Reviews by doudouce55

Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry) resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life, living with his widowed mother Shanti. He suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a girl, Naseem (Kristin Kreuk), traumatized by the events that separated her from her two brothers and her father who was killed in front of them. Slowly, resisting all the taboos, Gian falls in love with the vulnerable girl.
Gian and Naseem have a son, and do all they can to re-unite their family.

This movie is a moving and epic story, where the main characters battle the forces that haunt their innocent love, fighting the odds to survive in a world surrounded by hate.

Beautiful photography. Great cast. It was refreshing to see Kreuk in something other than Smallville, although her acting is pretty much similar. And I was delighted to see foreign actors (from India and Pakistan) and appreciate them.

A beautiful love story.
Recommended movie.

Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool". Ten Years Later.
Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is coerced by a charming CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum) to locate notebooks which belonged to her fugitive ex-husband Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan). The notebooks contain information that could compromises the national security of the USA.

Parker Posey's acting is very theatrical and boring. She was very badly directed.
Jeff Goldblum, as always, is wonderful, and obviously a master at grasping the writers' sarcasm.

For the life of me, I couldn't figure out if this film was a dark comedy, a romantic drama, or a thriller - it's all of that, but badly done despite the brilliant cast.

Giving it 3/10 is already pretty generous.

Early 1980s: the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his longtime companion and actress Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) are big intellectual stars in the socialist state. Minister of Culture Bruno Hempf becomes interested in Christa-Maria, and soon enough, secret service agent Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) must listen to Sieland and Dreymann's daily life, which gradually seems to fascinate him more and more...

Get ready to be transported to the world of East Germany before the fall of the wall. A well-directed, disturbing movie with great actors and excellent script.

This is a very much underrated film that deserves to be seen.

After the second world war, Max sells his trumpet to a store owner. This man lets him play his trumpet for one last time and recognizes a song that was created by "1900" (Tim Roth). Max narrates the story of 1900, his birth, his life, and his achievements. In short, 1900 was a man of extraordinary measures, who could do anything, except be ordinary.

I was surprised to see that the film remains rather faithful to the book NOVECENTO by Alessandro Baricco.

A delightfully beautiful film with splendid cinematography and an excellent cast (Tim Roth as Novecento, 1900, is brilliant). Its music is magnificent and enchanting. The director, Giuseppe Tornatore, is a master and it is quite obvious here.

My only recommendation: Read the book before seeing the film, if you have time (it's a short read that is well worth it).

Everyone should see this film, if not own it.

23-year old Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) studies at the music conservatory and lives in a convent. She is recommended for a position, and ends up working beside Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris). With him, she will be inspired and will come to understand him and his music.

Ed Harris is quite an actor, has always been, and playing this great musician certainly displays all his talent. Diane Kruger is pretty and the role suits her well.
The script was decent enough and the cinematography acceptable. The music was of course brilliant.

Quite well done, this is definitely a movie for those who enjoy classical music. Or at least period films.

Charlie Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) has always had a dream: to go to the moon. So, piece by piece, he builds a rocket in his barn.
With the help of his son Shepard, his two daughters and most of all, with the encouragement of his wife Audrey (Virginia Madsen), and despite the fact the bank will soon be seizing his property, Charlie does not lose sight of his dream and never gives up.

A wonderful cast. Thornton is surprisingly good in this role, and Madsen's "Audie" is a truly devoted wife who loves her Charlie very much. Bruce Willis has a small role as a NASA Captain and it is nice to see him in such a movie (it changes him from all those action films).

A great film about dreams and hope.
Recommended to everyone.
Watch as a family, you'll love it.

The offices of landscape architect Will Francis (Jude Law) are broken into and much equipment gets stolen, including his precious laptop. Will meets by chance Amira (Juliette Binoche), who turns out to be the mother of Miro, one of the thiefs that break into his office. Soon enough Will and Amira become entangled in a love affair.

A dramatic film with the attitudes of teenagers. A mindless script with idiotic relationships.

I, too, expected much more from this cast, especially Robin Wright Penn who played Will Francis' Swedish girlfriend.

My opinion: a total waste of time.
(I want the 2 hours I spent on this crap back, it's sooo bad!)

John McClane (Bruce Willis) is back. He must find hacker Matthew Farrell (Justin Long) to track down Thomas Gabriel and his Internet terrorist network before Gabriel's team shuts down the USA completely.

So many flaws in the script, I don't even know where to start.

Despite its flaws and errors, this is a typical American action film with Bruce Willis where the bad guys, of course, are foreigners, and McClane saves the hacker, his daughter and all go home happy - more or less.
A nice discovery: Justin Long in a serious role, and not his usual comedy.

What else can be said about this action film... it's action-packed, and it's a real film for GUYS.

Fun entertainment.

What people won't do for money.......

Carmen Maura plays a real estate agent who moves in for one place to the next, apartments that she should rent, but lives in. One day, the upstairs neighbor is found day, and while his dead body is carried away, his wallet drops. In it is a checkered map that leads to the discovery of several money bags. Neighbors discover this, and soon enough, they fight over them.

Good cast, good directing, but certainly not the comedy of the year. A very unoriginal script.

This movie IS a rather horrible comedy, close to a horror film in fact, but still quite enjoyable.

Attilio de Giovanni (Benigni) teaches poetry at the university, and is in love with Vittoria (Braschi) whom he dreams of marrying every night in his shorts and t-shirt, while Tom Waits sings. One day, Vittoria travels to Iraq with her poet friend Fouad (Jean Reno) and is in an accident. Attilio will do anything to be by her side. Will love conquer?

Benigni as the director signs here a film about war in Iraq, love, survival, romance, life, poetry and most of all, human relationships during a time of war. His opinions are clear. This is not a simple comedy or drama.

Benigni as the actor slightly overacts, but doesn't he always? Braschi is a delight as always, and Jean Reno is wonderful as the Iraqi poet who returns to his country. He also had a great Italian coach, for his Italian is near perfect! It was refreshing to see Tom Waits in this movie, although he was simply a "musician" and didn't have a speaking role.

Well directed and with as usual great music by Nicola Piovani, I found the movie much better than expected, and would watch again any time.