Soon she's canvassing the community to organize its environmentally impacted residents into fighting for their rights. (131 min.) *** Roberts plays a tough-talking but warm-hearted woman who wangles a job in a lawyer's office and becomes fascinated by a real-estate transaction involving a utility company and a family that's been dogged by a surprising amount of illness. With Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart.
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Although his directorial expertise doesn't yet match his brilliance as a movie producer, Merchant brings keen insight and rich humanity to this culturally revealing tale of psychological unease in a tense postcolonial world.ĭirector: Steven Soderbergh.
(125 min.) *** The arrival of a new baby sparks a conflicted relationship between a privileged British woman and her Anglo-Indian maid in South India during the 1950s. With Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby, Sakina Jaffrey, Neena Gupta. At once dreamily surreal and socially acute, the Belgian production features a splendid cast headed by Poelvoorde, previously celebrated for his searing 1992 performance in "Man Bites Dog." In Flemish with English subtitlesĭirector: Ismail Merchant. (94 min.) **** Sensitive, imaginative comedy-drama about a man who grows tired of his ordinary life, starts yearning for a touch of fame, and coerces his teenage son into trying to set a world record - not by engaging in some useful task, but by opening and closing a door more times than anyone's managed before. With Benot Poelvoorde, Margane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Dominique Baeyens. But stay far, far away unless you can handle the copious amounts of blood (some of it phony) and agonizing psychological problems (all of them real) that its participants face on what seems like a daily basis.ĭirector: Benot Mariage. The movie reveals much about public and private aspects of this so-called sport. (102 min.) **** Riveting, rambunctious documentary about the professional-wrestling scene, focusing on the personal experiences of the "athletes" who bash one another around in the ring. With Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Jack Roberts. Information on violence, drugs, sex/nudity, and profanity is compiled by the Monitor panel.ĭirector: Barry Blaustein. Ratings and comments by the Monitor panel ( blue stars) reflect the sometimes diverse views of at least three other moviegoers. Red stars denote the reviews of Monitor movie critic David Sterritt unless otherwise noted.
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