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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 2:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Few women are quite as flawless as Nicole Kidman, although she might have a problem with accents (that didn't hurt TOO much in that feighned marriage, did it, Nicole?). Few actors are nearly as good as Sean Penn (even, or especially, when he isn't pretending to be a "special needs" case). Few directors have accomplished as much as Sidney Pollack. And yet this film left me wanting more. Not because of the acting, which was exceptional by and large, but because of the spotty script, clumsy direction, and the obvious debts to Mr. Hitchcock, whose North by Northwest would have cleared this UN mess up more easily and more interestingly.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I don't understand you. :-)

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I have heard very mixed reviews about this movie. One reviewer said that all this hoopla about filming in the UN was pretty stark. Since they were filming and at night, there wasnt any activity in the chambers. They also said that the filming was so obvious in always making Nicole lower than Sean. they were always sitting down when in scenes together or in one case he was sitting on a railing. She is so much taller than him and it was pretty obvious the director was trying to avoid that.

Most of the complaints I read had to do with technical aspects of the movie and I have to admit that stuff would annoy me too.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I agree with Tishala's assessment, but could never put together a comment so eloquent as that! I'm actually a bit speechless about the movie, not because it was so good, but because I'm not sure what was missing. The story was quite convoluted at times. The acting is top notch so if you're a Penn fan it's worth seeing. Kidman is so naturally beautiful it's almost hard to believe at times.