Mcc8007 Reviews

Book Club (I) (2018)

Not Great, but Not Bad

[6/10 · 9 September 2018]

With this wonderful cast, I expected more- along the lines of Frankie and Grace. I was disappointed. It was mildly funny in parts but the story lines were not up to the level of these four very talented ladies.

Confirmation (2016 TV Movie)

Accurate and Well Done

[10/10 · 17 April 2016]

Great casting, writing, and performances. It's very difficult to separate political opinions from opinions about this film. As usual, HBO does a great job depicting these accusations and subsequent hearings objectively and inspiring discussion about them. Since they don't cast Thomas in a very good light, I'm guessing the lower rating is due to some Thomas defenders who don't want to be reminded of the accusations. It's difficult to watch this in light of Thomas's subsequent lackluster performance on the Supreme Court without concluding that Bush should have withdrawn the nomination. Both Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce did an outstanding job, as did the entire cast. I remember this well and the movie is historically accurate -- no matter who seeks to deny it.

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

If only...

[5/10 · 12 April 2016]

This gets a 5 only because Firth's and Bacon's performances could make any movie seem good. Still, I'm surprised that actors of their caliber would appear in a movie like this. Their performances were brilliant, but the writing was all over the place with some really dull lines. This movie could have been a whole lot better with a more artful screenplay and someone (ANYONE) other than Allison Lohman playing the lead. She is the most expressionless "actress" I have ever seen. She played the part in this film with the same affect as she used in "White Oleander." It worked in that part, but not in this one. And, the writing. Really? NO writer who was good enough to be given a $1 million story would take drugs with the subject of her book. And the whole airplane "coincidence" was ridiculous.

Firth's and Bacon's performances would have made a multi-award-winning movie with a little more attention to script editing and a better actress playing the journalist. Think of how good this movie would have been with Jennifer Lawrence in it.