“Drama” Reviews

Kiki’s Delivery Service never devolves to a childish, juvenile comedy, nor does it become overly melodramatic and pretentious.

If you want to see how Woo’s incredible style began and how much it has since matured, watch A Better Tomorrow.

It’s easy to see why this is such a cult film, but it actually has merit and wit, as opposed to sinking to sub-Corman levels.

Anna Magdalena is about unrequited love, but I don’t need song and dance numbers and a subpar adventure story to reinforce that.

Ballistic Kiss makes a pretty convincing argument for loving a film for its style rather than its substance.

A totally enjoyable film about a very mixed up and dysfunctional, yet likable, group of family and friends.

Tykwer’s attempt is certainly admirable, but it lacks any of the punch or panache that fueled Run Lola Run.

A movie that touches on many powerful, provocative issues but also leaves me strangely cold and unaffected.

Brilliantly acted and paced hitman action movie that runs out of steam well before the credits.

A wonderful, sensitive movie about the constraints of society on individualism and the requirements of compromise.

This movie has so many ideas and doesn’t know what to do with them all.

At times brilliant and interesting, I often found it slow and just barely limping along.

After watching the film, and thinking about it in more detail, I simply feel cheated.

A very powerful movie that shows, in often brutal detail, the effects of war on the friendship of three young men.

I often describe this film as disturbing, but not for the normal reasons.

It successfully combines high-tech action sequences with some interesting, if not moving human interest stories.

Bui’s view of Vietnam is not of a wartorn country, but of a country full of life and energy.

Wong Kar-Wai’s ode to unrequited love and passion has an uncanny way of sticking with you long after the credits.

A stylish hitman film that deserves a much better ending.

While the visuals are inventive, don’t expect much from the dialogue and story, no matter how universal.