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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
(P6-13) Devoted father and salesman
Chris Gardner (Oscar nominee Will
Smith) tinds himself homeless, but
with pluck, moxie and a little luck he
lands on his feet when Dean Witter
offers him a job after an unpaid intern
ship In adapting the real Gardner's life,
Steven Conrad sickeningly reifies most
Americans' belief that the plight of the
homeless can be eradicated through
hard work Ends Thursday (Carmike)
THE QUEEN (PG-13) The Queen is a
royal "West Wing," allowing a glimpse
uehind the throne Golden Globe win
ner Helen Mirren brings all her graceful
control and ice-cold radiance to a
Royal Majesty bungling the sudden
death of constant thorn in her crown,
Diana. Peter Morgan's screenplay
posits what transpired in the private
chambers of the monarchy with a deftly
light comic touch that detracts nothing
from its dark gravity. Nominated for six
Academy Awards. (Beechwood)
THE SAME RIVER TWICE (NR)
2003. Director Robb Moss won two
Best Documentary Awards—one from
the Birmingham Sidewalk Moving
Picture Festival and one from the
Nashville Film Festival—for his sensi
tive portrayal of five former hippies
facing the sobering reality of middle
age. The Same River Twice intertwines
footage from a 1978 trip down the
Colorado River with the realities of
modern adulthood. Also nominated
for the Independent Spirit Awards’
Truer Than Fiction Award and for
Sundance's Grand Jury Prize. Part of
the ACC Library^ iFilms series. Shows
Thursday. 2/8 (ACC Library)
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (R) 1998
The surprise Best Picture winner is a
lovely, smart mix of comedy, romance
and drama Young Will Shakespeare
(Joseph Fiennes) is experiencing a
bit of writer's block when theater fan
Viola (Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow)
sneaks her way onto the stage and
into his heart. The screenplay by Marc
Norman and Tom Stoppard (I highly
recommend his filmed veroion of his
own Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are
Dead) is brilliant Winner of thirteen
Oscar nominations and seven statu
ettes Shows Thursday, 2/8 (Tate)
SMOKIN’ ACES (R) Joe Carnahan's
Narc was one of 2002's most over
looked treasures, but Joe C's hipped
out return to the big screen doesn’t
measure up to his first major feature
When Las Vegas entertainer/ wan
nabe Mafioso Buddy ‘Aces' Israel
(“Entourage’ s Emmy winner Jeremy
Piven) turns stoofie, a million-dollar
bounty is placed on his head—or
more specifically, his heart—and a
bevy of contract killers descend on
the Reno suite where Israel is holed
up with hookers, blow and his own
guilty conscience Carnahan may just
be another Tarantino neophyte, but
he's one of the most talented. His early
dialogue is crisp and witty, and he
clearly and amazingly gets his many
plot plates spinning with at least a
half-dozen narrators. Sadly, Carnahan
mistakenly believes he's made us care
for his cut and paste stereotypes, con
structing too many scenes that require
emotional attachment to be anything
but boring. Suffering from overkill, the
flick's too long by 30 minutes and just
not fun enough Still, Aces is a decent
enough hand to win your money back.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
STOMP THE YARD (PG-13) Stomp
the Yard\o\\(m DJ (Columbus Short)
from underground street dancing in
L A to the beautiful campuses of the
Atlanta University Center. A talented
dancer, DJ soon finds rival fraterni
ties fighting over his skills to ensure
a victory at the national step show
competition. Stomp the Yard may just
be a good old competition movie, but
the choreography's fty and the sur
rounding melodrama not out of step.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (PG-13)
As Harold Crick, an IRS agent who
hears of his impending death from the
English woman narrating his life, Will
Ferrell does a less showy job of being
dramatic than Jim Carrey did in The
Truman Show Amazingly. Ferrell, with
the most reliable delivery in the busi
ness. is as funny as the straight Crick
as he was the demented Ricky Bobby If
only he were a stronger romantic lead
The romance between Crick and pretty
baker Ana Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
feels false Marc Forster over-directs
Fiction with intense inconsistency
Fortunately. Zach Helm’s screenplay
shows the softer side of Being Charlie
Kaufman. You can actually see the
end of his just-intricate-enough maze.
Fiction is no stranger, and a lot better,
than your typical congenial diversion.
(Georgia Square 5); Shows Friday,
2/9-Sunday, 2/11 (Tate)
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (PG)
When a group of kids are stranded in
an airport for Christmas, they naturally
run aiound committing various acts of
violent slapstick. Not much—humor,
plot, sentiment—in Minors appeals
to adults, but this standard Christmas
story is strangely joyous. (Georgia
Square 5)
WHEN THE SEA RISES (NR) 2004
The sixth annual University of Georgia
French Film Festival continues with
Quand la mer monte... Actress and
cowriter/ codirector Yolande Moreau
[Amend) won the Best Actress C6sar
as Irfcne. the middle-aged performer
of a one-woman show who romances
a porter for carnival giants (Wim
Willaert). Winner of the Prix Louis
Delluc for Best First Film. Each of the
festival selections will be introduced
by film professor. Dr. Richard Neupert.
Sponsored by UGA Cinematic Arts and
the Department of Theatre and Film
Studies. Shows Monday. 2/12 (Tate)
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