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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
a poor attempt to mimic "As Good as it Gets" - Nicholas is not God
Look, I like Jack Nicholas as much as the next guy, but the truth is he's not really an actor as much as a guy that plays himself over and over again. Since he's an interesting guy, people keep making movies that fit his persona.
This movie is not good. It feels empty and dishonest. Diane Keaton is a good actress and she does her best in this movie but the plot is weak. I don't think the screenplay does a very good job of convincing us why these two are in love - that's the crux of the problem. The characters are well-played but not well developed enough in the script. I don't like them - none of them!
Keanu Reeve's character is not believable. Why would a gorgeous doctor who could have any young vixen he wanted get involved with a senior citizen - even if she is his favorite author? This movie could have been good... maybe. But the script needed a major revision - badly! Don't see it just because it's got Jack and Diane in it. Watch "Reds" again: waaaaaay better.
The Brown Bunny (2003)
produces the emotions desired, but still too long
I fast forwarded through most of the film due to the incredibly long shots. The effects desired by the director are achieved: loneliness, alienation, a living Hell for the main character which becomes more clear with the final scenes. Because the film has artistic value, it is not porno even though it contains a real scene of fellatio. Sevigny is a good actress, always liked her, and I respect that she chose to do something daring and groundbreaking in puritanical America. I agree that this film should have been a short, and it would have been a good one. But I can't say it is a good film overall because Gallo cheats us with the long shots. I'm glad I watched it but let's not pretend the long boring shots are good enough to fill up a full length movie.
Harvard Man (2001)
atrociously bad movie, thrown together story/script and no direction
I love Sarah Michelle Gellar, she is capable of fantastic acting as made clear in the Buffy series. She has, unfortunately, been given no opportunities to show her considerable talent in film. While Cruel Intentions is a bad movie, Harvard Man is one of the worst - if not the worst - movie I have ever forced myself to sit through. The writing is practically non-existent. There are many scenes of back and forth dialogue with little purpose but to fill time. There are several simultaneous plots (gambling, drug addiction, sexual cheating, dealing with the mob), none of them interesting in their execution. There is no coherence - each plot thread seems forced in to fill time and is not interwoven with a big theme. One soon gets the feeling that the movie was started with little passion from the director, then finished in a hurry to meet a deadline. Harvard Man is transparently what it is: a quickly-made attempt to capitalize on Gellar's fame. To watch it is to wait for its end, amazed that such a thing actually made it as a major motion picture. I CAN'T believe the average rating here is close to 5. Anyone who says this movie is anything but awful is either mentally deficient or has an agenda. The only reason to watch this movie is to gawk at its atrociousness.