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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Underrated (on imdb) but worth watching
I saw this during a bit of a down time in the movie making schedule, and I wasn't disappointed. This movie tries to show the struggle of the middle child growing up in a family of 5. I wont bore you with the plot except I will throw in a few key words about competing, respect, love, swimming oh and dad/father.
Script, acting, casting, music, set, filming were all very well done. Although they did succeed in making the actual swimming scenes interesting, I have a feeling that the producers wanted to get value for money out of their editing software and applied every single technique and split screen effect it offered to their film. Think dad, his home movies, and the latest IMAC digital editing package...
I left the cinema feeling more complete than Charlotte Grey (chick who does some stuff during the war that was hard work) but less that the likes of Power of One (guy who does great stuff and overcomes the odds).
Considering the US rubbish that is Swim Fan, this is Australian flick is far superior in the pool.
Speaking of Sex (2001)
Yeah, but where's the comedy?
Ok, I read a review and thought how bad can this be. Lets look at the good. Bill Murray is given a very good character to play in this film and does his small number of lines well. But what a waste. You are given a only sniff of his potential. James Spader and others also hold their characters well. Jay Mohr not so good. Editing and scene changes are also very smoothly done.
Lets look at the bad. There is no possible way this can be classed as comedy. There is a small run of jokes part way through (Mr and Mrs Happy) to stop you falling asleep but its no where near enough. Heck, slapstick comedy with the old faithful banana peel would be a welcome addition here.
I rate this 3/10 - not as bad as freddy got fingered, but still a waste of my time.
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Quite simply...
The worst movie ever created. I would gladly sit through repeats of Hulk Hogan's "Santa with Muscles" than watch this flick all the way through. I shall not waste any more effort describing how many scenes were utterly pathetic, but leave it instead as a general description of the film. And I thought that masturbating the horse was the low point...
What a waste of film.