State and Main

state and main isnt really that great,,,i did expect more, and the only reason i even found out about it was because my friend loves julia stiles... i recommend that 15 and overs watch this as i think it suits more... Full review

This show is based on a Hollywood film crew shooting a movie in the small town of Waterford, Vermont. The filming impacts everyones life from the Mayor all the way down to the old men that sit around talking about the... Full review

This show is based on a Hollywood film crew shooting a movie in the small town of Waterford, Vermont. The filming impacts everyones life from the Mayor all the way down to the old men that sit around talking about the... Full review

When Hollywood (with all its ruthlessness, immorality, and other R-rated-or-are-they characteristics) comes to an idealistic small town (with its farms, mom-and-pop stores, and other G-rated-or-are-they characteristics), what could possibly go wrong? The answer is, of course, everything. Director Walt Price... Full review

This film sucked butt. I mean come on! Almost every movie that came out the same time this suck fest came out was about this movie. I mean this movie sucks. The storyline is stupid, the acting sucked. In my opinion... Full review

This film sucked butt. I mean come on! Almost every movie that came out the same time this suck fest came out was about this movie. I mean this movie sucks. The storyline is stupid, the acting sucked. In my opinion... Full review

This gem of a movie was probably not a blockbuster when released. The storyline is thin and almost non-existent, it could be summed up as, "everyone gets the chance to screw up a second time". Nevertheless, there are enough twists... Full review

great acting, fantastic dialogue. william h macy paired with d paymer is a pleasure to watch. hoffman and rebecca pidgeon are excellent. this movie is quirky and may not be for everyone. the idyllic shots of this small vermont town are... Full review

great acting, fantastic dialogue. william h macy paired with d paymer is a pleasure to watch. hoffman and rebecca pidgeon are excellent. this movie is quirky and may not be for everyone. the idyllic shots of this small vermont town are... Full review

'State and Main' is a cheerful, dialog-driven near-masterpiece for David Mamet. I can just picture Mamet giggling as he writes this delightful gem which lampoons Hollywood and small town culture. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great as the screenwriter who struggles creatively... Full review

That's why State and Main is so good. David Mamet's State and Main There was a time when David Mamet was an exceptional playwright. The way Mamet plays the climax of the scene is completely original and, to my mind, unprecedented. ... Full Review

State And Main [Special Edition] Although the film won the "Best Ensemble" award from the National Board of Review, I was not impressed by this approach to the story. Later, Jessica Parker's character says to Baldwin's "You treat me like a child... ... Full Review

If the film has a flaw, it's that the ballet sequences are edited in such a way that leaves you in no doubt that Stiles needed a 'ballet double', with lots of cuts between her upper torso and 'her' legs. As a result, the 'big' emotional scenes in the film carry that much extra weight for being relatively underplayed. ... Full Review

This is a fun movie for all ages, and whether or not you know anything about film production, you are sure to enjoy it. Mamets talent and humor shine through the dialogue and silences to create a spontaneity that others just couldnt pull off. ... Full Review

Full Summary >> A rare screen comedy from David Mamet, State and Main effectively skewers the Hollywood elite in this breezy Tinseltown satire that will probably play best to the inside denizens it is spoofing. Echoing the themes of Living in Oblivion and Irma Vep, David Mamet's seventh feature centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. ... Full Review

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Stewart: The idea of holy folks, the priests and the nuns, having an argument, it's just something that never occurred to me that they would have, like, an office argument. ... Full Article

But when his mom hints that she might be ready to reveal the secret identity of his long-lost father, Victor, with some help from a young physician played by Kelly Macdonald ("No Country for Old Men"), starts to seek the... ... Full Article

David Mamet is a lover of words, for the power they wield in the right hands.He is one of those writers for whom the epithet was coined about the pen being mightier than the sword. ... Full Article

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In a left handed compliment to the cast and crew of the film, some store owners simply could not face the possibility that members of the teenage community might follow the leads of the characters in the film. ... Full Article