hard to say whether I Recommend or Not. Great for conversation about the meaning of...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Recommended. This is a great historical action story. It is not quite as rich or...
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The Passion of the Christ

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Opening in February 2004. Let me say right out that this is, for...
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Radio

Highly Recommended. This wonderful little sentimental heart-tugging true story stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as the...
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Beyond Borders

Not Recommended. This was a potentially great idea ruined by Romanticism. It follows the path...
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The Magdelene Sisters

Not recommended. I had no interest in seeing this film. But I was stuck at...
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Mystic River

Medium Recommended. This film is a brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, superbly directed and edited piece...
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Secondhand Lions

Recommend, but beware. This is a wonderful sappy, humorous little story about a young introverted...
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