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Summary: Change To Another Movie
Review: Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche star in this drama/ thriller/ comedy directed by the overrated David Mamet. Like most Mamet movies, "Things Change" tries to clever, unusual and oh-so-surprising, but unfortunately the overall effort is nothing more than a dull, tedious and uninspired achievement. The acting is alright and the direction competent enough, yet the plot just drags endlessly and fails to present a memorable and remarkable moment. The last ten minutes are somewhat interesting and present enough dramatic tension, still that doesn`t make for the boring hour that precedes it. "Things Change" has little or nothing going for it, delivering an intantly forgettable cinematic experience.There are more compelling things around.
Rating:
Summary: Change To Another Movie
Review: Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche star in this drama/ thriller/ comedy directed by the overrated David Mamet. Like most Mamet movies, "Things Change" tries to clever, unusual and oh-so-surprising, but unfortunately the overall effort is nothing more than a dull, tedious and uninspired achievement. The acting is alright and the direction competent enough, yet the plot just drags endlessly and fails to present a memorable and remarkable moment. The last ten minutes are somewhat interesting and present enough dramatic tension, still that doesn`t make for the boring hour that precedes it. "Things Change" has little or nothing going for it, delivering an intantly forgettable cinematic experience. There are more compelling things around.
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Summary: Classic movie. One notch below Glenngary Glenross.
Review: Just a great film. Simple, slow moving and toughing
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Summary: The grasshopper...
Review: This movie is a work of art on many levels. We have seen the premise many times for example [Being There (1979) ASIN: 6301590740] and [The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) ASIN: B00004RF8D].
Only those films relied on dumb luck or just dumb. Where as this film portrayed principle, friendship, and the person overcoming the situation without being so ignorant that he misses the point. Several times you want to close your eyes because you just know what is going to happen. And then it doesn't. One of my favorite scenes was the telling of the "Grasshopper and the ant" This is a microcosm of the movie.
The basic story is about a shoeshiner taking the place of a killer in exchange for his dream of a boat after three years of incarceration. With three days to go before the trial, the person assigned to watch him decides to give the shoeshiner one last fling. Starting off with mistaken identity and complications snowballing from there.
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Summary: The grasshopper¿.
Review: This movie is a work of art on many levels. We have seen the premise many times for example [Being There (1979) ASIN: 6301590740] and [The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) ASIN: B00004RF8D]. Only those films relied on dumb luck or just dumb. Where as this film portrayed principle, friendship, and the person overcoming the situation without being so ignorant that he misses the point. Several times you want to close your eyes because you just know what is going to happen. And then it doesn't. One of my favorite scenes was the telling of the "Grasshopper and the ant" This is a microcosm of the movie. The basic story is about a shoeshiner taking the place of a killer in exchange for his dream of a boat after three years of incarceration. With three days to go before the trial, the person assigned to watch him decides to give the shoeshiner one last fling. Starting off with mistaken identity and complications snowballing from there.
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Summary: Three thumbs up!
Review: Undoubtly David Mamet lived a glorious decade in these eighties. House of games , the untouchables a scripter and this one.
Don't wonder if this movie belongs to cult movie status. It's a witty comedy about an inept , poor experienced and low level gangster who suffers the consequences of his acts when he goes against the orders to take an old shoe - shine boy on one last fing just before the latter goes to prison being not guilty.
Notice this disfunctional state of mind of this rookie gangster, follows the ancient rule about the wisdom of the experience , despite this statement is not always true all the times , but it does in this case.
The laughable side about the sordid universe that surrounds the underworld has been so irreverently told as in this case.
Don Ameche (Coccon) and Mantegna (House of games and Alice) give a fine performance.
Don't miss this funny comedy. A winner film.
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