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I love this film. The acting is amazing. The script is sharp. The structure is brilliant. I know many people learned to love Doug Liman's films with Swingers, but for me, it was this film.
The box for the DVD says that Entertainment Weekly called this the "son of Pulp Fiction". I'm not sure I entirely agree, but both of those movies did something remarkable, in that they made me care about characters who are, quite frankly, not very sympathetic.…
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"If you were any less black, you'd be clear."
This is a pretty smart black comedy featuring, what was at the time a pretty unfamiliar cast.
All perform well. Katie Holmes reprises her Dawson's Creek role, which is nice. Olyphant and Bexton are brilliant but it's Polley who stands out. A proper hard nosed bitch, but she get's us on her side towards the end.
This is a neatly contrived piece that uses a largely brilliant soundtrack, and not to many clichés to suggest the 90s rave vibe.
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In the post-Tarantino craze of the late '90s, a lot of filmmakers tried to emulate the success of Pulp Fiction by utilizing similar non-linear, split narratives over an ensemble of characters who often found themselves speaking with distinctly Tarantino-esque dialogue. The results are a mixed bag that met with a broad range of success, but one of the more acclaimed to come out was Doug Liman's follow-up to his directorial debut Swingers, the late-night crime comedy Go.
Written by John…
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46th film of The December Project
"Go" tells the story of a drug-deal, shown from three viewpoints. However, this isn't "Vantage Point", where you see the same events over and over again, from different POV; here, the three POV stand on their own, but together they tell a larger story.
John August wrote the dark, suspenseful and incredibly funny script, littered with idiotic characters played wonderfully by a cast full of "Hey it's that guy/gal!"'s; Tom Cruise's (ex?) wife, Michael…
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First christmas film of 2012, and one I think many forget is set at christmas, though it has no serious bearing on the plot (bar Katie Holmes "wow, bang, surprise" monologue.
It's been a decade since I watched this, and during the first of its three interweaving stries, I feared my advancing years would count against a film which seemed to be a drug-fuelled comedy/crime caper, featuring dislikable people doing dislikable things.
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I remember seeing this on it’s release and thinking it was a Pulp Fiction for a younger generation. That viewpoint still holds up now. It’s a really great film and the three different storylines work well and interweave very nicely. The characters are all really good and very likable. There’s some great performances. I particularly enjoyed the British guy even if his action are at times so dumb they seem like nothing more than just to keep the story going.…
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This was a strange one for me. I initially didn't care too much for this film but on a 2nd viewing thought it was great. It is basically 3 or 4 stories combined into one about a group of co-workers/shoppers at a grocery story and how they all go out on different paths and plans that go haywire on one night. One of the best Pulp Fiction-like films I've ever seen.
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Quintessential late 90s. Remember Fatboy Slim? I do ‘cause in college I worked in a drugstore photo department and we had a Kodak display that played that song on repeat all day. “Go” is much more fun than listening to ‘Gangster Trippin’ for 8 hours straight.
It’s easy to call this a “Pulp Fiction” knock off, and that’s warranted with the non-linear story, Tarantino-esque dialogue, etc. – there’s even a shout out to “The 8-1-8” – but this film holds…
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