Reuse Movie Reviews

I loved this movie from the first time I saw it and every time I see it, it nevers looses its effect on me. A few less tears nowadays but still the same heart wrenching emotion of growing up, falling in love, losing your first love, and realizing your sister will be the one there for you 'til the end. Just as powerful now at 24 as it was at 12.

I highly recommend this movie!! It is still one of my faves twelve years, many boyfriends, and a happy marriage later. It takes you right back to your first kiss! Hoepfully yours was worth remembering!

Fear is one of those movies that I loved back then but don't care for now. I was young so I didn't know how bland and cliched' the plot was. This was a typical fatal attraction film with no new sparks. The only difference was it was for a younger audience.

Reese plays Nicole a sheltered teen with a father and stepmother. She has a trashy friend played by Alyssa Milano
( who was not needed at all). Nicole hooks up with David ( Wahlberg ) not knowing that he's a lunatic who's lied about his past. He's developed a kind persona to woo her but it's all an act. Nicole's father is the only one who can see through his act. So we go through the same lame plot of teen girl fighting her father to be with the boy she loves. The film went from decent to silly in less than an hour. David starts knocking people off and Fear turns into some cheap thrills movie. He rapes Alyssa's character ( off screen ) for whatever reason then spends the rest of the movie stalking Witherspoon. I had a young mind then so I thought this film was good in 1996. Well it could have been a lot better. I am not saying don't watch this film because it's good to watch. Just don't expect more than the average teen thriller. The only difference in this and films like Joy Ride and The In Crowd is that the people in Fear can act.

Check it out. Really fun to watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon!

I didn't get the story the first time i watched it but it eventually made sense to me. Since i'm from BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, these types of movies aren't very popular and i seemed to have found it on the shelf (by luck!) in my local video shop.

It is probably better then SET IT OFF, which is one of my favourite movies, as it IS a true story and the guy(lee) seems so genuine.

If you want a nice monday night in(like the one i had yesterday watching this movie) then I recommend this movie to you and i know you'll enjoy it coz i did. Peace! (and think about why the title is called HAV PLENTY-you'll get it at the end!)

You need to buy or at least rent this film if you are male, especially a gay male, a woman, especially a woman who is the friend of a gay man, you're someone in your 20's, 30's or 40's and/or you ever knew someone that was gay. It's also a great film if you ever struggled with who you are, where you came from or faced discrimination in your life for any reason. I think that covers just about everyone now.

Films like this are rare. And even more rare, is the fact that none of the major networks will even probably consider carrying it - what a loss. I'm sure if the film centered on a heterosexual male, the closeted programming people in Hollywood would jump on it. Funny how Hollywood works, for if it weren't for so many gay and lesbian actors and actresses, where would Hollywood be? But I digress.

As for the film? It follows 17-year old Eric as he deals with his sexuality. He lives in at home with Mom, Dad and his brothers. He listens to music by Annie Lennox and Bronski Beat, songs he can relate too. He has a dear female friend who, unfortunately has feelings for him that he'll never truly have for her. Eric's room is adorned with posters of Billy Idol (I think I had the same one in my college dorm), and a photo of New Yorks City's skyline, eerily showing the World Trade Center towers. Eric dreamed of attending music school in New York City. His struggles in school, at work, and in relationships are near and dear to us all. Like so many of us during the "coming out" years, Eric encounters the same prejudices, the same stereotypes and the same hurt. And like anyone who has ever loved or been loved, Eric deals with the challenges of any relationship as it relates to the heart, and sex. And tries to understand the difference. What is most interesting as I watched this film (again set in 1984), is the parallels to today, nearly 20 years later. Is it really that much easier for a 17 year old youth to come out to family and close friends without fear of losing those close to him or her?

The film runs 1 minute shy of 100 minutes. And if you edited out about 9 of those minutes (tops), and a few words, the film is ready for television, not that you'll probably ever see on anything other then Bravo or IFC. I honestly found the film riveting, finding myself in his shoes on so many occasion's. We need films like this to remind our youth that they are not alone, and they will be ok, no matter who they are.

To be fair, a good review should always include some critique, if one is so deserving. The ending, wrapped up in about 15 minutes includes Eric coming out to his Mom, and visiting the local nightclub, where his friend Angie (played by Lea Delaria), dedicates a song to her special friend. The ending was a little too Brady Bunch sitcom. But I won't let it take away from an otherwise excellent film, which earns 5 stars in my book.

I wasn't very interested in Legally Blonde at first, but with all of the positive reviews and having a couple of friends who told me that I should give it a chance, I finally had the chance to rent the movie. On one hand, it was exactly what I expected. On the other hand, it was a pretty good movie.

Reese Witherspoon is Elle Woods, a senior in college who lives a life of privilege. She is the pampered girl who was homecoming queen and was involved in all of the stereotypical activities. She is the social queen, but nobody expects much out of her intellectually (though she pierces that bubble when talking about the fashion and the minutia regarding the industry). She expects her boyfriend to propose to her, but instead he dumps her saying that he needs someone serious in his life if he expects to be in the Senate by age 30. She is crushed and decides to follow him to law school and enroll herself (and show that she is a serious person). She is actually accepted to Harvard Law School on the strength of her test scores and Harvard's desire to diversify a little (she really did qualify, though).

At first, Elle is treated like a joke but her determination wins through and she gains friends and respect. In a way, that's what this movie is. I thought it was going to be a joke and completely fluffy, but Reese (and the movie) tries so hard and is so likeable that I couldn't help but enjoy the movie. I don't think that I would buy Legally Blonde, but it was an enjoyable movie to watch. Everything turns out as you would expect it too (so don't expect to be surprised at anything), but Legally Blonde rises above that and is actually a pretty good movie.

Simply put, I love this movie. You can't fault a movie too much for just making you smile. There are tons of ways in which this movie could be worse, but it comes out to be a really good flick. No, you shouldn't invite your friends over for wine, cheese and Legally Blonde followed by philosophical discussions. Unless you want to have philosophical discussions in a really good mood that are wholly unrelated to the movie.

Legally Blonde just goes to show how good a formula can be, because this move is in every way another film that follows a formula, but I still can't shake my love for this film, so much so that despite the flaws that I see in the movie, I still give it 5 stars.

The most prominent flaw in this movie is the fact that Elle is pretty much morally perfect. People given to hating the sorority girl persona will also have distaste for Elle, and probably wouldn't agree with me that she's perfect. But truly, there's not really a character flaw that might cause Elle's downfall. She has to overcome other people's perceptions and there's no reason she should lose because aside from perkiness, she's got nothing holding her back. Every other character has flaws coming out the nose. The writers bank on the audience having the same distaste for Elle's lifestyle that the Harvard students in the movie do, and that's just lazy. On that note, there's very little to love in anyone who isn't on Elle's side. If it weren't for Elle's "wining personality" causing Vivian to side with her at the end of the movie, Vivian, like the rest of the characters who have it in for Elle would find herself at the end of the movie just as two dimensional as Enid, the feminist lesbian, or the guy who thinks too much of himself, or Victor Garber's character.

However, I do actually come into the movie with the same negative preconceptions about sorority girls that allows me to enjoy the film.

Reese Witherspoon carries the movie. She could probably just skip around in front of the camera while everyone else forms a circle behind her and we would probably be watching an interesting film. Fortunatley, that's not what we have here. There's a fantastic supporting cast, what with Holland Taylor, Jennifer Coolidge, Victor Garber, Luke Wilson and Selma Blair to name a few.

There are a lot of extras on this DVD, all of which are geared toward the target audience of perky blondes. If you also stick this movie in the guilty pleasures category, then you will probably not be excited about the extra features. The commentary is fun, even if we hear a little too much of "Reese is great." On that note, its fun to hear her responses as she tries to graciously accept the compliments, but you can tell that she thinks one time is enough.
The behind the scenes and making of featurettes are okay and worth a watch, but they definitely don't beg to be watched repeatedly.
The deleted scenes are fun to watch, though you can tell why they were cut (namely because Vivian is entirely too mean).

All in all, this movie probably deserves four stars, but I still think its worth the money that I paid for it. I like it. I like it a lot.