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L.M. Kit Carson (writer)
Jeremy Lipp (writer)
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Release Date:
10 June 2003 (Canada) more
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Every Game Has Rules.
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Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Melanie Griffith ... Sarah James

Rachael Leigh Cook ... Jenny Travile

Hugh Dancy ... Jack Ganzer

Malcolm McDowell ... Walter Shrenger
Art Malik ... George Maldonado

David La Haye ... Bayliss
Delphine Rich ... Lisette Arcan
Catherine Buquen ... Kumiko Shrenger
Rita Davies ... Juliana
Michel Albertini ... Gerard, Sarah's Ex-Husband
André Oumansky ... Philippe Arcan

Virgile Bramly ... Paul
Joseph Beddelem ... Bodyguard
Marie-Josée Espinosa ... Agnés, Gerard's New Wife
Christian Kmiotek ... Detective
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
Argentina:85 min | USA:83 min
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Only a Reasonable Thriller, 8 May 2005
5/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In France, Sarah (Melanie Griffith) is a courier of illegal pieces of arts and antiques, living in a borrowed apartment with Jack (Hugh Dancy), a man younger and younger than she. While Sarah is traveling to Munich to bring a rare coin to the criminal Walter Shrenger (Malcolm McDowell), Jack meets Jenny Travile (Rachel Leigh Cook), a silly and irresponsible American girl, who works a fancy jewelery, and they have an affair. Jenny falls in love for him, and exposes the code and the secrets of the store to Jack. Meanwhile, Sarah is stolen in the train in her travel back to Paris, and has to raise US$ 80,000.00 in two days to pay for the lost. She convinces Jack to rob the jewelery with her to raise the money. However, things do not happen how planned.

The premise of "Tempo"is not bad, and it could be a good thriller. However, there are many flaws in the screenplay. The character of Sarah is not well developed, and the viewer does not know why she has this type of life, their motives for such a dangerous work, and it is impossible to sympathize with her. Further, the face of Mellanie Griffith is completely destroyed after plastic surgeries, and affects her expressions. There is one site (awfulplasticsurgery.com) relative to awful plastic surgeries in famous people, and unfortunately the surgeries of Mellanie Griffith are mentioned there, showing her lovely and gorgeous face before the plastic surgery, and how she is now. I do not understand how a woman so beautiful like she was can be so deformed! With regard to Jenny, how such a stupid woman can work in a fancy place, being responsible for expensive jewels? How the store does not have cameras for surveillance? How can a woman work in such fancy jewelery wearing jeans, instead of elegant costumes? Rachel Leigh Cook is also horrible in this movie, with long curled hair and ugly clothes. The costume designers were very negligent with the character of Jenny. Last but not the least, the sexual attraction of two women for Jack is a key point in this story. However, the sex scenes are not erotic, and could be better and better. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Tempo – Um Questão de Sobrevivência" ("Time – A Question of Surviving")

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