Columbus Circle
2012 Directed by George Gallo
Synopsis
Fear thy neighbor.
An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
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Never heard of this one before I saw it at the Redbox, and considering the cast, that's usually a bad thing. This wasn't an exception.
The thriller part wasn't suspenseful because it wasn't built up properly. The twists weren't interesting because I didn't care about any of the characters. The acting couldn't shine because the writing wouldn't let it. A lot of wasted talent went into this one.
I wouldn't care if I didn't end up sitting through the whole mess. But I can't blame the movie for my choice to watch it. Anyway, it's not like it was terrible, it just didn't have anything special going on.
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A agoraphobic shut-in's world is turned upside down when her elderly neighbor is found dead under suspicious circumstances. When the new tenants move into the recently vacated condo, things take an even stranger turn and the woman finds herself questioning her whole existence.
First, I find it hard to believe that a high-end condo would let a new tenant move in to an active "murder" scene before the case went to trial, let alone an arrest was made.
Second, Kevin Pollack turns in quite the performance as a smarmy doorman - probably the smarmiest doorman since the Seinfeld episode 'The Doorman.' -
Not totally unwatchable, but I know why I've never heard of it. Great cast that didn't do much of anything.
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A bit like a TV movie, thriller that is implausible at best. Not completely awful, but not great either.
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I stuck this on my watchlist after seeing George Gallo's "Middle Men", which was like a lightweight Scorsese ripoff. I really enjoyed that. Columbus Circle...less so. It's a clunker with several heavy-handed turns and a sloppy plot. Jason Lee, Kevin Pollak and Beau Bridges don't look comfortable at all. Pollak was involved creatively on the film and yet his character is one of the most uneven.
Needed more Ribisi.
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I have a weak spot for Selma Blair. I can accept a terrible movie if Amy Smart appears. I can go even further, I love it when Giovanni Ribisi appears on screen. The films may be 100% shit, but if any of these appear they save the day.. until now, that is! My weak spots all went soar and irritated. Damn!
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A agoraphobic shut-in's world is turned upside down when her elderly neighbor is found dead under suspicious circumstances. When the new tenants move into the recently vacated condo, things take an even stranger turn and the woman finds herself questioning her whole existence.
First, I find it hard to believe that a high-end condo would let a new tenant move in to an active "murder" scene before the case went to trial, let alone an arrest was made.
Second, Kevin Pollack turns in quite the performance as a smarmy doorman - probably the smarmiest doorman since the Seinfeld episode 'The Doorman.' -
I just wanted to see what Amy Smart and Selma Blair were up to. On that level, it did not disappoint - it demonstrates that both Amy Smart and Selma Blair are still working.
But it is not a good movie. You know, THEY SEEMED LIKE NORMAL NEIGHBOURS, everybody has a dark secret, there's a criminal project at work whose payoff is hard to believe like in Die Hard: With A Vengeance and doesn't even require a mercenary army.
Basically plays out like one of those mid-90's direct-to-video sexy thrillers without any of the sexy. Which I thought was the whole point, so I don't know why anybody wanted to make this movie.
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This has to be one of the most unbelievably stupid scripts I've seen brought to life as a major production. The only salvageable aspect is Selma Blair. She's surrounded by several likable actors, but she's the only one who doesn't embarrass herself.
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This is more like a german TV-thriller and kind of a waste of all the good actors in it.
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A good movie, criative, I guess.
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I was in the mood for a Thriller and came across this. This was fun, but also a bit weak. Abigail Clayton is a missing heiress, she also has agoraphobia. When a murder happens across the hall from Abigail's apartment, events occur that push her out oh her comfort zone.
Feels alot like a made for TV Thriller, Selma Blair and Amy Smart are good, but the writting lets them down. The ending is so unlikely to happen I had to laugh. -
That turned into utter nonsense.