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Where Are My Children? (1916)
Powerful Stuff
What audiences of 80-plus years ago must have thought of this film is unimaginable....very provocative, powerfully written and acted. With a few expansions the story could even be interesting today: pro-life District Attorney finds out the secret behind all the childless marriages in his party-hopping wife's social circle. Final scene so bittersweet..and on the lighter side, some excellent women's fashion from the era in costuming. Highest recommendation.
It's My Party (1996)
PRETENTIOUS!!!!
OKAY! So it deals with AIDS which is honorable enough...but this film reminds me of "Drunks," as it really exists as a means for all these "surprise" big names to make cameos in the name of charitable awareness or whatever---self serving, if you ask me! NOBODY has THIS many FAAABULOUS friends and please, gay writers, get over the "Palm Beach Society Matron-Mom" thing: "Roseanne's" have gay sons, too...even if most gay men seem to WISH they were born to C Z Guest. Eric Roberts doesn't look sick enough for his condition, the relationship between the lovers is ill-defined, and just because the theme is honorable, or just TIMELY, doesn't mean the film is FAABULOUS!!
Slaves of New York (1989)
NOT SO BAD!
I LOVED the book....and come on, piecing together the book into any sort of coherent film couldn't have been the easiest endeavour, and the result really isn't so bad! Looking back on this film 11 years later it truly DOES seem to capture the time and place effectively and has what amount to basically cameos of Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, and Mercedes Ruehl.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
YES----GREAT FOR CHILDREN
I saw this on television when I was in the 7th grade and at the time knew absolutely NOTHING about the Holocaust. Yes, Melissa Gilbert's Anne is real perky, the whole movie is, well, a little perky, which only STUNNED the 12 year-old me when I found out these people were MURDERED. This shock got me very interested in this period of time. I believe this is an excellent introduction to a terrible and interesting and sad chapter in human history.
The Daytrippers (1996)
NOT GOOD!
And not THAT bad, either--but left me wanting more. The squabbling Italian family was more realistic in "True Love," Stanley Tucci was more manipulative in "The Big Night," Parker Posey much more entertaining in "Party Girl," and Hope Davis is, well, always Hope Davis. If YOUR hopes aren't that high, take a look: but this is the very definition of over-rated.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
This one has not held up well
No doubt this film will always impress teenage viewers---I couldn't stop watching it 15 years ago and was disappointed when my mother dismissed it as "cute" and "self-involved." Well, it is---and although it definately invokes memories of the 1980's, the films self-importance begins to cloud my adult appreciation. Its not as fun as "Sixteen Candles" or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," also by Hughes.
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Great scenery, great costumes
So all Agatha Christie works seem a little contrived on film---and this is no different. But don't think too hard, instead watch it for the gorgeous exteriors filmed in Majorca, the 1930's period costuming, and lots of "bitchy" dialogue exchanged between the characters, all show biz-jet set. The sound track is Cole Porter, arranged and conducted by John Lanchberry, and adds to the general feeling that the all-star cast was as much on holiday as at work while filming this one.