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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Best on-screen experience since "Shakespeare in Love"
Particularly given the slim pickings for grown-ups at the movies, "Moulin Rouge" is the best on-screen experience since "Shakespeare in Love." The two films have a lot in common: they both seek to define love, they both stress the play within the play (always an appealing technique), and they both are about male playwrights seeking the girl of their dreams. Wonderful direction, filming, and editing. It truly will appeal to the MTV generation and their parents. Go see it!
Something to Talk About (1995)
A total waste of good talent.
I am loathe to say something this negative, but must. One of the worst movies I ever have been dragged in front of the VCR by my fiancee to watch. It is not enjoyed but endured, especially, I would think, by males - as you will see for yourself (or, I hope, not). What was Robert Duvall thinking when he agreed just to go through the motions for this dud? And Julia Roberts?? The one note of hysterical she maintains throughout is not acting. At least the scenery in Beaufort, S.C. (also the location of "Big Chill") is interesting. Overall, what a disappointment.