‘The Words’ is on track to becoming a highly-popular film that will be loved and appreciated by both the indie and mainstream crowds. The story is great, the filmmaking is solid and the performances are top notch. With a little editing and perhaps a short reshoot to extend one scene, I could see ‘The Words’ being next year’s Oscar bait.
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While the film isn’t terrible, the one thing that I walked away with after seeing ‘Goats’ was the desire to never watch another coming-of-age tale again. The things that work in the film are the characters. What doesn’t work is the generic, by-the-book, seen-it-one-hundred-times-before story.
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Now that I’m caught up on some Blu-ray reviews, it’s time crank out the rest of my Sundance coverage. Continuing the trend of R-rated, female-driven comedies at this year’s festival was ‘For a Good Time, Call…’ starring Lauren Anne Miller (‘Superbad‘) and Ari Gaynor (‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist‘).
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Many of the narrative films I saw at Sundance this year seemed to need a few edits or some reworking to be truly viable in the mass market. ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’, on the other hand, is perfect the way it is. No alterations are needed. This was the most complete narrative film I saw at the festival.
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‘How I Met Your Mother’ star Josh Radnor made his directorial debut at Sundance last year with ‘happythankyoumoreplease‘. He’s back this year with a more mature, more refined effort, ‘Liberal Arts’.
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I’m still weirded out by ‘John Dies at the End’. If there’s ever been a movie that felt like ‘Supernatural’ on acid, but produced by the Syfy Channel, this is it.
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I don’t normally feel uncomfortable while watching movies, but I did during ‘Young and Wild’. This Chilean movie is the teenage girl edition of ‘Shame’, only with, if you can believe it, more explicit sex.
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Despite being slow and indulgent, ‘For Ellen’ is one of those small films that grows stronger after you give it some thought. At first, it may make you stir crazy and leave you wanting more, but after reflecting on it, you’re sure to find the beauty in this methodically intimate and personal story.
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Many of the movies in the Premieres section at this year’s Sundance festival were quite mediocre, and some like ‘Lay the Favorite‘ were just plain terrible. ‘Price Check’ falls into the mediocre category.
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Those of you who enjoyed ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ will mostly likely love James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’, a Le Carre-esque portrayal of a family embroiled in the IRA and the lengths to which a mother will go to save her son from violence.
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