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Peter Benchley's "The Beast"
From the creative author of "Jaws" comes another goliath-sized undersea killer of a movie based on the novel "Beast" by Peter Benchley (I own the novel as well as the movie). The small island community of Graves Point, Washington (in the novel the story was set in Bermuda) is set upon by a highly rare and deadly creature. "Architeuthis dux", a lethal giant squid terrorizes the small community, and fisherman and sea expert Whip Dalton (name is Whip Darling in book), played by William Peterson, joins forces with his new love (in the novel she doesn't exist but rather Whip has a wife, Charlotte, unlike in this film of which tells she has been dead for ten years), a Coast Guard Lieutenant named Kathryn Marcus (Karen Sillas), macalogist (term for squid scientist) Herbert Talley, and Sea Land Texas owner Osborn Manning, to attempt to destroy the sixty-foot squid. Cool special effects and good acting by Petersen. Peter Benchley at his best. Even my old-timer dad liked it. A great movie!

The Beast made me look twice at Squid!.....
Peter Benchley's The Beast is one of my favorite movies. The Giant Squid left me screaming. There is enough blood and gore to keep me satisfyied. I am going to buy this movie right when it drops about $30 dollars. The Book was good, but the movie is better. The special effects are mint! Peter Benchley, did get a good deal with the people of the cast and crew. Karen Sillas gives an awesome preformance. I loved the movie, you will too! Rent Peter Benchley's The Beast you will be satisfied!

Missing Pieces
I first saw the mini-series when it came on late night tv, since then I have tried to find it on tape just like it appeared on tv. Easier said than done. The vhs tapes cut out about 20 minutes from the series. If you have seen the mini-series, you will be disappointed as much background and exciting scenes are gone. If you only saw the vhs tape, well, you will be happy. It is a good thriller with just the right amount of thrills and chills.

one of the best movies i've seen
I've had the movie since it came out.I've seen it so many times
it's the type of movie that i put on when i can only listen because i must do other things around the house.I've been waiting for the mini series on DVD, since the mini is 6 hours.
That would be the best!!!!! After seeing the mini series there
was so much missing,that helps explain certain parts of the movie.Hoping that it comes to DVD complete.
Thanks
Luis

Good but where's the DVD version?
I rented this about 3 years ago and it became one of my favorite movies of all time! I really wish they would put this on DVD; with a clear picture, lots and lots of X-tras and all.......If anyone has any information on when this is going to be put on DVD, put your info on this page and let me know! ... Read more

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New Zealand story of two lost and lonely souls.
"Starlight Hotel" is a film set in New Zealand during the Depression. It's the story of a motherless teen, Kate (Greer Robson) who is left with unsympathetic relatives while her father goes off to hunt for work. After a confrontation at school, Kate impulsively runs away from home and decides to find her father.

Kate soon runs into a drifter named Patrick (Peter Phelps). Patrick is a fugitive, and he doesn't really need the extra baggage involved in accompanying Kate. At first, he resists their relationship, but he soon begins to feel responsibility and concern for her. A bond between the unlikely couple develops. It is Patrick who is most influenced by the relationship as Kate represents the sort of commitment he's run from in the past. Patrick is forced to come to terms with the issues of responsibility and caring for another human being even if it's not in his own best interest.

New Zealand doesn't exactly produce a great number of films (although the hugely successful Lord of the Rings was filmed there), so it is nice to see a film from this country. I had no idea that the Depression hit New Zealand, but it is abundantly clear that this was so. Kate and Patrick are almost invisible as drifters as they blend in with the other desperate people who haunt the shanty towns, shelters, and soup kitchens of New Zealand. Not a great deal happens in this film--it's the simple story of two people who meet by accident and form a socially unacceptable bond which cannot be severed--displacedhuman

A Magical Dream....
This film from New Zealand is a heartrending story of friendship and love from director Sam Pillsbury starring Peter Phelps and Greer Robson, both of whom are truly magnificent. We don't realize how much we have come to care for these two souls in this quietly moving story until it is over, and we are left with a feeling in our hearts that stays with us a long time.

Patrick Dawson (Peter Phelps) is a young man who is running from the New Zealand law for assualt on a reposser, a man he worked for until one night when he takes all the possesions back to the families they came from. This leads to a scuffle in which his boss is put into a coma. We find this out in flashback and we also learn of his bitterness over WW1 and the "glory" he did not find in it. We also discover his dissilusionment that the girl he loved married someone else while he was away.

Kate (Greer Robson) is a sweet, lonely young teenage girl who has lost her mother and runs away to find her father, who has gone to Wellington to find work. She meets the older young man Patrick and from the moment they are mistaken for family we know that Patrick and Kate will travel together. Kate slowly grows on Patrick as a special bond is formed between the two dreamers.

That is what this film feels like, a dream. Pillsbury gives these characters time to develop their own personal history and with the beautiful New Zealand landscape as a backdrop their relationship grows ever closer. All the little details about both Patrick and Kate are given slowly over the course of their dangerous journey on the open road.

This movie is dreamlike and compelling. It is also romantic. Kate is only around thirteen, and as Patrick begins to care for her they fight and argue as an older brother and younger sister would. We know how much he cares for her when he loses her in a riot and misses his ship to Australia in a desperate search to find her, taking the risk of being caught.

Director Pillsbury brings about a special relationship between the young and luminous Robson and the young but weary Phelps. Both give terrific performances in this beautifully filmed story which unfolds slowly to reveal a richly rewarding film. Hollywood would have turned this movie into something quite different and it is to Pillsbury's credit that as the friendship of Kate and Patrick becomes something special he does not go any further, for it is not the proper time. This is a subtle film of nuance and character development. The scene where Patrick takes her to her mothers grave and takes flowers from another headstone to place there is all the more moving for it's quiet restraint.

I will not give away everything about this film but their paths are obviously leading them in different directions. This film has a touching ending (or is it a beginning?) when something special and dear to each of them is exchanged with the words "I'll want that back". This is a heartfelt story that will hold a special place in yours after seeing it. I recalled this film fondly recently and tracked down a copy from an Amazon seller as it is no longer available. I urge you to do the same. It is worth it. You will probably never see a film like this anywhere else. Check into the "Starlight Hotel" as Patrick calls it and enjoy this wonderful film for dreamers.......

A Story for Dreamers
This is no action film but a quiet, thoughtful story about two people, with beautiful New Zealand scenery as a backdrop. I even found and bought the book it was based on ("The Dream Monger" -- I had to get it from New Zealand, it's out of print and absolutely no one else had it), in which Patrick actually teams up with a boy instead of a girl. The book was good, but the movie was definately improved by making Kate a girl.

I love the scenery, the slowly developing friendship, the sometimes embaressing and awkward moments, and the tenderness the war veteran finds himself showing. I could've done without some of the language but over all, liked this video very much and would recommend it to anyone with similar tastes.

this film change my life!!!!
I saw this film in Mexico City on December '94... almost seven years ago!!!! Since the first time a saw Starlight Hotel, my life change, i think it's not necesary to explain exactly how, but i found another way to see life. The friendship between Kate and Patrick, all the risks they face together and how they care each other, make this story unique. I really love this film, and in some way i would like to be part of the story... i would like to visit the locations in New Zealand, i would like to meet Greer Robson and Peter Phelps, and ask them what does this film mean for them. Sadly, i don't know anything about them in the last years. One thing i learn from this story, besides love and friendship, is the courage to reach all our dreams, no matter what we have to do!!! By the years, i'm sure of something, Starlight Hotel is my all time favorite film, i have no doubt about it. By the way, I have a VHS tape with this film translate to spanish, but it's to old and i have no idea of how i can get the original video of this film (so if somebody can help me, i'll thank you very much).

Starlight Hotel
God bless Jen, for giving me this movie for Christmas. (She found it on eBay.) Starlight Hotel is magical. It is my "official" favorite movie. I have seen it countless times. The scenery... Patrick.... Kate... I melt into mush. Remember when he thought he lost her during the riot? Remember when she threw mud at him? Remember the "goodbye to my mate"? So many scenes to endear these two outcasts to your inner-dreamer. What are you waitng for! Find this movie and enrich your soul! ... Read more

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Vincent Ward's mystical tale of a tiny 14th-century English hamletduring the devastation of the Black Plague mixes faith and fantasy in a compelling adventure. Ward creates a stark look with his high contrast black-and-white photography: dark huts against a snow-covered landscape and a gray sky, candles and campfires burning tiny pools of light in the midnight-black caves. The visions of young Griffin (Hamish McFarlane) break this austere style with color dreams, at first merely flashes of images, then a vivid narrative of a pilgrimage through the center of the earth. Griffin's older brother Connor (Bruce Lyons), who has just returned from the dying, diseased cities of England, leads this great journey to an alien world of metal beasts and towering ramparts (revealed as a modern New Zealand city) to make their offering to God. Ward keeps the camera tied to their experience, creating a nightmarish vision of familiar objects and locations: a busy highway, a junkyard, a remarkable run-in with a surfacing submarine. Throughout, Griffin's haunting flashes of the future taunt him with clues to a death in the party, but they don't reveal who. The Navigator defies genre, mixing fantasy and science fiction, religion and mysticism, historical realism and modern adventure, to create a compelling, beautiful, visually stunning leap of faith. --Sean Axmaker ... Read more

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A fantastic pilgramage! I call for higher-budget remake!
The Navigator is a great movie, although the plot seems cloudy at times and the movie too short. After watching it I was left wanting more. I would definately like to see a higher-budget remake of The Navigator: A Medieval Odessy. The idea of pious medieval peasants really time traveling to the modern day makes for a story of adventure and fantasy. One full of human moments and perhaps even a little humor. How will modern day priests react to these pilgrams? and their story? These are just a few things I was left wanting to see. I recommand renting this movie first. Then decide for yourself if its worth owning.

Unparalleled in its visual brilliance and imagination
Vincent Ward's The Navigator is truley a unique movie. Despite its low budget, it is visually stunning and tremendously imaginative. Some viewers may find the storyline too odd for those taste, but movie fans with a sense of adventure will be rewarded. Combining elements of time travel, adventerous quests, prophecy, tragedy, and set in the time of the great plague the film keeps the viewer engrossed throughout. The cast of no name New Zealand actors do a incredible job of bringing together an incredbily complicated story. Vincent Ward (director of Map of the Human Heart and most recently What Dreams May Come) has the courage to experiment, but pulls it off!

A movie for Science Fiction fans who recognize a world beyond Star Trek and movie fans who recognize a world beyond Hollywood.

an amazing, thought-provoking experience
As a PhD student in medieval history, I usually approach films set in the Middle Ages with no small sense of trepidation. The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey is the exception. It is a visually stunning, well-written well-acted little film that manages to be both thought-provoking and entertaining. What I found particularly worthy of note is Vincent Ward's use of imagery. His choice to film the medieval scenes in mid-winter and in black and white conveys the bleakness of medieval peasant life and the muted colours of the modern scenes have a mystical feel to them. The film actually feels medieval, and since it does not refer to an historical event more specific than the Black Death, there's no opportunity to get annoyed with historical inaccuracy (a curse of all we would-be professional historians!) I recommend it highly to anyone who likes fantasy and adventure.

Haunting
I rented this film at the local Video Store in the most casual manner: by scanning the box art for a clue to something different, knowing nothing of the movie or its creators. It turned out to be the most haunting cinema experience I have ever had. Images from the film have never left me. A modern city is magically transformed and redefined through the eyes and spirits of people from another time. The quest for protection by a higher power highlights a universal need. This is a wonderful film.

A compelling fable
Set in 1348 in Cumbria in North West England during the plague this is an outstanding tale.

There are many reasons why the film is outstanding, the mix of black and white and colour photography is beautifully balanced, even to the extent of mixing within individual scenes,this all adds to the mythical qualities of the story. The desolate snow swept landscape of Cumbria (New Zealand doubles up for Cumbria)are stunning and the perfomance by Hamish McFarlane as the visionary boy is suberb.

It is partly about time travel, the boy with a small group of his fellow villages go through a mine to find themselves in a modern day New Zealand city, that essentially is more barren than where they came from. They are in search of a miraculous church and their quest is to place an icon on top of the steeple. There are some nice gags but essentially the film is about the boy's vision. Did in fact the travel through time actually happen or was it part of the boy's spirituality.

Is in fact the film a subtle allegory that,without preaching, equates the plague with Aids and the barreness of the landscape and the villagers on the edge of not surviving, a post nuclear apocalyptic vision? The film was made in 1988 when these possibilities dominated. Equally though, these possibilities are as relevant today.

A lyrical but disturbing fable. ... Read more

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The second part of a projected trilogy by Australian director JohnDuigan(the preceding film was The Year My Voice Broke), Flirting is awonderful tale of misfit adolescents who find their independence through aforbidden, interracial relationship. Noah Taylor returns to Duigan's ongoingstory as Danny, a gangly stutterer with a wry wit, few friends, and a bigcrush on Thandiwe (Thandie Newton), a Ugandan student whose father is in somepolitical danger back home. Danny goes to a boys academy and Thandiwe boardsat a girls school nearby. The two meet secretly and deepen their doomedaffair, exploring adulthood for the first time on their own terms. Duigan isa director who can occasionally be seduced by the surface of things, butFlirting is richly layered in tones both light and ominous, youthful performances that easily alternate between childhood buoyancy and grown-uppassion, and a hard-won wisdom about the mysteries of loss. An added bonus isa terrific supporting performance by Nicole Kidman. --Tom Keogh ... Read more

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Love without Bounds
Really a superb, charming, and deep coming of age movie. When I first saw the dvd box, I had no interest at all to see this. I thought the cover was sort of tacky and my first impression of the film was that of a corny teen comedy. Needless to say, I saw this on tv and was really amazed how good this movie was. Probably the most impressive aspect of "Flirting" was the grace of the script and how well all the young actors and actresses performed. Noah Taylor and Thandie Newton were just outstanding and really believable. I really enjoyed Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts also in their supporting roles. It was really great to see all these big names in roles before they made it big. Much respect to director and writer John Duigan. Cameron Crowe has stated that Noah Taylor is one of his favorate actors and you can definately see that he has to be a fan of Duigan's too. I was more amazed to learn that "Flirting" was a sequel and even more amazed when I watched the previous film, "The Year My Voice Broke."

Superior coming of age from down under
Don't let the title fool you. Although this is one of the sweetest movies you'll ever see, it is no beach blanket bingo for bimbos. This is an Aussie story of teen love set in 1965, heroic as only teens can play it. It is fun to watch, authentic and original at the same time, a coming of age flick in the English boarding school tradition of "Dead Poet's Society" (1989) and "A Separate Peace" (the novel, not the so-so movie). Noah Taylor stars as Danny Embling, an outsider who reads Sartre and Camus while satirizing the school's empty traditions. Across the lake is the girl's school where Thandiwe Adjewa (Thandie Newton), daughter of the Ugandan ambassador, is learning to meld with the Aussie pale faces, including a gifted pre-Hollywood Nicole Kidman.

Thandie Newton and Noah Taylor, as beautifully directed by John Duigan, are the reasons this film is so good. She has a fearless integrity about her that overcomes the prejudices of her school mates. He is wise and brave at a hundred and twenty pounds. She too is ultra sophisticated. She even met Sartre. This is a story about the love between two outsiders who, with their strength of character win over not only their classmates, but the audience as well. Imagine teenagers as witty and poised as say Eartha Kitt and Gore Vidal, and you get a hint of how it's played.

Nicole Kidman as the snobby Nicola Radcliffe (the name says it all) manages a subtle supporting role with a diamond-in-the-rough kind of charm and just the right touch of on-screen growth. The scene where she shares her stash of vodka (or perhaps a clear fruit liquor) with Thandiwe Adjewa is beautifully turned by Director John Duigan. Also excellent is the hotel scene where the adults are revealed as intrusive in the extreme. I like Danny Embling's line as he deadpans to a re-robing Thandiwe, "They're all funny, aren't they?" Yes, those adults are a little peculiar.

This is not unflawed, however. The ending, despite the rousing music, seemed a bland washout, leaving us with a sense of disappointment. And I thought the first love scene with the two "touching" was a little unreal. I mean he might have kissed her! There's a limit to how great a coming of age, boarding school movie can be, especially when the adults have only scarecrow parts. Nonetheless "Flirting" is a confectioner's delight, and one of the best coming of age movies I've ever seen.

I love Flirting
I love this movie. It's a charming, delightful and wonderful little known gem. Thandie Newton is beautiful, Noah Taylor is endearing. A great script. One of the most romantic little films I've ever seen. Lets not forget Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts are also in this film.

Flirting
I love this movie. I've watched it repeatedly and have enjoyed it each time.

Great cast and director
I haven't seen John Duigan's preceding film ("The Year My Voice Broke") but Noah Taylor was obviously fascinating in "Flirting" as a dreamy misfit in a Nazi-like boarding school. Honestly I could hardly relate this British guy to the roles he later landed in such Hollywood movies as "Almost Famous", "Lara Croft Tomb Raider", "Vanilla Sky"... What an amazing evolution for a versatile actor.

The same fine performance that made this film deserve 5 stars was delivered by Thandie Newton who would also become a celebrity a few years later, starring with Tom Cruise in two blockbuster hits, "Interview With a Vampire" and "Mission Impossible II" (although her best film to me must be Bernardo Bertolucci's "Besieged"). Add an exceptionally talented Nicole Kidman who was actually 24 years old when she accepted this role of a teen, and you got a perfect cast to turn a not-so-sensational-coming-of-age love story into a nearly perfect romantic comedy. Oh yes, it should also be noted that Taylor, Newton and Kidman were not the only ones to work their way to stardom since this film was released in 1991. Among the girls of Cirensester school, have you noticed a Janet Odgers? That role was played by a young and pretty Naomi Watts. ... Read more

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An alienated teen and an even odder older man travel across New Zealand in a stolen car, closely followed by the police in this quirky road comedy. ... Read more

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Great movie, where's the DVD?
Here's a great little New Zealand movie from the late '70s (one of those 'they don't make movies like this anymore' films). Directed by my best friend's uncle (that's not the reason I like it - I liked it before I even met him). It's still one of my favourite movies (and one of Geoff Murphy's best - Geoff is the guy who went on to direct the classic Utu, as well as more mainstream action films such as Young Guns 2, and Under Siege 2).

Goodbye Pork Pie is a comedy caper movie where a hitchhiker finds that the car he's riding in is stolen. Wacky hijinks ensue as the protagonists go on a somewhat accidental crime spree as they take their stolen Mini from Auckland to Invercargill. All the characters are likeable, although kinda flaky, and we get to see late 1970s New Zealand by car and by train. The movie is full of great one liners like "There's only one sure thing in this life, Blondini, and that's doubt... I think."

Goodbye Pork Pie has been unavailable in the US for a while, and chances are it will be unavailable for a while after this release has sold out, so my advice is to get it while it's still here. Hopefully one day someone will recognise its worth and release it on DVD.

New Zealand's answer to Easy Rider. With a yellow Mini!
This movie is a Kiwi classic. It's a quirky little flick, so I'm not sure if Americans will be able to appreciate some of the humor. However, I think it's delightful. I first saw it six years ago, and to this day, every time I see a Mini drive by, I always repeat the movie's most famous line:

"I'm takin' this bloody car.....All the way to Invercargill!!!"

Apersonal favourite
I first saw this movie twenty years ago and loved it. It is my own personal cult movie and I must have seen it now at least twenty times. It is quirky, funny and I hope that if you buy it you will enjoy it as much as I have. If ever I feel slighty down, watching it is quaranteed to cheer me up. ... Read more

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Wow, wasn't expecting a GREAT movie!
I had no idea what this movie was about or anything before I watched it. I didn't even know who James Belushi was before this. Yah, now I know he's the Soprano guy. He's actually the best one out of all of them. Even though, Eliza Dushku is my favourite actress, she's only 15 years old here, so she still has a bit of her childhood left. Meaning, a little more whining then she usually does. Casie Affleck, later to become her ... partner in Soul Survivors, also stars in here as her step-brother. And of course, Halle Berry, who is almost always delivering at least a fine performance. This movie was predictable, but it reminded me of the movies I used to watch as a child, but without the cheesy dogs talking and stuff. So, it was a little more realistic. The Sun, is a motorized-vehicle that they built for a science project. Turns out, they race in Hawaii and win so they head off to Australia to compete for the championships. It's a really fun movie and I do plan on buying this if I find it. This movie is one of the best I've ever seen, I love it!! TWO THUMBS UP!!

A great movie about accomplishing your dreams
This movie is about a hopeless group of high school kids whocan't seem to do anything right until a new teacher comes to theschool and wants them to be in the science fair. They get an idea to build a solar-powered car to race in the big solar-powered car race which is in Hawaii, where they live. And when they win this race, they go on to the championship race in Austraila where they compete in a six-day car race with other top solar-powered cars around the world and they find out that they can accomplish their dreams. Oh yeah, and Casey's character (Daniel) becomes captain of the team because he designed the car. (Daniel's a terrific artist). It's a fun movie to watch and to see all the troubles that the kids face in this movie. And of course, every movie has to have comedy and romance....and this movie has a lot of both! I'm a teenager (16), by the way and I recommend this movie to anybody. It's a really great and mad funny film! END

a extraordinary movie
this movie was the greatest movie considering it took place in a small island. this shows that it dosen't matter where you are from but it shows how much time and effort you put into something and you really have to want it to win! This movie is great for educational reasons and is very good. I recommend it to anyone! (ps it has J.Moki Cho in it along with halle berry)

We watched this for science class...and wow!
Wow, we just watched this today in science and I was amazed. This movie is really entertaining, with a cast of some major actors to back it up (Jim Belushi, Halle Berry and Casey Affleck who is Ben Affleck's younger brother). The story is really inspirational. Based on a true story, it follows a group of high school students who come together in detention class. Things happen in the beginning, giving these kids the motivation to build a solar car and race in the world championships. After overcoming many obstacles, the team eventually makes it into the big games.
Here's where things get interesting, as we look into each character's personality. For instance, we have the stereotypical fat guy whom no one would expect to fit into a car, let alone race. Then there's the troubled girl with the alcohol problem, who gets disqualified from the races. Next comes the nerdy girl, who finds love in interestig places.
Jim Belushi and Halle Berry once again prove how good they truly are in this wonderful movie (based on a true story). I hope everybody watches this because it is really exceptional.

the best movie
I loved this movie, I thought it was brilliantly done and the drama mixed with the comidy I thought was amazing. This is a must see movie. ... Read more

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Australia's most consistently fascinating export, Judy Davis has made a career of playing intriguingly high-strung women with a hilariously icy edge. Here, she plays the leader of Australia's Communist Party in the early 1950s whose struggles to keep the party alive are rewarded with a trip to Russia to meet Stalin himself (F. Murray Abraham). The meeting turns into a seduction, and she returns to Australia carrying Stalin's love child. So it's no surprise when her son Joe (Richard Roxburgh) grows up to be a political rabble-rouser, bringing the country to the brink of disaster. Filmed in mockumentary fashion by writer-director Peter Duncan, the film is never quite as funny as you wish it would be, but works as well as it does because of the performances by Rush and, particularly, Davis. --Marshall Fine ... Read more

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The best Aussie flick since Gallipoli
This wonderful, sparkling bubbly commentary is simply a masterpiece. Showing the exploits of a Communist mother and her suspecting son this movie is not only a commentary on COmmunism and the excess of liberalism but it is also a hilarious film with an amazing funny cast and a profound group of intrigue. The main character is followed through his life as he slowly realizes he is none other then the son of Stalin, the man his mother loves but who he learns to loathe. Yet as time goes on the viewer is led to wonder: Maybe in his rejection of his father he actually becomes him. Funny, great. Wonderful!!!!

The difference a moustache can make
This is an extremely original and well made farce. the film is generally comical but there are some tragic overtones throughout. The story of the idealist leader of the Australian communists earns a trip to meet Stalin in Moscow. The visit provides the setting for some of the funniest moments in the film. The idea of Stalin dancing and singing is funny in itself, imagine watching it realized on screen. But this comical interlude provides the crucial elemnt of the plot, the conception of Stalin's son. His identity is kept secret by his mother, but through a series of fortuitous circumstances Joe (thta's his name palyed by Roxburgh) becomes a union leader and organizes the police force. Hints are given throughout his childhood, he loves handcuffs for instance - leading to a steamy scene with a seduced policewoman. as a result of an 'accident' he has to grow a moustache and discovers his true personality after this event. There is sadness also, but I felt it beyond the plot or film itself. The mockery is certainly funny but it's undeniable that many idealists were betrayed by Stalin and his unbound evil. Communism in the Soviet union (and elsewhere) might have developed differently had Stalin not hijacked it. Now we're left with no alternatives and embarking on a dangerous course of increasing inequality. The film ironizes and does an excellent job (Judy Davis' excellent acting apart) of showing the demoralization of an idealist who has to face the sad reality and the poor 'loves' of the past. I saw the film twice and remember it with an ironic smile. Highly recommended

Wicked
A real find. The film starts out as a broad satire (perhaps just a bit too broad), then sharpens to a steely point in the second half.Judy Davis has never been more ferocious (and that's really saying something). A romp, but one that leaves bruises. Grab it.

Wonderful acting, marred slightly by pronounced tonal shift.
Children of the Revolution features a host of great actors -- Judy Davis, F. Murray Abraham, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh -- and two extremely moving low-key performances by Geoffrey Rush and Rachel Griffiths. Just that cast alone can sustain a hell of a lot, and Children of the Revolution isn't shy about pitting them against one another.

The beginning and middle of the movie are deft blends of socio-political satire and personal drama, laughter and emotion. It's too bad that in the second half of Act 2 it takes a turn for melodrama. Given the calibre of the acting, it works (Griffiths plays especially nicely against Davis, and Rush -- his character increasingly isolated in the story -- is bewitching), but I wish there could've been more of a mix of the comic and the tragic near the end of the movie. The comedy wasn't so much forgotten (the "Ronald McDonald" bit, and the last interview with "Joe Welch" still hit the funny bone) as underweighted in the final parts of the story. The film deserves credit, nonetheless, for even aiming towards this complicated mix in the first place and succeeding 90% of the time. And the setups and subplots are brilliant -- Anna's Latvian background weaving into the Dave-Joan relationship; Welch's jealousy of Stalin; Joe's eventual megalomania; the cellmate and future assassin; even the final hilarious reveal about Anna and Dave was set up.

A small but bright gem, not easy to discover (the eye-popping video cover helped), but well worth the hunt.

Tears of Laughter and Tears of Sadness
I felt this movie is one of the best films I have ever seen in my life. As a Communist, I first assumed the movie was just a farce of stalinist Russia. Throughout the first 30 minutes, I laughed a lot. I thought the notion of some-one as evil as Stalin singing and dancing is funny, to me. I really felt with the main charrecter and her ideology, except her love of Stalin, and was happy that she finally realises he was evil. At the end, the Son (concieved by Stalin) turns into his father, and proclaims that he is doing the work of the Revolution. It gives a good example of Stalin's acts and how they ruined Lenin's Russia.

Children of the Revolution is a brilliant film, and Leninists and true Communists can plainly see this. ... Read more

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If You loved Armageddon...
...Then I would avoid this movie. At least at this price...

I admit I also worked on this film and haven't seen it all the way though. But what I did watch was rather funny. Look for the van that gets destroyed early on in the film... It shows up many times after that. As well as the steering wheels on the wrong side of the cars. Unfortunately (For me) I have worked on worse films ;)

A funny thriller satire on the Armageddon & UFO movies.
I must admit that I was involved with making this movie so this is not an unbiased opinion. It delivers a tongue in cheek thriller which takes on the big disaster movies and America's obsession with UFOs. Tom Wopat and Roxanne Hart were great and the picture delivers a lot of fun.

This film should be subtitled "Not so deep impact"
An Ex-Bomb squad professional finds a series of mysterious and devastating explosions unlike anything he's ever faced and a mayor who insists on keeping everything under wraps until after the annual UFO festival. A must for Tom Wopat fans. ... Read more

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Worth enduring for Judy Davis
Thrillers are probably second to comedies as the hardest genres to do well. All the technique at the hands of a director comes to naught if the screenplay is as ridiculous as the one Ben Lewin co-wrote here. The premise is an investigation into the death of a woman that occured in the past, a theme sabotaged by having someone comment that Polish philosophers believe that returning to the past is "an exercise in futility". The idea might have worked if it had concentrated on the 4 Rashomon-style interpretations, and not included a parallel story, where the daughter who is trying to find out the truth behind her mother's demise, is in danger for doing so. Lewin pours on the stylistics, with a marvellous subjective tracking shot of a run down a pier, candle-lit rooms, people living with bare windows, anonymous phone calls, and an overbearing score by Paul Gabrowsky which features a tango. There is even a shower attack which is like a parody of the one from Psycho. Some of the dialogue is impossibly arch. When the daughter sees a portrait of her identical mother at an exhibition at the Ephemera Art Gallery (ugh!), her companion asks the clearly disturbed daughter if something is wrong! Thank goodness Lewin had the sense to cast the always watchable Judy Davis. Unlike her contemporary, Mel Gibson, Davis has returned sporadically to her native Australia after achieving international success, and it's easy to see what attracted her this time. She plays a double role, reminiscent of Frances Farmer's opportunity in Come and Get It. As the daughter, Nina, she is a high-flying tax fraud prosecutor, and it is these skills that enable her access to information to pursue her search. Nina is given an expensive wardrobe, which Davis looks very beautiful in, in opposition to the poor styling of her mother. The character of Georgia is in fact a cypher, which undermines the allure she is supposed to have. She barely speaks and seems to only exist to take photographs, and die. The photographs themselves are quite striking, especially the self-portrait with Davis as a blonde. Davis' scenes with Julia Blake as a friend of Georgia are probably the best part of the film. Lewin gives Davis plenty of space to react and her pain is real, though he does make her look silly when she is being chased. The final explaination for the death is negligible, and the end is particularly bad, though ironically it does say something about why Davis would return to Hollywood. ... Read more

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Mind Candy Suspended in theTrojan Horse Position
It is not a great movie, but is very likable. This movie is the perfect answer to wanting some spicy mind candy. It is funny and just sentimental enough with a little edge. It has some really funny and whimsical erotic scenes in the mind's eye of the challenged young writer of purple prose. Gia Carides (Strictly Ballroom) needs better representation in the States because she has a great knack for comedy, and we should see her more often. Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana) is handsome, dashing and appropriately a jerk and even quite silly. The rest of the cast is subtle and plays this seemingly unlikely story with wonderful, fanciful credibility. This is a fun and very original movie!!!

Cute! Strange, but cute!
I didn't quite know what to make of this movie when I first saw it. Finally, after thinking about it for a while, I decided that I liked it. It was quite funny in parts.

A withdrawn, reclusive erotic romance writer meets suave and handsome jeweler Eddie ( played by Anthony LaPaglia). She at first rejects him, because she's shy about her handicap -- she's had to use leg braces, thanks to a childhood case of polio. Later, she meets up with him again, (or rather, chases after him) after she breaks her leg in a freak accident. With her leg in a cast instead of a brace, everyone (including Eddie) assumes that she had a skiing accident. And she lets them continue to assume that, keeping her handicap a secret.

Of course true love finds a way in the end, but there are many adventures along the way-- jewel thievery, an undisclosed girlfriend, a Russian policeman, and more! Plenty of twists and turns appear in the story.

This movie definitely goes for the surprises -- a "romantic" scene can suddenly turn into something else entirely! I confess there were a few times that I was thinking, "No way! This is some sort of bizarre dream sequence! This isn't what is supposed to happen!" But it *does* happen. And somehow, it works.

It's a pretty sweet film, in a weird, bizarre way. And I decided that I liked it.

Absolutely charming, romantic, and unforgettable movie.
I don't want to give away too much of the plot in this absolutely charming movie. I highly recommend it. Paperback Romance is a different type of love story. It made me laugh and touched me at the same time. I didn't want it to end. I eagerly await it's release on video; this one's a keeper. Anthony La Paglia was brilliant as well as Gia Carides

See It!!!
This is such a great movie. I watch EVERYTHING Anthony LaPaglia's in that I can find because he is such a great actor. The movie has an original storyline and humorous moments. See it soon.

Real-life portrayal of the "challenged" female
I almost passed the movie up because of the title--being a sophisticated woman I pass up anything associated with romance novels; however when I read the synopsis I didn't want to miss it! It is all things, hilarious, philosophical, romantic, sardonic, and liberating. It is a must-see for all females with any type of handicapping condition as I have, in real life, lived so many of the scenes. For instance, when the heroine is perceived as bodily injured because of a skiing accident she is considered intelligent, and very much the avant garde female; however when the same female is perceived as bodily injured by birth defect she is considered pitiful, worthy of lecherous invitations by old men who think she is available by necessity. What a sweet movie and one I want all my friends to see so that they may, for the first time, truly know what it feels like to be "crippled" in our society!! But, even without the educational factor for understanding a "handicapping" physical deformity on the female of the species, it is a wonderful film in its own right by its characterization, by his humor, by its hope for the human race. ... Read more

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Peter Benchley's "The Beast"
From the creative author of "Jaws" comes another goliath-sized undersea killer of a movie based on the novel "Beast" by Peter Benchley (I own the novel as well as the movie). The small island community of Graves Point, Washington (in the novel the story was set in Bermuda) is set upon by a highly rare and deadly creature. "Architeuthis dux", a lethal giant squid terrorizes the small community, and fisherman and sea expert Whip Dalton (name is Whip Darling in book), played by William Peterson, joins forces with his new love (in the novel she doesn't exist but rather Whip has a wife, Charlotte, unlike in this film of which tells she has been dead for ten years), a Coast Guard Lieutenant named Kathryn Marcus (Karen Sillas), macalogist (term for squid scientist) Herbert Talley, and Sea Land Texas owner Osborn Manning, to attempt to destroy the sixty-foot squid. Cool special effects and good acting by Petersen. Peter Benchley at his best. Even my old-timer dad liked it. A great movie!

The Beast made me look twice at Squid!.....
Peter Benchley's The Beast is one of my favorite movies. The Giant Squid left me screaming. There is enough blood and gore to keep me satisfyied. I am going to buy this movie right when it drops about $30 dollars. The Book was good, but the movie is better. The special effects are mint! Peter Benchley, did get a good deal with the people of the cast and crew. Karen Sillas gives an awesome preformance. I loved the movie, you will too! Rent Peter Benchley's The Beast you will be satisfied!

Missing Pieces
I first saw the mini-series when it came on late night tv, since then I have tried to find it on tape just like it appeared on tv. Easier said than done. The vhs tapes cut out about 20 minutes from the series. If you have seen the mini-series, you will be disappointed as much background and exciting scenes are gone. If you only saw the vhs tape, well, you will be happy. It is a good thriller with just the right amount of thrills and chills.

one of the best movies i've seen
I've had the movie since it came out.I've seen it so many times
it's the type of movie that i put on when i can only listen because i must do other things around the house.I've been waiting for the mini series on DVD, since the mini is 6 hours.
That would be the best!!!!! After seeing the mini series there
was so much missing,that helps explain certain parts of the movie.Hoping that it comes to DVD complete.
Thanks
Luis

Good but where's the DVD version?
I rented this about 3 years ago and it became one of my favorite movies of all time! I really wish they would put this on DVD; with a clear picture, lots and lots of X-tras and all.......If anyone has any information on when this is going to be put on DVD, put your info on this page and let me know! ... Read more

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Good laugh, great soundtrack, well worth a look.
A film in the mould of "This Years Love" and "Peters Friends", Strange Planet follows the ups and downs in a year of the lives of six twentysomethings living in Sydney, Australia.

It is a film that delves into the insecurities, hopes and dreams of the young professional set. But it avoids the temptation to become maudlin and weepy, remaining upbeat at all times. One character, Ewan, collapses into depression, but after watching the movie Taxi Driver, assumes DeNiro's role with hilarious consequences.

In another potentially weepie moment one of the girls dumps her married boyfriend at a costume party where his dracula outfit is a perfect counterpoint to his hangdog expression as he gets the push.

The girls are all beautiful, the boys handsome but mildly pathetic, which is just about right for the movie. The characters are a little forced but they aren't overdone, so they work. We have a girl who is sleeping her way to a career, her slightly manic compulsive friend who can't get her life toghether after being dumped and their more frumpy but wild mad hatter alternative friend. Does that sound a bit like Rachel, Monica and Phoebe from friends?

The guys are a science freak who is desperate to be married, a workaholic lawyer who's girlfriend dumped him for another girl, and the disenchanted lawyer who becomes a taxi driver and novelist. There are bound to be similarities drawn between these and the characters in friends, but they are likely to be forced.

The end of the movie is rounded off nicely with a perfect conjunction of all the disparate elements and characters in a typical Austrialian beach celebration of the New Year.

Excellent, well worth a look. ... Read more

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Bryan Brown (F/X, Breaker Morant) stars in this powerful and provocative thriller as a lawman caught in the middle of a racially charged murder mystery. Tensions mount in a small town when an aboriginal prisoner is found dead in his jail cell. The tension heightens when an illicit love affair between an aborigine bootlegger, Tony, and a schoolteacher's white wife is discovered taking place on sacred ground. Later, Tony is found dead and Lorkin (Brown) suspects murder. His investigation leads him down a dangerous path that culminates in an unsettling and unexpected climax. ... Read more

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Touches the living heart
Bryan Brown heads an excellent cast in this tightly-scripted story about a clash between Australian and Aboriginal law. Brown is a "whitefella" torn between his duty as a policeman, and his connection to the land and community. His counterpart (Ernie Dingo) is a "blackfella" with the opposite problem--his aesthetics lie with the mainstream culture, but his heart forces him to stand by aboriginal customs. Behind these two men are a host of other characters, each adding a rich note to the theme of ambivalence connected to life in an outback settlement.
Dingo's final plea for tolerance strikes right to the heart. A wonderful film.

One comment: DVD is not captioned and the complex story can be a bit hard to follow--there were places I had to back up and watch twice to understand the Aboriginal side of the story. It was worth it!

PROVOCATIVE DEPICTION OF THE CLASH OF TWO CULTURES
Made in the Australian outback, this movie depicts the clash of cultures between the Aborigine people and the 'white man.'

Wonderful acting by Bryan Brown as the police officer (Ray)trying to maintain peace and Ernie Dingo as an aborigine preacher who is sometimes caught between the aboriginal 'ways' and the 'white man's ways.'

A murder investigation brings about bitter tension between the two peoples as Ray tries desperately to bring about justice that is fair to both cultures which doesn't always work.

Very good movie. Each time you see it you see something that you didn't the time before.

Powerful depiction of the collision of cultures
A few years ago, when visiting the Australian outback, I met an elderly Aboriginal man who asked me, through an intereter, "Did your parents or grandparents tell you where you come from?" By this, he went on to explain that he meant was I descended from the kangaroo, lizard, emu etc? This is not a question that a European American would easily be able to answer. When I saw this excellent Australian film, it reminded me so much of that encouter, because it depicts the divergence of the Aboriginal and European cultures in Australia. The acting and cinematography are uniformally good.

In a way, "Dead Heart" is a sort of "Mississippi Burning", set in Australia, as it depicts racial intollerance. But in another way, this film is a far more profound examination of the complexity of culture collisions. It would be interesting to view this film together with other films that explore this fascinating theme in Australia...notably Nicolas Roeg's "Walkabout" and Werner Herzog's "Where the Green Ants Dream". Too bad that, to my knowledge, there are no Aboriginal directors creating films that depict their views of all this. Perhaps they are too busy living life than viewing it at a cinema.

INTENSE DRAMA - Very Australian
This movie involves the struggles of two cultures - Aboriginal and white man's - trying to live side by side in a very demanding and unredeeming environment.

It pits the Aboriginal laws against the white man's laws and shows how the officer (Brown) assigned to the post, struggles to integrate the two and keep peace between them, although not always succeeding. Bryan Brown is, as usual, very good.

If you are interested in things Australian and the outback in particular, this is a must see movie. Interesting and informative for everyone else. ... Read more

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If You loved Armageddon...
...Then I would avoid this movie. At least at this price...

I admit I also worked on this film and haven't seen it all the way though. But what I did watch was rather funny. Look for the van that gets destroyed early on in the film... It shows up many times after that. As well as the steering wheels on the wrong side of the cars. Unfortunately (For me) I have worked on worse films ;)

A funny thriller satire on the Armageddon & UFO movies.
I must admit that I was involved with making this movie so this is not an unbiased opinion. It delivers a tongue in cheek thriller which takes on the big disaster movies and America's obsession with UFOs. Tom Wopat and Roxanne Hart were great and the picture delivers a lot of fun.

This film should be subtitled "Not so deep impact"
An Ex-Bomb squad professional finds a series of mysterious and devastating explosions unlike anything he's ever faced and a mayor who insists on keeping everything under wraps until after the annual UFO festival. A must for Tom Wopat fans. ... Read more

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Wow, wasn't expecting a GREAT movie!
I had no idea what this movie was about or anything before I watched it. I didn't even know who James Belushi was before this. Yah, now I know he's the Soprano guy. He's actually the best one out of all of them. Even though, Eliza Dushku is my favourite actress, she's only 15 years old here, so she still has a bit of her childhood left. Meaning, a little more whining then she usually does. Casie Affleck, later to become her ... partner in Soul Survivors, also stars in here as her step-brother. And of course, Halle Berry, who is almost always delivering at least a fine performance. This movie was predictable, but it reminded me of the movies I used to watch as a child, but without the cheesy dogs talking and stuff. So, it was a little more realistic. The Sun, is a motorized-vehicle that they built for a science project. Turns out, they race in Hawaii and win so they head off to Australia to compete for the championships. It's a really fun movie and I do plan on buying this if I find it. This movie is one of the best I've ever seen, I love it!! TWO THUMBS UP!!

A great movie about accomplishing your dreams
This movie is about a hopeless group of high school kids whocan't seem to do anything right until a new teacher comes to theschool and wants them to be in the science fair. They get an idea to build a solar-powered car to race in the big solar-powered car race which is in Hawaii, where they live. And when they win this race, they go on to the championship race in Austraila where they compete in a six-day car race with other top solar-powered cars around the world and they find out that they can accomplish their dreams. Oh yeah, and Casey's character (Daniel) becomes captain of the team because he designed the car. (Daniel's a terrific artist). It's a fun movie to watch and to see all the troubles that the kids face in this movie. And of course, every movie has to have comedy and romance....and this movie has a lot of both! I'm a teenager (16), by the way and I recommend this movie to anybody. It's a really great and mad funny film! END

a extraordinary movie
this movie was the greatest movie considering it took place in a small island. this shows that it dosen't matter where you are from but it shows how much time and effort you put into something and you really have to want it to win! This movie is great for educational reasons and is very good. I recommend it to anyone! (ps it has J.Moki Cho in it along with halle berry)

We watched this for science class...and wow!
Wow, we just watched this today in science and I was amazed. This movie is really entertaining, with a cast of some major actors to back it up (Jim Belushi, Halle Berry and Casey Affleck who is Ben Affleck's younger brother). The story is really inspirational. Based on a true story, it follows a group of high school students who come together in detention class. Things happen in the beginning, giving these kids the motivation to build a solar car and race in the world championships. After overcoming many obstacles, the team eventually makes it into the big games.
Here's where things get interesting, as we look into each character's personality. For instance, we have the stereotypical fat guy whom no one would expect to fit into a car, let alone race. Then there's the troubled girl with the alcohol problem, who gets disqualified from the races. Next comes the nerdy girl, who finds love in interestig places.
Jim Belushi and Halle Berry once again prove how good they truly are in this wonderful movie (based on a true story). I hope everybody watches this because it is really exceptional.

the best movie
I loved this movie, I thought it was brilliantly done and the drama mixed with the comidy I thought was amazing. This is a must see movie. ... Read more

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Excellent Aussie Movie
Great movie, but I'm probably a bit partial to Aussie movies, being Australian myself. I first seen it when it was shown on TV here in Australia, loved it then, love it even more on dvd. Can't get a lot of Aussie movies on dvd here down under. Most of mine I've bought from America. What a surprise when I come across this little gem. Rebecca Gibney what can I say about her, she is the best Aussie Actress around. If you like a thriller/scary movie you'll love this based in Sydney in the Rocks.

Was ok-could have been better...
This is a pretty fair horror movie. When you see the whole thing you look back and see so many places where it could have been so much better. The components where all there but instead of capitalizing on them, the director seemed to look for a way to tie the loose ends up quickly. Also it dragged in places particularly in the middle and lacked for deeper performances by the actors. Otherwise it is a fair movie with some good twists and turns.

Terrific Sinister Horror movie
I've been waiting three years for 13 GANTRY ROW to be released in the U.S.This is a very classy and sinister movie.Two newlyweds move into a large house where strange things begin to happen.Sound boringly familiar?,not a chance.Among other things,they notice a strange small stain on the living room wall.Gradually,the stain starts to take the shape of a man.I can't give anything away here.Former SPIDERMAN star Nicholas Hammond stars in this superb horror movie.13 GANTRY ROW is a very well acted horror movie that I highly recommend. ... Read more

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Excellent Aussie Movie
Great movie, but I'm probably a bit partial to Aussie movies, being Australian myself. I first seen it when it was shown on TV here in Australia, loved it then, love it even more on dvd. Can't get a lot of Aussie movies on dvd here down under. Most of mine I've bought from America. What a surprise when I come across this little gem. Rebecca Gibney what can I say about her, she is the best Aussie Actress around. If you like a thriller/scary movie you'll love this based in Sydney in the Rocks.

Was ok-could have been better...
This is a pretty fair horror movie. When you see the whole thing you look back and see so many places where it could have been so much better. The components where all there but instead of capitalizing on them, the director seemed to look for a way to tie the loose ends up quickly. Also it dragged in places particularly in the middle and lacked for deeper performances by the actors. Otherwise it is a fair movie with some good twists and turns.

Terrific Sinister Horror movie
I've been waiting three years for 13 GANTRY ROW to be released in the U.S.This is a very classy and sinister movie.Two newlyweds move into a large house where strange things begin to happen.Sound boringly familiar?,not a chance.Among other things,they notice a strange small stain on the living room wall.Gradually,the stain starts to take the shape of a man.I can't give anything away here.Former SPIDERMAN star Nicholas Hammond stars in this superb horror movie.13 GANTRY ROW is a very well acted horror movie that I highly recommend. ... Read more

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Mind Candy Suspended in theTrojan Horse Position
It is not a great movie, but is very likable. This movie is the perfect answer to wanting some spicy mind candy. It is funny and just sentimental enough with a little edge. It has some really funny and whimsical erotic scenes in the mind's eye of the challenged young writer of purple prose. Gia Carides (Strictly Ballroom) needs better representation in the States because she has a great knack for comedy, and we should see her more often. Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana) is handsome, dashing and appropriately a jerk and even quite silly. The rest of the cast is subtle and plays this seemingly unlikely story with wonderful, fanciful credibility. This is a fun and very original movie!!!

Cute! Strange, but cute!
I didn't quite know what to make of this movie when I first saw it. Finally, after thinking about it for a while, I decided that I liked it. It was quite funny in parts.

A withdrawn, reclusive erotic romance writer meets suave and handsome jeweler Eddie ( played by Anthony LaPaglia). She at first rejects him, because she's shy about her handicap -- she's had to use leg braces, thanks to a childhood case of polio. Later, she meets up with him again, (or rather, chases after him) after she breaks her leg in a freak accident. With her leg in a cast instead of a brace, everyone (including Eddie) assumes that she had a skiing accident. And she lets them continue to assume that, keeping her handicap a secret.

Of course true love finds a way in the end, but there are many adventures along the way-- jewel thievery, an undisclosed girlfriend, a Russian policeman, and more! Plenty of twists and turns appear in the story.

This movie definitely goes for the surprises -- a "romantic" scene can suddenly turn into something else entirely! I confess there were a few times that I was thinking, "No way! This is some sort of bizarre dream sequence! This isn't what is supposed to happen!" But it *does* happen. And somehow, it works.

It's a pretty sweet film, in a weird, bizarre way. And I decided that I liked it.

Absolutely charming, romantic, and unforgettable movie.
I don't want to give away too much of the plot in this absolutely charming movie. I highly recommend it. Paperback Romance is a different type of love story. It made me laugh and touched me at the same time. I didn't want it to end. I eagerly await it's release on video; this one's a keeper. Anthony La Paglia was brilliant as well as Gia Carides

See It!!!
This is such a great movie. I watch EVERYTHING Anthony LaPaglia's in that I can find because he is such a great actor. The movie has an original storyline and humorous moments. See it soon.

Real-life portrayal of the "challenged" female
I almost passed the movie up because of the title--being a sophisticated woman I pass up anything associated with romance novels; however when I read the synopsis I didn't want to miss it! It is all things, hilarious, philosophical, romantic, sardonic, and liberating. It is a must-see for all females with any type of handicapping condition as I have, in real life, lived so many of the scenes. For instance, when the heroine is perceived as bodily injured because of a skiing accident she is considered intelligent, and very much the avant garde female; however when the same female is perceived as bodily injured by birth defect she is considered pitiful, worthy of lecherous invitations by old men who think she is available by necessity. What a sweet movie and one I want all my friends to see so that they may, for the first time, truly know what it feels like to be "crippled" in our society!! But, even without the educational factor for understanding a "handicapping" physical deformity on the female of the species, it is a wonderful film in its own right by its characterization, by his humor, by its hope for the human race. ... Read more