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Ben_Hecht · Apr 17, 2009

imjustagirl said:

Ben_Hecht said:

imjustagirl said:

OK, I have three movies at home from Netflix:

1. Leatherheads. I added it long ago because of my love for Clooney. I'm well aware of how bad it's supposed to be.
2. The Visitor. "Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, in an Oscar-nominated role) discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives when Tarek is thrown into a detention center. A wonderful Hiam Abbass co-stars as Tarek's mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter. Thomas McCarthy won a Best Director Independent Spirit Award for his touching drama."
3. Grace Is Gone. "Director James C. Strouse's indie drama stars John Cusack as Stanley Phillips, an ex-military man trying to find the courage to break some devastating news to his two daughters: Their mother has died while serving in Iraq. As he works through his complex feelings about his wife's death and the war, Stanley delays telling his girls the truth, instead taking them on an excursion to a theme park. The film won the Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance 2007."

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You really want to like Leatherheads, and excepting some seven minutes of it, it won't let you.
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My god, I watched it last night and that was my EXACT thought. How much I wanted to like it (love Clooney, like Krasinski) but god do I hate Zellweger.
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Her popularity remains one of the epic mysteries of the modern cinema.

bostonbred · Apr 17, 2009

imjustagirl said:

Ben_Hecht said:

imjustagirl said:

OK, I have three movies at home from Netflix:

1. Leatherheads. I added it long ago because of my love for Clooney. I'm well aware of how bad it's supposed to be.
2. The Visitor. "Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, in an Oscar-nominated role) discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives when Tarek is thrown into a detention center. A wonderful Hiam Abbass co-stars as Tarek's mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter. Thomas McCarthy won a Best Director Independent Spirit Award for his touching drama."
3. Grace Is Gone. "Director James C. Strouse's indie drama stars John Cusack as Stanley Phillips, an ex-military man trying to find the courage to break some devastating news to his two daughters: Their mother has died while serving in Iraq. As he works through his complex feelings about his wife's death and the war, Stanley delays telling his girls the truth, instead taking them on an excursion to a theme park. The film won the Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance 2007."

Anyone want to weigh in?
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You really want to like Leatherheads, and excepting some seven minutes of it, it won't let you.
Click to expand...

My god, I watched it last night and that was my EXACT thought. How much I wanted to like it (love Clooney, like Krasinski) but god do I hate Zellweger.
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she should have studied Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy, but as someone who also hates Zellweger, I thought she was better than usual in Leatherheads.

GB-Hack · Jun 19, 2009

This may not interest all of you. It may not interest any of you.

But if you enjoyed "The Queen" or "Frost/Nixon", I would advise trying to see "The Damned United" when it gets a limited release on September 25th.

Trailer:

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Mystery Meat II · Oct 9, 2010

Reanimating this thread to give you solid proof that God hates all you assholes right here

ArnoldBabar · Oct 9, 2010

That's like a joke, except real.

Buck · Oct 11, 2010

Cosmo said:

Oh. My. God.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies,26559/
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Why is this not available on Netflix?

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