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Summary: Enough-Great Movie, Very Satisfying
Review: I wasn't sure at first if it was my kind of movie, but I've seen it twice, and would gladly buy it. Go see it, Jeniffer is great, good suspense, and a satisfying ending.
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Summary: Jennifer Lopez Is THE Lead
Review: What is quality entertainment? Oscar-worthy performances? Long, drawn-out storylines that make the movie last 2.5-3 hours long? Big bombs blowing up thirty cars in row? Sure, most of that is entertaining, but there's something else to be added to that list. Any movie with Jennifer Lopez. Some people - well, a lot of people - will laugh at the opinionated statement, but I thoroughly agree with it. I believe the lady can fulfill the shoes of any lead character and be great at it. And it's seen in her most recent movie, Enough.
Enough is the story about Slim, who marries whom she thinks to be the most perfect man on earth. A couple of years into their relationship, she finds out she was wrong. He begins to beat her and threaten her, while having an affair which she knows about. After finally having "enough", Slim goes on the run with her daughter and the help of some friends. In addition to my first paragraph up there, I'm not saying that Enough doesn't have its flaws, because it does. First off, the acting. Lopez, Bill Campbell, Dan Futterman, and Noah Wyle were all great. But Juliette Lewis? I dunno, she just didn't seem to fit into the part. It took me a while to get into her character. I also keep seeing her in The Other Sister, so that didn't help me get into her character much either. I'm not stereotyping though. And the little girl who played Gracie, Slim's daughter, was too cute! She annoyed me at first, but after she began to become the humour part of the movie, she grew on me. Another flaw, I believe, were the subtitle like messages that appeared every now and then in the movie. In the beginning, I liked them. They foretold of the upcoming segment of the movie. But at the end, it's just like they disappeared. And oooo, the ending. The showdown between Slim and Mitch (Billy Campbell). The whole movie was worth the ending, which I actually found to be powerful, in relation that Slim actually got to pay back her terrorizing husband for all that he put her and her daughter through. Enough may be laughable to some, but I found it quiet entertaining and it never bored me. There were even big reactions to some of the things that happened onscreen by people who were in the theatre that I was in. If you're up for a power-chick flick with many surprises, catch Enough.
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Summary: my review was dang right
Review: geeze where to start. jennifer lopez marries a guy but unknowingly he cheats on her and when she gets mad he hits her and it leads to an abusive relationship. this is a great movie about putting up with enough. see this everyone.
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Summary: Another Mediocre Movie From Another Mediocre Actress
Review: If you saw ``Sleeping With the Enemy,'' you may have seen enough of ``Enough.'' The 1991 movie starred Julia Roberts as the wife of a wealthy, abusive husband who flees her palatial Los Angeles home, moves to a small town in the Midwest, and changes her name and her looks. And yet, he hunts her down and tries to kill her. ``Enough'' stars Jennifer Lopez as the wife of a wealthy, abusive husband who flees her palatial Los Angeles home, moves to a small town in the Midwest, and changes her name and her looks. He hunts her down and tries to kill her, too. The main variable here is that Lopez's character, Slim, is a mother, and she grabs the couple's young daughter, Gracie (Tessa Allen), on her way out the door. Say what you will about J.Lo -- that she can't sing, that she's ubiquitous. The woman has an undeniable presence. And watching her transform herself from pampered, betrayed housewife to one-woman wrecking machine makes ``Enough'' function on a visceral, you-go-girl level. The third act -- in which she exacts her revenge with the elaborate skill of James Bond and the brute strength of Rocky Balboa -- is pretty ridiculous if you stop to think about it. But it's entertaining enough that it almost makes up for the inconsistencies in plot and character development that preceded it. For a thriller, the movie begins more like a romantic comedy, with Slim and Mitch (Billy Campbell of ``Once and Again'') meeting cute at the diner where she's a waitress, and title cards like ``How they met'' and ``Conquering hero'' connecting their early stages. In no time, they've fallen in love, gotten married, moved into a beautiful house together and had a baby. Mitch, a contractor, seems like the ideal husband, if a bit distant at times. Then Slim discovers Mitch is having an affair, and when she confronts him, his personality changes completely. He becomes so cold-hearted and cruel so abruptly, it's difficult to accept -- almost comic. The script from Nicholas Kazan explains his behavior with vague throwaway lines such as: ``I am and always will be a person who gets what he wants'' and ``If I can't have you, nobody else will.'' Slim cooks up a scheme to escape with the help of Ginny (Juliette Lewis), a waitress at the diner; Phil (Christopher Maher), who's a father figure in the absence of her real dad; and ex-boyfriend Joe (Dan Futterman), who provides refuge at his home in Seattle. Michael Apted, who directed the most recent Bond movie, ``The World Is Not Enough,'' and another female empowerment movie, ``Coal Miner's Daughter,'' knows how to keep the pace moving during the action sequences. But the midsection of the film -- the cat-and-mouse chase, with its requisite cheap scares -- gets a bit repetitive. The plot problems pop up as Slim and Gracie move from city to city. For a contractor, Mitch has the computer skills of a sophisticated hacker; he immediately freezes Slim's access to her cash and credit, and he tracks her moves effortlessly, with a squad of thugs in every city available to pounce on her and the little girl. Mitch even has a police officer buddy at his disposal (``ER's'' Noah Wyle, like Campbell, playing against type) who tries to ram Slim's car from behind, even though Gracie is sitting in the back seat. Um, isn't he supposed to bring the girl back ... alive? As if Gracie hasn't been through enough, Slim sends her away for a month to stay with Ginny and her two kids while she prepares for a showdown with Mitch. She learns Krav Maga -- a fighting form originally developed for women in the Israeli army -- and her eyeliner and lip gloss are perfect during every punch and kick.
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Summary: I liked it
Review: Yes, I enjoyed this movie and I'm not embarrassed to say it. I know it's been getting some bad reviews, but I liked it. I do, however, see where some people are coming from when they say bad stuff about it. As much as I liked it, I do understand where some flaws were. Some of the acting was a little overdone (with the exception of Jennifer Lopez; she was strong and believable in her role) and the plot was not brand-new material, but it still has the potential to be a good movie. Another reviewer on here was talking about how this is a great film for women. I totally agree. Women don't always have to take a back seat to everything, and Jennifer Lopez's character really had something worthwhile to say. If you don't already know that the plot consists of, the movie is about Slim, a woman who marries Mitch, the typical "no-good" character who lures Slim into thinking he's perfect long enough for her to marry him and have a child with him. After the little girl is born, it all starts going down the tubes. Mitch starts showing what a scumbag he is, Slim tries to run with the daughter, but she is unable to find a route he won't follow. Finally, she decides to hand temporary care of her daughter over to a good friend while she takes martial arts classes and goes after Mitch for the sake of her own safety and the safety of the child. It's a pretty engaging plot that grabs your attention--sometimes it goes slowly and sometimes it starts rolling, but it REALLY picks up in the final scene. Hmm...considering this movie has not gotten all good reviews, I'm trying to figure out who would enjoy it...well, for starters, it is certainly not a disappointment for Jennifer Lopez fans, so there's a group of people who would like it. You might also enjoy it if you like a blend of values and horror. Yes, this movie has both of those things. Not very many films do, but this one does. It's not a 100% thriller, which is why I liked it. I don't do well with many horror movies, but I liked seeing the sweet relationship between Slim and her young daughter. If any of this sounds like anything you would like, then by all means go and see it. I personally like that formula, so I loved it. If that's what you like too, then your opinion of the movie will probably be similar.
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Summary: hay read dis
Review: Hey everyone,
the movie enough is hella good. The movie is jumpy,scary and very sad at the same time. It is so good i'm gonna see it again!!!
I think everyone livin on earth should watch it.
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I'm real....
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Summary: J-LO AT HER BEST!
Review: Jennifer Lopez shows the world again what a great actress she really is. J-LO plays the role of "Slim", a waitress in a diner. After literally bumping into her husband there she suddenly finds herself living in a mansion and eating shrimp scampi for dinner instead of the $1.99 chinese take-out she was used to. The marriage is great for the first couple of years. They have a baby and everyone seems happy. J-Lo plays the typical "soccer mom", running errands and making sure her husband has a warm meal waiting when he gets home from work. However, after a while things start spinning on J-Lo. She finds out her husband is cheating on her and is not ashamed to admit it. He says that "guys have different needs than women." This is when the movie takes off. J-Lo gets beat up by her husband and in a frantic scene takes the baby and herself out of the house. She then relocates to Seattle and assumes a different identity and look. Don't worry guys J-Lo still looks awesome! What follows next is true cinema magic. Frantic car chasing scenes,games of cat and mouse, and some good natured humor follow. Without spoiling the movie I encoorage everybody to see this thriller and give J-Lo a wink of the eye. She deserves it!
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Summary: PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!! Excellent thriller.
Review: I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. The storyline is great and the husband's acting is terrific. Even Jennifer Lopez played her role quite well. If you liked Unlawful Entry with Ray Liota & Kurt Russell (on dvd now) and Unfaithful with Richard Gere, you'll enjoy this just as much. I'll definately be buying this on DVD when it comes out. I just hope it's not barebones & has lots of supplements.
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Summary: One Star Is More Than Enough!
Review: If there is a movie to skip this summer, please make sure it is enough! Nothing about the movie will impress you. j. lopez marries a man realizing that he is pure trouble. After being abused constantly she seeks revenge. lopez's acting seemed fake and made me and the audience laugh bigtime at the thearter when she tried to act serious about being afraid of her husband in the movie. I mean this movie was an absolute joke basically of lopez's cheesy acting. It did poor at the box office in it's first weekend, and everybody should expect that the movie continues to do poorly at the box office.
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Summary: slick, conventional thriller (spoilers)
Review: **1/2 In typical Hollywood fashion, "Enough" takes a serious social issue - spousal abuse - and uses it as the pretext for a run-of-the-mill damsel-in-distress thriller. However, in keeping with our post-modern, feminist sensibilities, this heroine, is, as it turns out, as mad as hell and decides she's not going to take it anymore. She is no passive victim of her circumstances like her earlier imperiled movie ingénue sisters, but rather a gutsy fighter who takes a proactive role in determining her own fate and the fate of her daughter. Jennifer Lopez plays "Slim," a woman who starts out looking for a man who will "protect" her, but who, after she finds one (the wrong one), winds up kicking that slimy-assed dude's butt all around his swank, multimillion-dollar Marina home before she's through with him. Your enjoyment of this film will be pretty much predicated on how willing you are to overlook the predictability and implausibility of much of the plotting. The film starts off well with an impressive twist involving Slim's initial meeting with the man, Mitch, who will quickly become both her husband and her stalker. Yet, Mitch's conversion from doting lover to psychotic wife abuser is so abrupt and so poorly presaged by any actions or statements on his part that we are forced to question the credibility of pretty much everything else that follows. Moreover, for a woman-on-the-run who is supposedly so adept at eluding her pursuer, Slim makes some pretty monumental blunders all the way through the story. Particularly inexplicable is her decision to allow her little daughter to phone Mitch, an action that leads him and his goons in no time at all to the upper Michigan community where the two of them have been hitherto successfully hiding. I also wonder why characters in movies, after they have knocked the villain senseless and he lies bleeding on the floor, always seem to turn their backs on him, even though we, in the audience, know full well that he will miraculously arise, Phoenix-like, from the ashes, to continue his murderous assault. The heroine in "Wait Until Dark" at least had her blindness as justification for her doing that. What is Slim's excuse? (By the way, don't any of these characters ever go to the movies? If they did, they would eliminate most, if not all, of their lapses into stupidity). However, given its many flaws, "Enough" turns out to be pretty effective entertainment within the prescribed limits of its genre. Although she still isn't much of an actress, Jennifer Lopez manages to elicit the audience's empathy thanks primarily to the aura of immense likeability she exudes. In fact, it's hard not to end up rooting for a character caught up in the type of worm-turning vengeance we have going on here. Director Michael Apted knows how to direct a suspense scene for maximum effectiveness, and cinematographer Rogier Stoffers has done a beautiful job capturing the multi-colored splendors of the film's many and varied locations. The attractive look of the film is alone worth the price of admission.
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