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The Beaver (2011)
8/10
Good movie. Great drama. Depression awareness all in one.
12 May 2012
I loved this movie. It found it sad that the timing of his personal implosion over-shadowed the importance and quality of this movie, but I loved it. All of it. Is it an Academy Award Nominee? No, but I'll recommend it to all who ask about it.

I wish his personal life had not unraveled to such a degree....who would want that for anyone. I wish Hollywood and the press wouldn't have exploited every last second of it, but such is the shallow world of both. I found it particularly fascinating and ironic that he was booted from the cast of The Hangover II because none of the actors wanted to support his woman abusing ways.....and then they brought back Mike Tyson (a wife beater and rapist)for a recurring role. Why would one be surprised by the shallowness of H-town.

Rent this. Besides the fact that everyone deserves a second chance, it's a good movie.
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A Crime (2006)
2/10
What the heck just happened?
15 April 2012
Warning: Spoilers
SPOILERS!! I feel like I got drunk and wandered into the middle of a very strange conversation between a guy who is obsessed with dog racing, a crazy French woman, and a caveman. I think I can see what they were trying for, but oh my did it fall short. It was disjointed, disorienting, and confusing.

You start the movie and some enormous leaps of logic are made about the cabbie being the killer....why the heck did he focus on this cab? How could he have noticed this cabbie's freaking ring, but not a cab number or company?

Then you're transported to the future where there is a very strange French woman that sleeps is crazy, drinks a lot, and sleeps around. Who is this crazy lady and why is she obsessed with her neighbor.

Then comes Harvey Kietel. Man, I love HK, but the direction, editing, SOMETHING was just off with him. Talk about a caveman. My gosh.

I gave this every chance I could, but it was not good. I gave it two stars due to a couple of cool cinematography shots, angles, etc. But that is it.

Don't waste your time.
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