Even though it's a romantic comedy, director Donald Petrie needed to keep one foot in reality; he makes the mistake of letting Andie's behavior spiral too violently out of control to be believable. ... Surprisingly, for a simple romantic comedy, this movie has a pretty decent soundtrack. ... In the end, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" is an above average romantic comedy with a fresh storyline. ... If you like romantic comedies, then "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" shouldn't disappoint. ...

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The film has transcended time because of the romantic sacrifice, and that is where the main interest of this film remains today. ... As I watched this, I was struck with the feeling that this movie was meant to be something else entirely, and that time has changed the original origins of the film into something more or less a romantic movie. ...

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But in The Clock, all the elements come together in such a quiet, understated sort of way that it lends a unique intimacy and timelessness to the romantic movie genre. ... That fragility is translated into a performance that transcends the usual romantic lead performance. ...

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The movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral, is an enjoyable yet predictable film to watch. Most romantic comedies of the recent past tend to over use foreshadowing and symbolism elements, which in turn leaves nothing to surprise or make the audience think. In all fairness, this is a funny movie with a...

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What the people in the film industry came up with for the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" was pretty interesting. "The Most Dangerous Game" is about a man that falls off a boat and floats onto an island where the only resident is a man hunter. Much of the story was made more "glam" for the sil...

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Some of us are still very romantic and can express their feelings using a metaphorical and expressive language, but nowadays we can't talk about the battles with swords, poison and other things that appeared in sugary movies. ...

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Cinema de look is a term often defined as a movement in French cinema that began in the '80's in which films emphasized on imagery, color, and youth rather than placing an importance on narrative substance such as messages about social or political aspects. Since then, many movies have displayed thi...

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"Punch-Drunk Love" Film Review Once in a while, there comes an independent film that is a hit with the film festival streak. If it's lucky, it is shown a few "big screens" in major theatres over the United States. For the film, "Punch-Drunk Love," it's on its way up! "Punch-Drunk Love" is ...

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China Beach The show "China Beach" is set in Vietnam in the year of 1968. Throughout the whole show, we meet many different kinds of people. The main characters consist of doctors, nurses, and soldiers based at the China Beach hospital. During the episode, I observed many different film...

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Last Wednesday (November 25, 2009), our block was fortunate enough to attend a private screening of Dinig Sana Kita, a light-hearted romantic comedy indie film presented by our college and the Committee on Culture and the Arts. ...

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Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind (1960) is an adaptation of the play that explores the Scopes Monkey Trial (1925), in which two lawyers dispute the fate of the high school science teacher who had explained Darwins theory of human evolution to his students as opposed to the theory of creationism lai...

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When the sound and the colour film appeared, companies began to pour out the most variuos kinds of films: musicals, westerns, cartoons, romantic stories, comedies, gengster and horror films The film starts speaking. ...

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In this 1988 film, John Landis directs one of the most hilarious and well reviewed romantic comedies of that year. His ability to direct lead actor Eddie Murphy and co-star Arsineo Hall throughout their many different character performances was brilliant. Each scene performance was consistent from s...

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500 Days of Summer, a romantic comedy, and a film directed by Marc Webb is a greatly evoked story about how life truly is not what society would like for it to be; and that life is more or less controlled by fate. ...

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