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**1/2 / ****

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) **1/2

Ever notice how hack directors sometimes feel that they must do penance to the filmmaking god by going out and making a small movie? Phillip Noyce is one of those hacks... and Rabbit-Proof Fence is one of those movies. Noyce is not completely devoid of talent: his 'The Quiet American' is actually a rather good film (and apparently a fluke). Unfortunately, years of making explosive spy thrillers and movies with Sharon Stone have apparently rendered Noyce incapable of any sort of subtlety. This story of three Aboriginal children who are taken away from their family by the government and escape back home is so truncated and telegraphed that it almost makes you yearn for those Disney movies where a child (usually accompanied by his trusty animal) must make the trek back home. They are tracked by Mr. Neville (Kenneth Branagh), the administrator of the aboriginal relocation policies, who wants to get rid of half-breed aboriginals. The story at the film's core is a good one; there'S certainly a good film to be made from these racist practices. However, Branagh's Neville is an over-the-top Aryan caricature (Branagh's second most-often typecast role, after the Shakespearian fop) and Noyce's direction has the subtlety of a sledgehammer. We never get the feeling that the kids even find this hard; the film simply takes us from one pointless encounter to another. Not to mention that Noyce seems awfully fond of the POV shot and riddles the film with them. The cinematography is wonderful (and so is the Peter Gabriel score) but the film itself is hardly as engrossing or dramatic as it wishes it was.

Me, Myself and Irene (2000) ***

I went from loving this ("Best Jim Carrey movie ever!") to hating it ("Worst Jim Carrey movie ever!") to being completely neutral. I don't know exactly what prompted both of the above reactions, because as far as both Carrey and the Farrellys go, Me, Myself and Irene is completely and utterly average. Carrey is Charlie Baileygates, a mild-mannered Rhode Island cop who has been repressing his feelings of anger ever since his wife left him for an African-American midget limo driver (Tony Cox), leaving him with three black children whom he continues to believe are his. Then, taken over the edge, Charlie flips out and out comes Hank Evans, an amalgalm of all the feelings Charlie has never let out. Things get even more complicated when Charlie is assigned to escort a young woman named Irene (Ren

ME, MYSELF & IRENE
(BOBBY FARRELLY AND PETER FARRELLY, 2000)
R
1 HOUR 56 MINUTES

THE SHINING 1980



The premise of the film actually isn't that bad. But shoddy excecution and the reliance on slapstick and toilet gags makes this one unfunny film. Zellweger is actually quite irritating in this film, and Carrey never convinces as a schizo. The Jekyll and Hyde of Carrey's protaganist comes across as weak and unconvincing. The humor is flat and while there are some funny enough scenes, it is overshadowed by long proids of boredom. Reccommended for those who really want to torture themselves on Halloween.


BONUS SECTION
10 reccommended horror/supernatural films for the Halloween.

THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, Shyamalan)
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001, Del Toro)
DARK WATER (2002, Nakata)
A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987, Tsui Hark)
Beetlejuice (1988, Burton)
Memento Mori (1999, Kim Tae Young& Min Kyu Dong)
The Shining (1980, Kubrick)
July 13th (1996, Wellson Chin)
The Exorcist (1973, Friedkin)
The Ring (1998, Nakata)

4.00/10

ONE OF CARREY'S BETTER VEHICLES, HELPED IMMENSELY BY ZELLWEGER. THERE ARE LAUGHS, AS WELL AS SOME DUD SCENES, BUT OVERALL IT WAS ENTERTAINING.

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7/10 :fresh:

Jim Carrey was great in this movie, it was hilarious. I thought from the beginning that it would be terrible, but i was wrong. It was so funny. I was really surprised that it said this movie only made like 500,000 in the box office, i mean it does star jim carrey and renee zellwager (is that how you spell it?

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Best in Show: Jim Carrey
One for the future: Renee Zellweger
Stand-out scene: Post-coital bathroom trouble
Brainer or no-brainer: No brainer
Stands up to one viewing or repeated?: One
DVD commentary any good?: n/a

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Despite high hopes for this movie, it turned out to be Farrelly brother's movie i've liked least. I've yet to see Stuck on You, but although Jim Carrey's facial acrobatics are as outstanding as ever, this somehow fell flat. Carrey and Zellweger became an item during the making of this movie and while they have palpable chemistry they're let down by a poor script. While juvenile humour is usually agreeable to me, this not so much skims over the complexities of mental illness but brazenly disregards them. This envelope/button pushing approach is nothing new for the Farrellys of course, but as a premise for a movie, insensitive is not the word. Carrey plays cop Charlie Bayleygates, a good-hearted beat cop who is treated as a joke in his neighbourhood as he allows everyone to walk all over him. The anger he internalises manifests itself in the form of alter-ego Hank, who emerges whenever Charlie's dander is raised. Enter Irene (Zellweger) whom Charlie is charged with accompanying back to her home town when they are informed that she is wanted for traffic violations. Sprinkle in Irene's former employers who want her dead and some corrupt cops who are on the side of the baddies and the scene is set for a series of split-personality based 'comic' situations. No wonder Jim Carrey wanted to do more serious films after going through this. The difference between this and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is like day and night.

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