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Best Picture canidate
Jun 21, 2008
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Sorry October Sky fans this movie is just so much better. It is funny, moving, exciting, and disturbing all at the same time. Being the suburbian that I am the jabs at our way of life are hilarious and often true,... Read more
This definatly goes on my favorite movies list!
Jun 11, 2008
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Wow! This movie is truely increible! The acting was just so good in this movie. I saw boys don't cry and don't get me wrong, Hilary Swank was great but i still think that Annette Benning deserved a oscar. Also i... Read more
i hate to use the word "perfect"....
Mar 20, 2008
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but this film truly is. i recently re-watched the DVD (the fact that i own it and re-watched it should give you an idea of how i feel about the film) the other day, and i remain blown away at the... Read more
Kevin Spacey never gives a bad performance.
Feb 18, 2008
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Kevin Spacey used to be play a character on the old CBS series "Wiseguy." I never watched the show, but I caught a rerun once in which he was so furious at somebody that he actually threatened to 'eat his children.'... Read more
Didn't understand all the hype.
Nov 14, 2007
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(spoilers) I am going on the assumption that everyone who is interested in this movie has already seen it. I felt cheated and unhappy at the end of this movie. Every character in it apparently exists only to display some neurotic... Read more
a "weird" movie in the spotlight
Sep 27, 2007
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lets cut to the chase: this movie is amazing. the camera angles were great, the acting superb, and the message unexpectedly clear. what i dont get, though, is how a movie like this could be so famous. i mean, look at... Read more
Why It's Perfect
Jul 19, 2007
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The script was so powerful that it moved me. It was funny, provoked thoughts of reflection into my own life, and entertained me from start to finish. It was written with every single detail thought carefully through. The cast was well... Read more
What can you say about this film?
Jul 01, 2007
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This is perhaps the most inventive, funny, yet tragic film in years. I simply can't keep myself from watching this movie over and over again becasue it's just a masterpiece in filmmaking. Sam Mendes's direction of Alan Ball's superb screenplay is... Read more
jednostavno GENIJALNO
Jun 21, 2007
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Ako na svetu postoji perfekcija, ona se ondah nalazi u ovom filmu. Glumacka ekipa koja me je kupila za ceo zivot. Prica i rezija koje ostavljaju bez daha.... Read more
Beuatiful
May 14, 2007
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Kevin Spacey is my new personal hero. After seeing this movie wanted to be just like him. He goes through an emotional middle age breakdown and ofr once comes out on top. He goes from a pathetic, masturbating bad excuse for... Read more