Drama Reviews

Drama

The Life of David Gale (2003)

The Life of David Gale (2003)

About 20 minutes into The Life of David Gale, I was so simultaneously bored and restless that my mind wandered. I found myself playing mental word games for fun,...

Linda
Adaptation (2002)

Adaptation (2002)

I’m not really sure how to approach a review of Adaptation, only because even now—some five and a half days after seeing it—I’m still not sure what I thought....

Vickie
Unfaithful (2002)

Unfaithful (2002)

Diane Lane, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance, plays Connie, a suburban housewife who has a perfectly nice home, a perfectly nice son, and most importantly, a perfectly nice marriage...

Linda
The Hours (2002)

The Hours (2002)

The Nose. Much hubbub has been made about The Nose. Specifically Nicole Kidman’s prosthetic nose in her role as Virginia Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed...

Linda
The History Boys (2006)

The History Boys (2006)

These schoolboys, blurrily indistinguishable from each other for a large part of the film, basically run wild in their loosely structured classes, re-enacting scenes from old Bette Davis movies,...

Linda
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) (2001)

The Devil’s Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) (2001)

The setting: a boy’s orphanage out in the middle of freakin’ nowhere at the end of the Spanish Civil War. The building is extremely isolated (of course), and is...

Linda
A Shot at Glory (2000)

A Shot at Glory (2000)

This completely by-the-book feel-good sports drama sticks in your head about as long as a Nike commercial. No, I take that back. Nike has had some pretty good advertising...

Linda
Tipping the Velvet (2002)

Tipping the Velvet (2002)

Tipping the Velvet is a three-hour television adaptation of the surprisingly successful first novel by Sarah Waters (read Moviepie’s exclusive interview with Sarah Waters about the series). Surprising in...

Linda
Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile (2002)

One of my favorite things about getting the chance to see movies before they open theatrically is being able to watch a film with virgin eyes. To see it...

Vickie
Guardian of the Frontier (Varuh meje) (2002)

Guardian of the Frontier (Varuh meje) (2002)

As in any film involving the remote wilderness and frightening backwoods characters, Guardian begins as a carefree trip of independence (read: topless canoeing) and builds towards a climax of...

Linda
24 Hour Party People (2002)

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Let me just say this: Michael Winterbottom is an extremely cool and creative director that always seems one step from making a great film. I will go see anything...

Linda
Blue Crush (2002)

Blue Crush (2002)

A movie about buff girls and the Hawaii surf scene. Sounds like it could be pretty lame, right? Like it might just be some exploitative T&A flick with nothing...

Vickie