News for
8½ (1963) More at IMDbPro »

1 item from 2013

8 April 2013 10:53 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »

Review Frances Roberts 8 Apr 2013 - 18:30

Mad Men returns with a packed multi-stranded two-hour opener brimming with quotable dialogue and existential angst...

This review contains spoilers.

1.1 & 1.2 The Doorway

After waiting ten months to hear Don Draper speak, Matthew Weiner made us hang on a little longer. Eight and a half minutes longer, to be precise, during which time Jon Hamm frowned, smiled, chastised, got high, and drank, but said not a word. While Draper wasn’t talking, director Scott Hornbacher’s camera was saying plenty, mostly about Jessica Paré, and with an overriding take-home message of ‘humina humina’. The now-bearded Stan wasn’t the only one excited about the idea of Megan zou bisou-ing around the beach in a bikini.

Don’s taciturnity continued throughout the two-hour opening episode, broken only to decry over-use of the word “love” in ad-land (let’s hope he never lives to see that McDonalds »

- louisamellor

1 item from 2013