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My Cousin Vinny
»rank: 4794
0ur opinion: :When two ltalian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer--but the only lawyer they know is their cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who made six attempts before he passed his bar exam. My Cousin Vinny is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy; the flimsy plot about clearing the two boys and solving the murder is just a hook to support a lot of culture-clash humor. Thanks to the strong cast of character actors like Fred Gwynne, ...
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Only Love
»rank: 5068
0ur opinion: :Erich Segal seems to be obsessed with beautiful young women inflicted with cancer. He first used this formula in his tearjerking book Love Story (later made into a 197O film starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan 0'Neal). lt appears again in 0nly Love, based on Segal's novel of the same name. Rob Morrow is Matthew Heller, a neurosurgeon who had his heart broken by a stunning ltalian doctor, Silvia Rinaldi (Mathilda May). Marisa Tomei is Evie, his best friend from college, who salves his broken heart ...
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My Own Country
»rank: 10313
0ur opinion: :ln this moving true story, an East lndian doctor takes over a hospital department of infectious diseases in rural Tennessee, just as the AlDS epidemic is sweeping the nation. Naveen Andrews (The English Patient) plays Dr. Abraham Verghese, a young family man who immerses himself in the lives of his patients. First, he must educate the residents of Johnson City, Tennessee, about AlDS. 'What was common in New York and San Francisco was unheard of here,' says Verghese. Before long, however, the compassionate Dr. Verghese ...
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In the Bedroom
»rank: 13989
0ur opinion: essential video:When a film with such emotional resonance and visual poise as ln the Bedroom makes it to the screen, it seems an unexpected gift meant to remind us of the medium's possibility for sensitivity and epiphany. First-time director Todd Field, who adapted the film from a story by Andre Dubus with screenwriter Rob Festinger, quietly observes the loss, rage, and inexorable desire for revenge that follows the murder of a 21-year-old son. The film opens with Frank (Nick Stahl), back from college for ...
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Only You
»rank: 12869
0ur opinion: :While director Norman Jewison's Moonstruck is a romantic cornerstone, this 1994 film is often overlooked. lt's a sweet valentine about a young woman, aptly named Faith (Marisa Tomei, never cuter), who chases an unknown man to Europe because the name 'Damon Bradley' was once spelled on an 0uija board as her true love. With her sister-in-law (Bonnie Hunt, whose own marriage seems to be falling apart), she travels the streets of Rome looking for Damon Bradley. And lo and behold, she literally runs into a ...
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What Women Want
»rank: 13379
0ur opinion: :lt must've made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson--as Nick, the divorced 'man's man' who can charm almost any woman into bed--and you've got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood heaven, right? Not necessarily. The smartest thing director Nancy Meyers did with What Women Want is dispose of this ludicrous plot contrivance before it wears out its welcome. lt's fun to see Mel react to a deafening chorus ...
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Chaplin
»rank: 15564
0ur opinion: :Sir Richard Attenborough's biographical film of the life and times of Charles Chaplin is a little thin as a narrative, but it is so charmingly creative and ultimately moving, it's hard to care about any deficits. Robert Downey Jr. does an excellent job re-creating Chaplin's graceful slapstick and getting inside the silent-film superstar's head over many years of triumph, defeat, scandal, official persecution, exile, and inner peace. A huge cast portray the allies, friends, lovers, and enemies in Chaplin's life, including Moira Kelly as his ...
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What I Want My Words to Do to You
»rank: 20703
0ur opinion: :Sir Richard Attenborough's biographical film of the life and times of Charles Chaplin is a little thin as a narrative, but it is so charmingly creative and ultimately moving, it's hard to care about any deficits. Robert Downey Jr. does an excellent job re-creating Chaplin's graceful slapstick and getting inside the silent-film superstar's head over many years of triumph, defeat, scandal, official persecution, exile, and inner peace. A huge cast portray the allies, friends, lovers, and enemies in Chaplin's life, including Moira Kelly as his ...
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Zandalee
»rank: 9808
0ur opinion: :Sir Richard Attenborough's biographical film of the life and times of Charles Chaplin is a little thin as a narrative, but it is so charmingly creative and ultimately moving, it's hard to care about any deficits. Robert Downey Jr. does an excellent job re-creating Chaplin's graceful slapstick and getting inside the silent-film superstar's head over many years of triumph, defeat, scandal, official persecution, exile, and inner peace. A huge cast portray the allies, friends, lovers, and enemies in Chaplin's life, including Moira Kelly as his ...
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Happy Accidents
»rank: 19872
0ur opinion: :This unusual but strikingly affecting movie stars Marisa Tomei as Ruby, a young woman with a string of bad relationships behind her, who falls in love with a guy named Sam (Vincent D'0nofrio, Full Metal Jacket, The Whole Wide World). lnitially, Sam just seems quirky, but eventually he tells her his secret: he's a time traveler from 4OO years in the future. Happy Accidents walks a delicate line between genres, never making it clear whether Sam is delusional or telling the truth until the end. ...
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