question: Despite an electrifying performance by William H. Macy, David Mamet's one-act morality play translates poorly into a film that is overburdened by dialogue.

numbered reviews: 1. Despite agreeably short running time and committed perfs, Edmond is rendered inert by its stagy atmosphere and failure to fully mine the depths of its protagonist's complex psyche.
2. Edmond posits that the fury of a sexist, racist psychopath lies just beneath the surface of even the mildest man. In other words, we're in David Mamet World.
3. works well enough, until we come to the last 20 or so minutes of the thing
4. As there's always at least one obscure independent in the annual Oscar race, the whole thing might as well begin here.
5. a fussy little movie that wants to be much more controversial and important than it is.
6. Mamet's script may not be entirely convincing as either satire or social commentary, but in Macy's hands, poor, pathetic Edmond's story finds its shocking, darkly funny resonance.
7. Go, by all means, but be prepared to take a beating.
8. It may be too bleak for most, and as befits a movie based on a one-act play (written by Mamet in 1982), it can be speechy.
9. Começando com a promessa de se revelar um novo Um Dia de Fúria ("Uma Noite...", neste caso), o filme jamais alcança a intensidade esperada e se enfraquece ainda mais em seu terceiro ato desajeitadamente satírico. Mas Macy está genial.
10. William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna and a number of other true pros manage to keep straight faces all the way through this woozy, self-important stew of lurid nonsense.


question: This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills and laughs.

numbered reviews: 1. The real stars of The Evil Dead are the direction and the effects.
2. ...all of the flubs, the bad edits, and the cheesy matte shots are key elements of a low-budget aesthetic that enhances the movie's impact even as it makes excuses for itself.
3. Raimi's biggest grossout is schlock horror done the right way...
4. To say that the Evil Dead movies are not for everyone is an understatement. A strong stomach is required.
5. One of the scariest, goriest, and (oddly enough) funniest horror movies of its time, and it's every bit deserving of being called a cult classic.
6. ...what it lacks in narrative weight, it compensates for with a relentless pace, disturbing atmosphere, as well as some imaginative displays of dismemberment.
7. striking in the creative energy it invests in a generally uninspired story full of half-baked ideas
8. Cheap, silly, and not as good as its sequels, but still plenty of fun thanks to the dynamic duo of Raimi and Campbell
9. The goofy gruefest that launched Sam Raimi's career.
10. Think "The Blair Witch Project," but with the witch holding the camera.


question: Despite its short running time, Teacher's Pet is a witty and irreverent family film.

numbered reviews: 1. Teacher's Pet barrels along on a diverting enough sugar high, but in the hangover that follows you may wonder where the wonder was.
2. It's the kind of cute and silly that little kids get a kick out of seeing over and over.
3. Disney's latest attempt at TV-series-to-theaters is a kids' film designed to give adults migraines, despite animation innovations and unique design.
4. A smart, funny and visually impressive movie that may not wind up becoming an enduring classic but it is about four times better than you might expect.
5. This is one strange outing. We mean that in the nicest way.
6. A big disappointment, especially hailing from the Mouse House.
7. The dialogue is witty and often irreverent, and the artwork is wonderfully weird.
8. A one-joke movie based on a one-joke Disney TV show.
9. A quick and easy entry point for new viewers.
10. A weird, off-the-wall bit of surrealistic nonsense that should keep the kiddies transfixed with its colorful characters and slapstick mayhem while amusing adults.


question: Ikiru is a well-acted and deeply moving humanist tale about a man facing his own mortality, one of legendary director Akira Kurosawa's most intimate films.

numbered reviews:
1. A heartbreaking masterwork from Kurosawa with nary a samurai in sight.
2. It is a strangely fascinating and affecting film, up to a point.
3. Simultaneously an intensely human story, a timeless snapshot of postwar Japan, and a scathing satire of the bureaucratic mind-set.
4. Kurosawa has created a subtle and moving account of a man who searches for meaning in the final days of his shallow existence.
5. Sad, mournful and devastating, Ikiru is one of Kurosawa's most impressive achievements
6. If you have never seen it, you should. If you have seen it before, your admiration will only increase.
7. I go to the movie theater every week in hopes that someone out there still wants to make a film like "Ikiru."
8. Ikiru is a thoughtful and truly well-made film, wherein Kurosawa has the opportunity to explore the human condition more fully than in his action-packed adventures
9. An unqualified masterpiece that just may be Kurosawa's best.
10. May not be the first movie you think of when ticking off the list of Kurosawa's best films, but it is the one that stands defiantly as his deepest, best acted and most watchable.