Reviews by johanlefourbe

To be honest, I have never understood the appeal of this movie but, on the other hand, it has been a while since I saw it so maybe I should give it a 2nd chance. In fact, I even saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. Back then, out of nowhere, Jim Carrey took over the box-office following ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ and ‘The Mask’ and this movie would be his 3^rd box-office hit all during 1994. Since I enjoyed both ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ and ‘The Mask’, I was quite eager to check this movie and I was expecting it to be seriously hilarious. Well, eventually, it turned out to be a massive disappointment, that’s for sure. Of course, I fully understand that this movie was supposed to be dealing with some really stupid characters but, as far as I was concerned, I thought it was seriously cringe-inducing to behold and I can’t recall a single moment when I thought I was watching something really hilarious. The Farelly brothers would manage to strike gold again with ‘There's Something About Mary’ (another rather overrated comedy in my opinion) but most of their following movies would eventually under-perform at the box-office. Anyway,  coming back to our main feature, I think it is one of the most overrated comedies ever made and I don’t think it is really worth a look. 

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I wonder how I actually ended up watching the damned thing. I think one of my friends at the time suggested to me to watch it. Anyway, it was the first time I saw a movie directed by Gregg Araki and I was definitely impressed. Indeed, I really liked his directing style and this movie definitely had a very interesting dark mood.  I also really enjoyed these ambiguous and rather messed-up characters and it was pretty neat to discover a very young Rose McGowan (by the way, it is such a shame that her career turned out to be rather disappointing after all). So, the whole thing was definitely something original and it really had some potential but it didn’t completely work out, I’m afraid. Indeed, at the end of the day, the weirdness which was rather fascinating at first slowly started to annoy me and it felt rather gimmick and even slightly pretentious. Still, to conclude, even though it didn’t completely convince me, it was a decent watch and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre or if you are interested in Gregg Araki’s work. 

If I recall it correctly, for some reasons, I actually saw this movie with my wife in the movie theater when it was released. To be honest, it was a rather odd choice since it seemed to rather cheesy but, I have to admit it, I always had a weak spot for romantic-comedies and I probably thought that it would be some decent material for a romantic date. Anyway, the whole thing was basically some kind of homage to the fluffy comedies made in the 1950s and early 1960s, especially the ones starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Anyway, even though Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor seemed to have a lot of fun with this material and even though they were both quite charming, I really had a hard time to care about the damned thing. Concerning the actors involved, more than 10 years later, Ewan McGregor is still one of the most interesting actors at work but even though Renée Zellweger was at the time a much bigger star than McGregor was, we don’t hear much from her anymore. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie was nothing really amazing, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

I already saw this movie but since it was such a long time ago, I was really eager to check it out again. Basically, it was some kind of homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s work, and even though Hitchcock himself was apparently not impressed, I think the damned thing was actually pretty neat. Indeed, I especially loved the first act focusing on Angie Dickison and, in my opinion, it was in fact some of the best work ever delivered by Brian De Palma, no less than that. Of course, you might argue that it was rather sleazy and exploitative but I thought that it was just spellbinding to behold and Angie Dickinson was quite fascinating. Obviously as a homage to 'Psycho', De Palma got rid off her at the beginning which was a really bold move and, to be honest, the rest of the movie turned out to be decent enough but not much more than that, I'm afraid. At least, Nancy Allen did play a convincing escort-girl but her character never became really interesting, at least, not as much as Dickinson's character was. To make things worse, the first victim's son was even less compelling to behold and the way he joined forces with this escort-girl was rather preposterous.  Anyway, to conclude, even though it was not flawless, it was still a really entertaining erotic thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Brian De Palma’s work.