深夜的纽约,午夜夜班列车上两个地痞混混对乘客们肆意骚扰,人们敢怒不敢言,直到一个回乡的士兵挺身而出...
深夜的纽约,午夜夜班列车上两个地痞混混对乘客们肆意骚扰,人们敢怒不敢言,直到一个回乡的士兵挺身而出...
回复 :Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...
回复 :在本地小有盛名的少女侦探南茜•朱儿(艾玛•罗伯茨 饰),因为父亲的生意,离开了小镇,搬到洛杉矶生活。随着环境的改变,她也答应了爸爸,从此不再冒险破案,做一个普通的女孩儿。巧合的是,朱儿一家的新宅正是神秘死亡的好莱坞著名女影星德丽娅•德雷克特生前的居所。自从德丽娅死后,这所宅子经常发生一些古怪的事件。这个神秘的地方以及女星离奇的死因又激起了朱儿的好奇心,她决定瞒着父亲,“重操旧业”。在男友奈德•尼可森(马克斯•希尔洛特 饰)和新认识的小伙伴科奇(乔什•弗里特尔 饰)的帮助下,朱儿逐渐发现了一些线索,但与此同时她却收到了莫名的死亡威胁……
回复 :四个20岁来自穷乡僻壤匹兹堡北部的孩子,他们陷入工作的困境,和家人关系又岌岌可危一个孩子从流行资讯里得到启发,计划在离家稍微远点的地方,通过组织未成年人的秘密活动取得大量资金,例如预定比赛,玩扑克,聚会等。一天晚上,4个年轻人偶然发现了新的邻居,2个妓女,贾斯帕和坎蒂丝,他们想到了新的赚钱办法。迫于生活无奈,2个人答应了4个人的要求。让人出乎意料的,他们真的开始逐渐富有了。但这一过程中,每个人都不断和自己的心魔做斗争,思考着有关自己到底何去何从的问题...