This series has about two hours of story stretched out to near five hours. Characters are very shallow. After seeing them for one minute one can usually predict how they will act for the remainder of the story. The story itself is rather predictable.
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10 Reviews
Quite funny, although unbelievable.
23 April 1999
Clean Slate
(1981)
Quite a few funny events, but killing several people is not really humorous.
10 March 1999
This film has quite a few funny events, but the film is unsatisfactory as a whole. I cannot accept the premise that killing a lot of people is really humorous. The various crude remarks about black Africans will likely be offensive to them, not amusing.
American Job
(1996)
Partly interesting, but often boring movie.
26 December 1998
Life is hopeless for an untalented man. He tries five low-income jobs during this film. Part of the film is interesting, but often it is boring. For example, how interesting is it supposed to be to watch the "hero" spend several minutes brushing his teeth? Part of the picture was a waste of the viewer's time. At the end of the picture no progress had been made in his situation. There is no more understanding of why this man acts as he does.
Simple Men
(1992)
The first half is interesting, but later the film becomes less believable.
26 December 1998
The Grand Highway
(1987)
Worldly-wise girl of 10 educates boy age 9 to ways of adults.
26 December 1998
A really superior film, this story of a 9 year-old boy leaving his mother temporarily to live in a small French town. He becomes educated to the ways of adults with the help of a worldy-wise girl aged 10. Although children are featured, this definitely is an adult movie, not one for small children.
The Apostle
(1997)
It moves slowly, but is really an outstanding movie. Among the best.
4 November 1998
I am not familiar with this type of preaching. Robert Duvall really makes his preacher believable, both in his faults and in his strengths. Certainly one of the best new movies that I have seen in a long time. The story will seem slow to those who demand violence every 5 minutes, but slowness is really necessary to give the full picture of the "Apostle" as he develops as circumstances change. A really outstanding movie.
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