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Treading Water (2001)
Girl with rich waspy family falls in love with girl. Family doesn't like it. Stupidity ensues, especially because it's Christmas.
This movie only got one thing right: Christmas sucks. Eerything else was horribly wrong. It looked like a 3rd grader shot it and came off as extremely low budget. The acting was completely unremarkable, as was the character development. Also, it was completely unbelievable that the social worker Alex took a case when she knew the client was her lover's brother. This was a complete conflict of interest and no ethical social worker would ever do that. it just contributed even more to the stupidity of the movie and of the characters. The portrayal of a dysfunctional alcoholic, dry, new england family was very accurate however, but still not enough to give it more than one star. I can't believe this movie won awards, or that I wasted an hour and thirty-two minutes watching it. I'm writing this review to save others the trouble.
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
Different people in different walks of life from a small ton in Ohio confront insatiable desires, delusions, and fantasies.
This movie isn't about Roxy Carmichael coming home. How she got famous doesn't matter. What she looks like doesn't matter. What a legend everyone thinks she is doesn't matter. The point of this movie is much more profound. It is about the fantasies that we create in our minds. It is about the deep wants and hungers within us all, that nothing will actually ever satiate. It wasn't the fact that Gerald was still in love with Roxy Carmichael-it was the fact that he was in love with the idea of youth, a time past, and the unattainable. Dinky's story was slightly different-I think the theme there was more so about the lies we tell our selves, and sometimes the delusions that carry us through. A subtle side story was of the lesbian relationship between Evelyn and Roxy. I think its significance goes far beyond what you see the film because of the often silenced and unspoken nature of same-sex relationships. People who experience this may be left with a "Roxy Carmichael" Syndrome, (most likely in the same sense that Gerald had it, as they mostly only portrayed Evelyn as wanting to out dress her ex-best friend when she arrived). Highly recommended for film buffs and anyone.