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Patch Adams [1999]

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date September 08, 2003
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Old Joy [2006]

starring: Will Oldham, Daniel London
directed by: Kelly Reichardt

Release Date April 23, 2007
Two people reunite in hope of reforging their friendship, until it becomes apparant, they have grown their spereate ways.

This is one of those soothing films, easy on the eye with glimpses of nature, nice relaxing sound track performed by Yo La Tengo and decent lead performances in the shape of Bonnie Prince Billy and some other guy.

For many of us, we'll be able to recognise something of ourselves in each of the characters and all of us will be familiar with discovering we no longer have the same relationship with a friend we once had and not finding it easy. We are however, reminded that 'sorrow is nothing but worn out joy'.

Sad, poetic, beautiful. Just some of the words that sum up this other-worldly ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 3
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Minority Report (Special Edition) [2002]

starring: Tom Cruise, Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, Max Von Sydow, Peter Stormare
directed by: Steven Spielberg

Release Date March 06, 2006
I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, I need to say that from the start.

I look at his films with a degree of trepidation. This one, however, isn't bad at all.

Cruise plays John Anderton, a drug using pre-crimes cop who is forced to go on the run after the pre-cogs show that he will commit the premeditated murder of a man he doesn't know. The film follows Andertons attempts to discover who the man is and why he's going to kill him. Once he has discovered who and why, he has to decide what to do next.

Yes, it raises the obvious question over free will, there is always a point in crime when you make the decision to continue or to stop. Which reminds me of the UK Government's intention to look for the "evil" gene so it ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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Patch Adams [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date June 11, 2002
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Arranged [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Doris Belack, Peggy Gormley, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber
directed by: Stefan Schaefer

Release Date March 04, 2008
Set against a backdrop of a Brooklyn school, this is a nice movie ostensibly about an unlikely friendship between two young teachers, one Muslim, one Jewish.

The central issue, superficially, is the question of arranged marriages, an historical and cultural tradition in both faiths, and how the bond of friendship between the two girls grow as the processes develop.

Of course the timing of such a movie is critical given the very polarised situation which currently exists in the Middle East. But there is more to it than that. We are reminded of the contrast between the unchanging requiremnts of ancient religons and the maelstrom of change within the postmodern secular American Society and the needs of children which transcend faith boundaries. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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I, Robot / Minority Report / Independence Day [1996]

starring: Will Smith, Max Von Sydow, Peter Stormare, Steve Harris, Mike Binder
directed by: Alex Proyas, Roland Emmerich, Steven Spielberg

Release Date September 19, 2005
Set against a backdrop of a Brooklyn school, this is a nice movie ostensibly about an unlikely friendship between two young teachers, one Muslim, one Jewish.

The central issue, superficially, is the question of arranged marriages, an historical and cultural tradition in both faiths, and how the bond of friendship between the two girls grow as the processes develop.

Of course the timing of such a movie is critical given the very polarised situation which currently exists in the Middle East. But there is more to it than that. We are reminded of the contrast between the unchanging requiremnts of ancient religons and the maelstrom of change within the postmodern secular American Society and the needs of children which transcend faith boundaries. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Patch Adams [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date June 11, 2002
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Patch Adams [1999]

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date October 01, 2001
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.

CD-Charts Position 9
Average Rating:

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Patch Adams [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date June 11, 2002
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Patch Adams [HD DVD] [1999] [US Import]

starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date September 25, 2007
Mawkish to the point of being gruesome, each scene without exception is sunk by a tidal wave of faux sentimentality. The script is awful, the characters feeble. Utterly painful.