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Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Eddie Izzard, James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet
From the Cohen brothers and John Turturro comes this twist on the not-so-ordinary tale of adultery and salvation. Nick (James Gandolfini) engages in a torrid extramarital affair with a younger woman, ...( read more
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With a cast like this, I thought "how could you go wrong?".
And there are some truely wonderful scenes featuring most of the big names. In particular Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Elaine Stritch and Aida Turturro did not disappoint on an individual basis. ...( read more)
Pretty much the abused prostitute of a musical. Pretty filthy and ridiculous, and the 'crazy musical numbers' were just something to get through. The only good part was when Christopher Walken stabs a girl and fights cops with a knife while singing and dancing.
To loosely quote Susan Sarandon, James Gandolfini came out of himself in this movie. It's true. This may be the first time I've thought that Gandolfini had anything to give to the screen. Generally an average player at best, he rises to a new level of performance. I would nev...( read more)
You have to respect director John Turturo who's most likely the only guy that can get James (Tony) Gandolfini to sing. Yes the film is uneven and I would have enjoy to have seen more of Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker (By God is she hot.) and ... Mandy Moore (That...( read more)
This movie is best watched without knowin anythin about what anyone has said about it.
The man himself is (almost) nowhere to be seen here and yet this directorial debut screams John Turturro, with its garbage can fire of wonderfully uninhibited creativity. Going from the profound to pure banality and back again with all the grace and flare packed into the actor's ...( read more)
Never liked musicals much, but this one has it. Good music, nice pictures and a bunch of good actors. A bit too long maybe, but you simply get in a good mood watching it.
A bit strange, as expected. but is an interesting story told in an unconventional way. This is why I like John Turturro.
I didn't care enough for the characters to care about the plot and the singing and dancing wasn't interesting enough to compensate. But there were some memorable scenes, Susan Sarandons version of "piece of my heart" was quite powerful, and the acting was great.
