Beautifully told Story by Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr
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This is a definitely must see movie. Robert Downey Jr is...amazing. This movie is one of those movies that if you feel like you've lost faith in humanity, this will restore it. It's a beautiful movie and a beautiful story.
3490867
A wonderfully written, acted, and told story. Beautifully and flawlessly fillmed .So much thought and care went into this movie and it was perfect from beginning to end. Loved it
1748153
Loved this story and music as dialog throughout the movie made it perfection for the senses. Such a sweet love story intertwined with a family tragedy. The relationships between the characters are authentic and have great chemistry. I wish there had been more to the ending, but it was part of the film's charm.
1813061
This is an incredibly beautifully told and photographed story of one mans search for his past and meaning to his life. Good for the whole family. Great for those who are tired of all the blood and gore, sex and violence in most of todays films. A profound story told simply and beautifully.
2215198
This is one of the best movies I have seen. I watched this in my cinema class, and just the message behind everything the dad does for his son is truly amazing. This is also a true story, which makes it such a beautiful piece. I recommend this to anyone who wants to watch a movie because they're bored, like Will Smith, or like true story based movies. This is worth your time to watch!
2183218
i grew up listening to Dave van Ronk and John Fahey, so this movie really resonated with me. This is both a terrific portrait of a lost era in NYC as well as a love poem to several artists who were deeply loved but not widely known. Beautifully told story.
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When I saw this classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald was being adapted and filmed again, I quickly re-read the book, so it would be fresh in my mind. Directed by the audacious Australian Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge!" and "Strictly Ballroom"), the early scenes are a bit too "Baz" (gaudy and frenetic with RAPPING!) but after the story settles in, this is a terrific PG-13 movie. Don't worry about seeing it in 3D because the story is the main thing; both DiCaprio and Mulligan fit their roles to a "T."

In fact, all of this cast is great:
  * Leonardo DiCaprio ("J Edgar" and "Shutter Island") is perfect as Jay Gatsby, the mysterious, phenomenally wealthy resident of West Egg, a location on Long Island. He is a free-wheeling host who throws lavish parties that everyone who is anyone must attend.
  * Carrie Mulligan ("Never Let Me Go" and "Drive") is the tragic Daisy Buchanan, the enchanting mirage from Gatsby's past.
  * Joel Edgerton ("Warrior" and "Kinky Boots") is Tom Buchanan, Daisy's possessive husband: promiscuous, wealthy, and vengeful.
  * Tobey Maguire ("The Details" and "Labor Day") is our alter ego, Nick Carraway, who narrates the story and represents our point of view. His cottage is next door to Gatsby's mansion, so they become friends. By the way, Daisy is his cousin.
  * Isla Fisher ("Wedding Crashers" and "Rango") is Myrtle, Tom Buchanan's lover. She lives over a service station on the road to New York City.
  * Jason Clarke ("Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lawless") is George Wilson, the guy we come to pity. It's his wife Myrtle who is the catalyst for the story.

It's nice to see Luhrmann use his fellow Aussies in this one. Edgerton, Fisher and Clarke all hail from Down Under, as do many other supporting cast members. In addition, this splendid film was shot entirely in Oz. Good on ya, mate!
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This is one of the most beautiful movies I have watched. It is simple and the photography is breathtaking. Kate Winslet speaks gently over the beautiful scenery and the Fox and the Child.  I have recommended this movie to a lot of people.  The amazing insight into the world of the Fox is beautiful and the gentleness of the Child is clearly shown.  I love this movie. If you are looking for an example of "Living in the Moment" this movie is perfect. If you just want to feel good - this movie is perfect!  Enjoy!!! Over and Over and Over again
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It sounds like a fifties-style stock plot: stranded in a strange land whose culture baffles the hell out of them, two lost American souls find solace in each other. Their respective spouses don't understand them-natch-and the foreign world around them has better things to do than to coddle their poor alienated selves.
But writer and director Sofia Coppola's story goes wonderfully right.
Bob Harris (Bill Murray at his leathery best) is a middle-aged actor, lodged at a luxury hotel in Tokyo for a week to shoot commercials (make a trip to japander.com and see if your favorite actors have done the same). Drowning his insomnia and his cultural befuddlement at the hotel bar, he meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johanson), a woman so young you can practically feel the peach fuzz on her smooth cheeks. While Bob is jaded at best with his dutiful calls to wife and kids and his nightly whiskey binges, Charlotte is downright unhappy. Spending day after day alone in a luxury suite while her photog hubby John (Giovanni Ribisi) is out shooting rock bands, she is as mystified by her marriage as by the Japanese.
The way Bob and Charlotte's tender relationship unfolds is easily one of the most thoughtfully crafted and believable love stories that has flickered across the screen in years. Told in beautifully understated tones, it has the viewer wondering at every turn where this romance can or should rightly go. In the end, we find that the characters knew the answer all along, and it is their ultimate sagacity that allows us to relate to the bittersweet story from start to finish: there is no disbelief to suspend.
Still, the movie is not entirely free of problems. No one is going to dispute that modern Japanese pop culture is a riot-Tokyo is William Gibson's muse for good reasons-and it's OK to say so. But as Murray's typically wry comments (verbally and otherwise) on the seeming madness surrounding the foreign traveler pile up, the unpleasant image of the smug American looking down on the rest of the world may take shape in some viewers' eyes. I've heard it argued that it really isn't unjustified to shake one's head at Japanese idiosyncrasies. But the fact that we're even talking about this mars what could otherwise have been an utterly enchanting picture.
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The Intouchables is by far one of the best movies I've seen in years.  It's not only entertaining from beginning to end but the feeling you get from this story lasts long after the movie is over.  The Intouchables is based on the true story of an unexpected friendship that forms between a wealthy paraplegic and a young man from the slums of Paris who has surprisingly been hired to be his caregiver.  This story will leave you bursting with energy to go after everything you can get out of life.  Even if you think you've lost it all, there's always so much more.

Jennifer A. Slater
Author, "En Route Baby: What You Need to Know
  In Case Baby Arrives Before Help Does"
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Noting short of amazing, exquisitely put together story about simple folks and the reality of life.  Wild (2014) is the type of cinema America should be proud of...the type of cinema America should promote and produce more often.  This film is so good on so many different levels.  The story is told through a very personal backpack hiking trip of woman named Cheryl, with incorporated flashbacks of her life ever since she was a little girl.  The flashbacks reveal a lot about Cheryl and the type of environment she grew up in.  They help a lot in understanding the main character and where she is coming from, what she is going through, and where she is heading.  The flashbacks are shown in the style of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (2011).  The soundtrack of the film really makes this film emotional...the film left me speechless, honestly when I think about it now, this film is a great lesson about life and redemption or atonement if you like...an inspirational drama comparable to films like Into to the Wild (2007) or The Tree of Life (2011).

I don't understand why Reese did not receive an Oscar for her role as Cheryl. She really out did herself in this one. Just like some reviewer here wrote it is a "performance of her career as an actress", and it sure is.

Speaking of performances...the scene towards the end when Cheryl meets the little boy with grandmother in the middle of a national park, and the boy offers to sing for Cheryl the "Red River Valley" tune...is beyond words...for lack of words...beautiful...a real tearjerker moment...unforgettable.  I think I will remember that scene forever...
2438125
A simple yet beautiful movie. The art style and storytelling was done beautifully.
I recommend anyone that loves movies should watch this at least once, then go and buy a copy for them :)

I loved it!
4492276
Strange Days is an excellent example of using film to tell a story given the high-caliber actors (Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Tom Sizemore and Juliette Lewis) and the realistic/futuristic production design (LA 1999).  Everyone I've recommended this movie to has enjoyed it!  The story of a  lovesick ex-cop, turned virtual-reality junkie and civil rights advocate is  a delightful "what if" scenario.  Also, I'm not surprised that  James Cameron's production company is involved, I'd have to say that he is  the "King of the "What If" scenario!"  (For instance,  "What if" In order to change the future, a robot is sent back in  time to kill a specific person.(The Terminator)) It is unfortunate that  this movie wasn't promoted more and I feel lucky that I came upon this  movie accidently on HBO.  Although I am a fan of thrillers and sci-fi, a  good story (giving the viewer a range of feelings and emotions) regardless  of the genre is what truly sells to a wide audience.  I believe that  Strange Days is a good story told extremely well by the director, Kate  Bigelow, using film.
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This is one of the best movies I have ever seen.  The story is great. I love the characters.  I love the way the little boy and his father develop a great relationship.  The pictures of the food are drop dead gorgeous.  Jon Favreau did a great job acting and writing the story.  I didn't know much about him but I am very impressed with him now.  I will watch this movie again and again and again.
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Grard Depardieu and Gisle Casadesus portray their roles as Germain and Margueritte flawlessly.  This lovely French movie is based on the book "La Tte en friche" by Marie-Sabine Roger and first published in 2008, then released to English-reading audiences with the 2016 title "Soft in the Head."  The movie does not stray from the book.

The story is about Germain, an unwanted and unloved child borne from a one-night stand. He never learned to read and write properly, and his image as the village idiot wore on him so strongly that he never dared venture away from that.  He never knew his own potential until by chance he meets Margueritte in the town park, as she's reading a book while watching pigeons.  Pigeons are also a passion for Germain, who counts them and names them and can tell Margueritte each bird's personality.

Margueritte awakens in Germain a passion for learning.  Margueritte reads passages from Camus and encourages Germain to think about what he had read.  She treats him as her equal.  Both, afterall, are outcasts:  she for being too old, he for being a simpleton. A strong friendship develops.

The only difference between the book and this film is the younger portrayal of Germain's girlfriend Annette, portrayed by Sophie Guillemin.  She looks easily 30 years Germain's junior in this movie.

The movie, like the book, is shown in alternating flashbacks.  Germain's mother is not a very likeable women, but we don't understand why until the very end.  There's a nice twist here that is the real lesson of this movie, which I won't give away.  There is some cussing but no graphic sex scenes.

The entire movie is set in the French village of Pons in the Poitou-Charents regions of central-coastal France.
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what can you say about this movie except wow. Jamie Foxx deserves the Oscar, and the movie proves there will never be another Ray Charles. The movie is a no holds barred look at his life with the good and the bad. Even if you are not a fan of Ray Charles' music, and I don't know how you couldn't be, the movie will make you a fan. It is long and slow at times, but the music picks it right back up whenever it feels to drag. It does a great job showing how there were no limits on Ray Charles talent, and the things that kept his music and his life going. I highly recommend this movie whether you are a Charles fan or not.
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I loved this movie in the theaters.  There is really amazing storytelling being done in this film.  Whether it's the flashbacks that a father suffers over something bad happening to his child or his loss of his dearly departed wife, I was just mesmerized.

Amy Adams is very good as a woman caught between a path that was forced on her to be a lawyer and give up on baseball and the father who she loves, but doesn't have a good relationship with.

These are the kinds of movies that never get old.