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Summary: This may be the most underrated film of the past year...
Review: ...what director John McKay has done in "Crush," his first film, is to deliver a wickedly sly send-up of the typical chick-flick.
The friendship between the three female leads is so utterly ill and co-dependent, the way they treat their men and each other is so callous and destructive (up to and including virtual murder of one young lover and throwing up on the groom by his bride, right there at the altar, for crying out loud). It's all here,
the disposable men, the latent lesbianism, the late-in-life discovery of the joys of sex, the jealousy of one girlfriend over her girlfriend's lover, the fatherless baby who will be raised by the three "loving" girlfriends...and it is so over-the-top, it's AMAZING that no one seems to have noticed that this movie is PUTTING US ON. If they made a move where three male friends did the things these three women do, to each other and the men in their lives, people would storm the box office and demand their money back...but because it's sweet Andy MacDowell, bonding with her middle-aged amigas, we CARE so much... It's Beaches on Exstacy, people, a brilliant satire on every chick-flick ever made! And a classic example of how wit and talent just don't get their due. Well, Mr. McKay...I for one am ready for more. You may just have the most subversive and subtle film sensibility since Mr. Hitchcock himself. I, for one, get it!
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Summary: Incredibly far-fetched "forbidden love" comedy/drama
Review: Andie McDowell is beautiful as the 40-ish woman whose late start at a serious relationship leads her to a considerably younger man and a subsequnet falling-out with 2 long-time bestgirldfriends.
Seeing a gigolo/gold-digger in the sincere young man, the "girl-friends", dead-set on terminating this "silly relationship", go over and beyond the call of duty in "helping out" their friend (who obviously is blinded by this gigolo's tricky game".
A short succession of situations is absolutley rediculous. Far fetched no longer covers it. Without these unbelievable scenes, there may have been hope for a sweet love story. Instead, all the viewer is left with is an involuntary shaking of head -- these things just don't happen! Without giving away cliff-hanger details, I warn the viewer of having high expectations for this film; most (like me) will be very disappointed. On a scale of 1 to 10, this one ranks a weak 4 with me. There is much better material out there. This one isn't worth your time.
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Summary: An ok movie
Review: Crush is the kind of movie that was made for a rainy afternoon. It starts out slow and doesn't pick up until close to the end. Basically the story line is about the friendship of three mature women and one man.This film explores friendship,growing up, loss of a love , rebound, it's all there. This movies good for an afternoon where you have nothing else planned and don't mind being bored.
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Summary: Crush - One Of My Very Favorite Films
Review: Don't ask me why, but I watch this dvd over and over and over. Something about Kenny Doughty's accent and the way he takes out his gum before he makes love in the car. Tee hee!
Andie MacDowell is perfect in this older woman younger man romance. The ending is truly tragic and sad and more than a little insipid. But the story is full of magic and it is really too bad the writer did not find a way to memorialize that instead of turning it into a weeper. The beginning and middle though is so beautiful, it makes up for a lot. I love this dvd. It always makes me happy for days...and it makes me look at men differently.
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Summary: An odd movie
Review: Either Andie Macdowall was miscast, or the two friends weren't right - something just failed this movie. We wanted it to hurry up and finish because in the last 30 minutes, it dragged. Frankly, no-one would make up that fast with a conniving bitchy friend whose actions more or less resulted in the death of the fiancee. In fact, this is what spoilt the movie and helped it lose its credibility. Ok, there's a few messages in this movie, but don't bother with it, it's just plain rubbish. No wonder if went straight to video. And did I mention the unnecessary smoking that these women did in the film? It was VERY annoying to watch. Look for the scene where the Doctor friend smokes in the hospital while waiting for Andie's baby. A doctor would know better ???
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Summary: Worth Looking at the guy at least
Review: Great movie. It might not have the best ending, but Kenny Doughty is so gorgeous it's worth watching.
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Summary: True Life
Review: I enjoyed this movie a great deal. Right now in my life, I am in love with a man that is a little more than 10 years younger than me. Made me sit and think. I could relate to this movie. I cried, I laughed, I enjoyed.
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Summary: a wonderful movie
Review: I enjoyed this movie. Before I saw it, I thought it will be a stupid, easy movie, and it turned out to be an easy, but wonderful movie about the unconditional love of a 25 years old man for a 45 years old woman. Jed can captivate any woman. He is a very simple man, she is a very sophisticated woman. He is way below her social position. They fall inlove. No, this is not a psychological movie, or one with an unclear end. It is a wonderful movie about love and about how much we should treasure it when it happens.
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Summary: Completely unexpected, wonderfully acted
Review: I have just watched this movie for at least the 6th or 7th time (showing it to friends) and always find something else I missed because I get so caught up in the storyline and cinematography. I can completely feel what Kate (Andy McDowell's character) is going through at each stage as her acting is truly phenomenal. She does have wonderful help with Imelda (Janine), Anna (Molly), Kenny (Jared) and Bill (Rev. Gerald) beside her. Especially Kenny Doughty. Why he is not found more on the big screen, I don't know. Any Colin Farrell movie would have been 1000x better with Kenny in it instead. He has talent (and charisma) that far surpasses the usual we find out there in the movies of late and I honestly feel he could pick up the ball that Brad Pitt seems to have dropped (Troy only showed how Brad can carry his Legends of the Fall's Tristan from movie to movie - I'm getting rather bored with always seeing the same emoting from him. It's a good thing he's easy on the eyes).
Crush is definately a movie worth watching - especially if you enjoy the English way of life. I always feel like I've just spent a few weeks in the British countryside after watching this.
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Summary: Touching
Review: I just saw this movie this afternoon and I loved it. It is sad in some parts and this is a good movie because it made me feel something. It made me cry, it made me laugh. A powerful movie that talks about love, friendship and going on when you think everything is against you...
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