rfrench815 Reviews

Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)

if you can't take a joke...

[8/10 · 3 April 2008]

a very funny film. maybe I got it because I am from the upper Midwest and have actually met these folks.

If you like the Red Green show, you will like this one. Surely a better role for Daniels" brand of humor than the execrable "Dumb and Dumber", which had its moments.

For those who disliked it, lighten up a bit, or did you prefer the insufferable "Margot at the Wedding"?

Most people who do not like this movie should because it was too goofy should lighten up. They need to realize that the movie is intended to be sophomoric.

It's a send up of the characters, and funny.

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

tedious and unpleasant

[1/10 · 3 April 2008]

I agree with Graham Clarke

"Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black all...turn in great performances. There's no doubt about that. The thing is when all is said and done, watching dysfunction families is not necessarily riveting viewing. At some point you ask yourself, do I really need to see this? "Margot at the Wedding" leaves you with very little other than the performances. Watching people act out is not art. There really has to be more than this."

I found it a time waster, and did not really want to try to "psychoanalyze "the characters' crazy emotional gyrations.