Hurlyburly

I love Kevin Spacey in this movie. So dry and witty, and Sean Penn has clearly done a pretty good amount of coke in real life because he's plays it perfectly. You either have never done or don't like drugs and... Full review

This is an amazing movie, but I can only bring myself to watch it once every couple of years. It is an incredibly intense movie, and if you like intense movies (not in an action or suspense type of way, but... Full review

This movie SUCKS!! The sad thing about it is that it is very well made. Everything about it is great, the script, the filming, the acting, ect.; but there's just one thing--the story. It's about a bunch Hollywood losers whose lives... Full review

This movie, while quite good, comes off a little harsh. It is definitely not for everyone, take it with a grain of salt.... Full review

Bad, screwed up movies. The only good thing about it is that it shows how screwed up the Hollywood liberal elite society really is.... Full review

A touching movie about friendship and dependency viewed through the distorting lens of rampant nihilism.There's a theatrical eloquence to the dialogue that lends it mesmerizing power. It has a literary quality that some people will find unbearably pretentious, but which... Full review

Don't be fooled by the negative opinions about this movie!*** Warning, the following may contain slight spoilers *** Following this band of ironically (in?)compatible group of friends as they confront each other to the point where they question if their... Full review

a lot of the negative reviews of this movie are a consequence of the viewers simply not enjoying this type of work. it aint a happy movie and its not for everyone. if you've never spent serious time in NYC,... Full review

This was an incredibly interesting movie. Besides an exceptional cast, the dialogue is sharp and witty and there are some very intriguing issues raised. However, it seems that these positive points are lost on most viewers. My guess is it's... Full review

In a HurleyBurley world with HurleyBurley people, talk is NOT cheep. Cocaine, Marijuana and alcohol give the briliantly portrayed characters the power of speech. No... this movie is not about drugs and alcohol. This movie is about ideas and theories... Full review

Sean Penn has never been better than he is here, and that's saying quite a lot....while Anna Paquin (of 1993's "The Piano," for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at age 11), as a lost teenage wanderer, is remarkably refined, a character chamelion.... ... Full Review

Hurlyburly" means to be a scabrous screwball comedy, but it's too grueling, too heavy-handed and too obvious to be very funny. Under Anthony Drazan's assured direction the screen cast acts just as impressively as the stage cast did, but ultimately to no more avail. ... Full Review

On film, the spectacularly intense Penn gives them a life-and-death urgency that's out of proportion. An overacting Chazz Palminteri is an unemployed actor who beats his wife, and Meg Ryan is a druggie good-time girl who tells Penn, ``I'm going to need a magnifying glass to find what's left of your good points. ... Full Review

Their characters are no less despicable, but they win points for not letting everything hang out Amid such actorly foaming, then, Kevin Spacey's coolly modulated coldness and the relative elegance of Robin Wright Penn stand out. ... Full Review

A word of warning - the characters in this film are almost entirely unlikeable. Hurlyburly is a kind of curiosity, more than anything, a collection of interesting actors on show, in a theatrical, stagy rendition of an ordinary play. ... Full Review

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As Twitter becomes increasingly popular, this online social network has infiltrated nearly all the cracks and crevices of the arts world. But does it belong in an audition room? ... Full Article

It's been five years since Green Day's multi-platinum, Grammy-winning album "American Idiot" came out, but work on the material is still very alive. A musical adaptation is set to debut at California's Berkeley Repertory Theater in September and frontman Billie... ... Full Article