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Running with Scissors (2006)
A twisted family story with plenty of showy performances by the cast.
A pretty sick twisted story of a boy caught in a family of alcohol abuse, drugs and mental illness AND it's a comedy! It is hard to watch in spots knowing that it is apparently true. Ultimately it is a story of survival. The director said after the screening I saw that the guy who wrote the autobiographical book on which the movie was based did not want the characters demonized... so even a pedophile looks like an OK kind of guy.
Annette Bening may get some recognition for the role. She is totally un-retouched with no makeup and plays the part as someone who makes bad decisions not as a crazy woman...although she is spinning out of control. Can anyone tell me why Gwyneth Paltrow takes small weird parts like this? Her career is chock full of throwaway parts.
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Ugh, I could not wait for it to end.
I loved Moulin Rouge and thought Chicago was just O.K. For me to like a musical it has to have good music and RENT type of show stopping numbers. This had none of that. There seriously was not one show stopping number and all the music just blended together. This is a sing though type of musical and the dialog is delivered in a monotonous sing song delivery that had me ready to slit my wrists. If this is really the best that Andrew Lloyd Webber can do...then he's a hack....the music was boring I had not seen the play and really had no idea what the actual story line was. The worst thing about it was the phantom...he sucked energy and life right out of the film. Minnie Driver was great! I saw it with the cast, director and Lloyd Webber himself in a Q&A after. It will not succeed.