| Hurlyburly | | Cast : | Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri | | Director : | Anthony Drazan | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 25, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | June 22, 1999 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 11, 2005 | | Summary | the amazon review sucks | Content
 | yeah it sounds like good ol doug thomas is a little bitter about the fact that he's writing movie reviews for amazon and not screenplays. this movie does actually rock, and is one of the best for those that enjoy movies about the hollywood scene and LA in general (The Player...etc). yuppies abound, and yes they are pretty shallow and are also a bunch of whiners. but what makes the movie, aside from the outrageously dope cast, is the acting. you start to wonder how close to right on these characters are, since it's kind of obvious that the cast have extensive dealings with these types in "real life". sean penn definitely comes off as the greatest ever, and seeing him in a comedy is a good thing with all the really heavy stuff he's done recently, which is also great (21 Grams). kevin spacey never seems to fail, and he gives us a really killer performance as a yuppie bastard a la Swimming With Sharks. of course anything anna paquin does must be seen, usually repeatedly, and this is no exception. and to top it all off, where else can you see meg ryan playing a hooker that gets thrown out of a car by chazz palmentieri? that should sell it right now for any sane person. of course, there are a lot of words spoken in this flick, so if you cant read too good, maybe skip it. this is the thugness. just buy it. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2004 | | Summary | "I can not stand this semantic insanity anymore!" | Content
| I like to find one quote from a movie to use as the header in my reviews - something that is hopefully interesting and perhaps funny, and indicates my feeling toward the movie. The quote is from Darlene (played by Robin Wright Penn) in response to boyfriend Eddie's (Sean Penn) argument about why she can not like Chinese and French restaurants equally.
In most scenes, coke-head Eddie's anger comes from nowhere, but he must try to make it sound as if he's talking about something. Long speeches and big words do not necessarily make a point. Although his room-mate, Mickey, played by Kevin Spacey dishes out speeches as well, it is less overwhelming and makes a little more sense. Perhaps it is because he does not do nearly as much drugs as Sean Penn's character. Another role played by Chazz Palminteri was offensive. It had one note to it, which was to yell, then yell some more, then get physically abusive with women. Anna Paquin's appearance as a street urchin passed off by Artie, played by Garry Shandling, was interesting and not her normal type of character.
The acting was pretty good. The point, plot, and characters were not. One interesting scene was a conversation that was started face-to-face, then continued at different locations via cell-phones over the course of the day.
DVD sound and picture were good. Has 2 OK commentaries. If you like this movie, check out "Closer" as well, which is also about a quartet of obnoxious and loud characters without redeeming qualities.
As Eddie said on more than one occasion..."blah, blah, blah." |
| Rating | | | Date | March 04, 2003 | | Summary | One can only wonder who gets it? | Content
| Who gets it? All the critics who raved and gave this movie a 5? Or the rest of the world who gives it a 1? I mean, I could see certain people giving it a 3 for the acting...I have to disagree with those who say it's boring, though. It's not so much "boring" as "pointless" and "pretentious." You can watch it in short doses, just like you can watch a train wreck, but you catch on really quick that none of the characters have any redeeming qualities and they are headed very slowly to nowhere. If that's what you like in a movie, this is your movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 04, 2003 | | Summary | One can only wonder who gets it? | Content
| Who gets it? All the critics who raved and gave this movie a 5? Or the rest of the world who gives it a 1? I mean, I could see certain people giving it a 3 for the acting...I have to disagree with those who say it's boring, though. It's not so much "boring" and "pointless" and "pretentious." You can watch it in short doses, just like you can watch a train wreck, but you catch on really quick that none of the characters have any redeeming qualities and they are headed very slowly to nowhere. If that's what you like in a movie, this is your movie. |
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