Hysteria brings the highly unlikely yet true story of a young doctor Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) in London, 1880, who is struggling but eventually finds a job with Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce). Dalrymple is treating women for the so-called hysteria disease, really a catch-all for any and all things supposedly wrong with women […]
Meet the Parents
Randy Newman’s opening song, “A Fool in Love,” perfectly sets up the movie that follows. The lyrics begin, “Show me a man who is gentle and kind, and I’ll show you a loser,” before praising the man who takes what he wants. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is the fool in love in Meet the Parents. […]
Mystic Pizza
A sweet and sassy comedy about the bonds of sisterhood, Mystic Pizza offers the opportunity to see some solid young actors early in their careers. Three sisters of blue-collar Portuguese descent work in a pizzeria in the coastal town of Mystic, Connecticut. Each has her own unique romantic entanglements. One is the fast girl in […]
As Good As It Gets
For all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon, Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor Simon (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress Carol (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep, […]
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