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May 21, 2024, 07:42:59 PM
| Year: | 2000 / United States |
| Director: | Matt Williams |
| Writing: | Lowell Ganz (Screenwriter), Babaloo Mandel (Screenwriter), Billie Letts (Original Material By) |
| Rating: | PG |
| Length: | 115 Min. |
| Video: | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 |
| Audio: | English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles: | English, French |
Stars:
Dylan Bruno as Willy Jack Pickens
Ray Prewitt as Tim
Laura House as Nicki
Karey Green as Rhonda
Natalie Portman as Novalee Nation
Plot:
Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman star in this offbeat, delicious slice of life about a down-on-her-luck southern teen who, after gaining 15 minutes of fame for giving birth to "The Wal-Mart Baby", begins to put her life together with the help of the kind, quirky strangers who become her surrogate family.
Based on the #1 best-selling novel by Billie Letts, this "brilliantly funny, deeply moving, beautifully acted" (KNX/CBS Radio) film co-stars Stockard Channing and Joan Cusack in an inspiring celebration of love and friendship.
Awards:
| Teen Choice Awards | 2000 | Nominated | Film - Choice Actress | Natalie Portman |
| Young Artist Awards | 2001 | Nominated | Natalie Portman | |
| YoungStar Awards | 2000 | Won | Best Young Actress/Performance in a Motion Picture Comedy | Natalie Portman |
Extras:
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My Thoughts:
Even though I wouldn't classify it as a must-see, I enjoyed this movie. Natalie Portman did a great job as the likable small-town girl. The two hours ran by fast. Also Ashley Judd did a good job, but it was a little unrealisitic for her character to have five children and still have this great figure. I wonder from where the cover is. It looks like it is for another movie. Ashley Judd, for example, was blonde in this movie.
Rating:
(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 21st, 2010)
Member's Reviews
State of Play, a review by Dragonfire
I saw this one a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. It is a very well done thriller.
A young man is shot in a dark alley after trying to steal a purse. A reporter for the Washington Globe, Cal, starts working on the story the next day. That same morning, a young woman, Sonia, died in a bizarre accident. Questions about if the death was an accident or suicide are raised. Things are complicated by the fact that Sonia had been working for congressman Stephen Collins. Stephen is scheduled to start a hearing looking into a private security firm when he hears the news. He is visibly upset when he mentions the death and reports surface that he had been having an affair with her. Stephen isn't sure how to deal with everything and goes to see his old friend Cal, who is also friends with Stephen's wife Anna. Cal decides to start checking into what was going on and he uncovers things that make him think more is going on. His editor Cameron is after him to produce a story that will sell papers - the new owners of the paper are after her for the same thing. Cal ends up working with Della, a young woman working in the internet division, writing some sort of blog for the paper. They discover more that convinces Cal that there is a conspiracy.
The movie is based on a six part British television drama that aired in 2003. I haven't seen the original version, so I don't know exactly what was changed for this version. I'm sure things were condensed since this version is only about 2 hours long.
I thought the plot for the movie was very interesting and entertaining. I was never bored by what was going on and I didn't think the movie was predictable overall. There were a few minor things that were predictable. There is a decent amount of suspense and mystery in the movie. Things are resolved by the end of the movie for the most part, though I did wonder about one or two minor things. I liked how the movie took time to show Cal at work, and showed the contrast between his type of reporter and the newer blog reporters who the new management seemed to favor since they had all the new computers while the print reporters were working on ancient computers. Even though sex is involved through the relationship that Sonia and Stephen had, there aren't any sex scenes in the movie. The characters are intertesting, though Della is a bit annoying at first. The cast is great.
Overall, this is a really good movie that deserves to be seen.
I did post a review on Epinions if anyone is interested.
State of Play
(From State of Play on May 5th, 2009)
Member's TV Reviews
Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom
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Plot:
From the producers of "The Simpsons" comes this hilarious animated sitcom about Jay, a New York movie critic and cable television host.
Pudgy and balding, Jay is not a well-liked man. His unsympathetic boss makes his life miserable, his ex-wife hates him, his adoptive parents barely tolerate him, and even the makeup lady treats him with disgust.
Fortunately for Jay, he has his 11-year-old son Marty and one very unlikely friend, Jeremy Hawke, the Australian film hunk.
Jon Lovitz provides Jay's distinctive voice as a single father who searches for happiness while satirizing life and the movies in this irreverent comedy.
The Critic
Season 1.23 I Can't Believe It's A Clip Show
Writer: Al Jean (Created By), Mike Reiss (Created By), Tom Brady (Writer), Richard Doctorow (Writer), Al Jean (Writer), Ken Keeler (Writer), Mike Reiss (Writer), Joshua Sternin (Writer), Steve Tompkins (Writer), Jeffrey Ventimilia (Writer), Patric Verrone (Writer), Jon Vitti (Writer)
Director: D.R.L. MacMoortler
Cast: Jon Lovitz (Jay Sherman), Nancy Cartwright (Margo Sherman), Christine Cavanaugh (Marty Sherman), Gerrit Graham (Franklin Sherman), Doris Grau (Doris Grossman), Judith Ivey (Eleanor Sherman), Nick Jameson (Vlada Villamiravitch), Maurice LaMarche (Jeremy Hawke), Charles Napier (Duke Phillips), Park Overall (Alice Tompkins), Kath Soucie, Russi Taylor (Penny Tompkins), Milton Berle, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A good episode with some fun movie parodies.
Rating:
(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on April 16th, 2013)