The Dead Girl
December 7th, 2006
Toni Collette, Marcia Gay Harden, Rose Byrne, Mary Beth Hurt and finally Brittany Murphy are the main characters in interconnected episodes surrounding a murder that play like high quality short stories. I’m too swamped to say anything else right now, but I have a feeling this movie will be talked about for a while. Opens December 29.
The Dead Girl. Karen Moncrieff, 2006. ****
[tags]toni collette, marcia gay harden, rose byrne, mary beth hurt, brittany murphy, karen moncrieff, piper laurie, giovanni ribisi, james franco, mary steenburgen, kerry washington, film, murder, short stories, 4 stars, drama, episodes[/tags]
Little Miss Sunshine
November 13th, 2006
Come and see the latest industrial-strength Sundance hit, now with 40% more quirk! Our new & improved independent™ formula leaves no storyline unsolved, no character trait unexplored, no minor role cast with an unrecognizable face, and no dry eye in the house with focus-group approved climactic superfreak dancing! But all the random quirkiness can’t make this thing any less predictable. It’s cute though; they got that much worked out. Marcy’s review is much too kind; I suppose it’s easier to be won over by all the charm-to-spare if you’re in a crowded theater. I took another half star off for the libellous portrayal of quality German engineering.
Little Miss Sunshine. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006. **
[tags]film, 2 stars, cute, independent, comedy, toni collette, abigail breslin, greg kinnear, paul dano, alan arkin, steve carell, quirky[/tags]
