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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004)
Sunday evening movie
Enjoyable movie for a quiet Sunday evening. A male confesses to his wife that he's in love with her younger co-worker and protege. Helped by brains, family and friends, the woman copes with the situation and becomes stronger. Good play of Christine Lahti in the leading role, wonderful play of the couple's daughter. We can consider this movie not necessarily a drama, although the basic idea is a couple splitting up, but a comedy, since the puerile dialog between the man and the woman gives us a good laugh. And I'm not really sure if the producers wanted it this way. This isn't a movie to remember, although there are a few memorable quotes, that one cannot find in much higher rated movies.
The Untouchables (1987)
funny movie
The good thing about this movie: very funny. The bad thing: it wasn't intended to be funny. In spite of all the big names in the cast, The Untouchables is an example of big money used for a minuscule production. It is also an example of what promotion can do: a VERY BAD movie (let's not pretend that this movie is even average) becomes overnight a super-production.
Basically, The Untouchables is a movie where a nerd, a geek and a grandpa fight against well organized mafia guys. The main character is, both in this movie and in any other books I read, an average man, that acted following the orders given by political leaders of that time. He basically led, in reality, not according to the movie, a well prepared team of gunmen that finished the mafia in a short time.
Once again, do not get fooled by the movie, politicians decided that Mafia is no longer useful and they finished it. It's that simple. The Untouchables is unrealistic and the most overrated film I've ever seen.