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Deja Vu
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Venessa Redgrave |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Rainbow Film Co. |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you hate
them, and it is rated R. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if you want it to be your last. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Some nudity, but
nothing worthy of a rise. |
| Memorable
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The dude who was in the theater who looked like he fell
asleep. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Henry Jaglom |
| Produced By: |
John Goldstone, Judith Wolinsky |
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Deja Vu
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG-13 |
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It's 1:47 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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Wow! This movie… It tried so
hard. It tried to be deep, compelling, witty, profound, and
emotional. The only thing it successfully achieved in being was
bad. I could see where the screenwriter, Henry Jaglom, so
desperately wanted to go, but because this movie was so poorly cast,
and maybe the producers didn't raise enough cash, the only place this
movie went was down. Did I mention that the screenwriter also
edited, and I think even directed this movie. Obviously he
never learned the lesson Eddie Murphy did when he wrote, starred in,
produced, directed, and I think even help paint the sets of "Harlem
Nights." Sometimes screenwriters, directors, and actors
shouldn't be the same person, and "Deja Vu" is more evidence of that,
but then again by doling out such work I do suppose a writer's
original intent can sometimes get lost. For "Deja Vu", I really
wish that by keeping things in close circle would have made this
movie better, but I honestly thing it may have been better in the
hands of professionals without emotional attachment.
I seriously doubt that this movie will get wide release. It
will most likely wind up in local "Fine Arts Theaters" where I think
even the latte-head crowd will poo-poo this movie. Sorry to say
"Deja Vu" blows and I cannot recommend that you dish out your hard
earned 8 bucks to go see it. "Deja Vu" gets 1 of 5 stars.
I can hear you saying two things now. One is, "Stu, you
don't know shit. 'Deja Vu' was a fine film by one of the great
filmmakers of all time." Fine, you go sit through it, have fun,
buy some popcorn - I'll be at home wondering how I'm going to make up
the nearly two hours I lost seeing the film. The second thing I
can hear you say is something like "Stu, you said this movie really
sucked, yet you gave it one star. What's up with that?"
Well, hey… It had nudity, besides I have seen worse, maybe
not much worse, but worse nonetheless. 'Nuff said!
Oh, yea, do you want to know what it's about? Screw
you! Sitting through it once and having to recall it to write
this was enough for me. Check out your local Big Town Paper or
some artsy site on the internet - I'm sure they reviewed it, and
probably liked it. Why? Because when I went to see the
film there were these other dudes around me, one who I could swear
fell asleep, and another who seemed to laugh like he couldn't believe
the film was so bad. Then I'm overhearing them later, and the
dude who looked like he fell asleep said he loved the film, and the
other seemed to whole-heartedly agree. Maybe if I would have
taken a nap I would have loved the film, too.
I'm Stu Gotz - 'Nuff said! (and I mean it this time!) |
