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American Pie (1999)
Pretty good humor, even the dumb stuff is pretty good (Finch’s Dumb and Dumber-ish shit humor was hilarious). A lot of interesting moments, and even a bit touching at times. Good characters. The acting is refreshingly natural. Biggs is believable and hilarious. Klein does a good job. I see a…
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Analyze This (1999)
A Billy Crystal showcase. Crystal and De Niro are both decent. Kudrow is horrible. The comedy overall is forced. The Fredo line was pretty good, though. I’m guessing it was fun for De Niro to do, but the movie sucked.
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At First Sight (1999)
Very leniently directed. Noticed a lot of questionable dialogue, delivery, and performance moments, which probably means that he went with most scenes on the first take. Gave it a low-budget kind of feel. Kinda refreshing though, cuz it made the whole movie seem less of a scripted performance and more…
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Some pretty good comedy and some not-so-good comedy, like the first one. A lot of the comedy was improvised, and you can kinda tell. The comedic timing and reactions are very natural. It’s what made a lot of Chevy’s work so funny. The Springer segments were pretty good. I feel…
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Funny and refreshing. Cusask and Malkovich are great as central characters, everyone else is entertaining. How did the filmmaker pick Malkovich? What an honor to be selected for this role. Great to see Charlie make an appearance. Those marionettes were amazingly expressive. I have no idea how they could afford…
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Big Daddy (1999)
I’m not a big Sandler fan to begin with, but it just doesn’t seem like there’s much comedy here. More of a wannabe drama movie. The trailer gave away all the little comedy anyway. But maybe it’s good to see Sandler making a movie with more of a story and…
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
A very scary movie. A sadistic mix of the mood and atmosphere of Deliverance with the style and monster stories of Night of the Living Dead. A campfire classic. Let me get it straight. The Blair Witch got Josh, and the man who makes people stand in the corner got…
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Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Not sure what to make of it. The end leaves me wondering if anything significant was really accomplished. Mildly amusing at times. A few nice shots. Cage is always fun to watch. Interesting face, enjoyable personality. Date: Beth.
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Cruel Intentions (1999)
Cool characters to begin with, but they turn out to be so stereotypically unrealistic that we don’t care what happens to them. The story grew on me a bit when Phillippe began to change for the better. Gellar, Gellar, Gellar. Don’t like her attitude too much but she sure is…
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Dogma (1999)
Not smart in any way. Plain photography, dumb comedy, horrible writing, an idiotic premise, little drama, and hardly as philosophical as I think it was meant to be. Those title cards were awful. I’m just not a Kevin Smith Fan. Very eclectic cast. Ridiculously unrealistic writing and dialogue results in…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,375 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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