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The Day After Tomorrow ( 12.-\)
O. (Roland limmerich. LS. 2004) Dennis Quaid. Jake (iyllenliaal. limmy Rossum. Dash Mihok. Jay () Sanders. [an llolm. Kenneth Welsh. 124mm. (‘limatologist .lack llall (Quaid) and Professor Rapson (llolm) spot some drastic climate changes drops in water temperature. freak storms. hailstones the si/e of bricks. Now they must convince sceptical vice-president Becker (Welsh) that their initial estimation for the coming of the new ice age in ‘l00 to I000 years' time‘ has been rapidly revised to the day after tomorrow. Without any character empathy. no amount of (‘(i1 will generate any drama. and without drama there can he no suspense and no fear. This movie. to have any effect whatsoever. needs its to feel frail. vulnerable and helpless faced with the awesome power of nature. It doesn't. limmerich has dumped on the movie-going world a soulless and sub-standard cut-and- paste job from his own vile and risihle Independence Day. entirely devoid ol suspense. humour. emotion or creativity. St'lt’t'll’l/ release.
50 First Dates ( 12A) 0. (Peter Segal. LS. 2004) Adam Sandler. Drew Barrymore. Rob Schneider. Sean Astin. l.usia Strus. l)an .-\ykroyd. Wmin. (’harmless reunion of Sandler and Barrymore. The duo were so appealing in The Ilia/(ling Singer bit! this take on l’irandello's Ifnricn ll' fails to recapture past glories. (i/us‘grm' Film 'I‘lu'uin'. (i/usgmr.
Q Fahrenheit 9/11 (15).... (Michael Moore. ('8. 2004) Michael Moore. (ieorge W Btish. Donald Rumsfeld. l.ila Lipscombe. |22ntin. Another politically charged documentary from Oscar winner Moore. this time taking aim at the lillslt adtttinistl‘atiott. Moore sets to recreate the events that have led its from the 2000 presidential election to the bloody occupation of Iraq. l'kilm'n/ieil ‘l/ll may not have the ability to shift governments btit it's
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The Flower of Evil (La Fleur du Mal) ( l5) .0. ((‘laude (‘habroL l‘rance. 2003) Benoit Magimel. Nathalie Baye. Melanie I)outey. Sit/antic l-‘lon. ltl-lmin. The ('harpin-Vasseur clan are an upper middle-class Bordeaux family with more than its fair share of dark secrets. Director ('laude (‘habroL a veteran of some 50 films. is back on familiar territory. dispassionately revealing the hypocrisies and corruptions of the bourgeoisie and sardonically observing how patterns of behaviour are compulsiver repeated through the generations. Yet although it begins with a camera prow ling through a country house and with the discovery of a corpse. the digressive 'I‘lie Him-er of Iz'i'il shows little concern with thriller conventions or with the interior psychology. as (‘habrol is content to simply push his characters around like pieces on a chess board. (i/usgmr I'i/m 'I'ln'um'. (i/usgmr; ('umco. lit/inlmrg/i.
Garfield (PG) 0. (Peter llewitl. [8. 200-1) Breckin Meyer. Jennifer Love Hewitt. Stephen 'l‘obolowsky. Bill Murray (voice) 81min. See review. page 28. General I‘('/('u.\('.
Godsend ( I5) 0 (Nicky llamni. l'S/(‘anadzL 200-1) (ireg Kinnear. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. Robert De .\'iro. ('atneron Bright. l02min. Very dodgy cloning thriller in which two grieving parents agree to go along with the offers of a saturnine genetics expert Dr Wells (De Niro). Incoherent at best. St’lt'l'lt't/ I'(’/(‘(l.\’(’.
Good Boys ( IS) (Variolts. t'K. Walt-s Ireland. (iermany. ISA. 2002/2003/2004) 75min. The best in gay short lilmmaking. ('omprises six films: ()2: .-I// l-‘lmnzs ((ieoff livans. Wales. 2002. 3min). .-I l‘i'rrc! ('u/lctl .Ilickev (Barry Dignani. Ireland. 2003.
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