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Jennifer Jason Leigh Movies
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Catherine Keener,
Sadie Goldstein,
Tom Noonan,
Peter Friedman,
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It's virtually impossible to summarize my feelings on "Synecdoche, New
York." This astonishing brain teaser from the mind of Charlie Kaufman
affected me deeply, probably more than any film I've yet seen this
year. I can't say it's necessarily enjoyable, because it's full of
uncomfortable, brave truths about what it means to be human, and it
goes places most ...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Zane Pais,
Susan Blackwell,
Nicole Kidman,
Jack Black,
Flora Cross,
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I just saw Margot at the Wedding at the Telluride Film Festival. My
first reaction was that I liked it, but not as much as The Squid and
the Whale. My friends and I started talking about it afterwards though
and we ended up staying up nearly all night talking about it. It has
some funny moments but it is DEFINITELY not a true comedy. It is one of
darkest films I've seen in ...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Adrien Brody,
Keira Knightley,
Kris Kristofferson,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Kelly Lynch,
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Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) is pronounced dead during the Gulf War.
Moments later, he shows signs of life again. He's discharged and tries
to get back to his normal life in Vermont. But he had a severe head
injury, he had amnesia for awhile, and he has periodic blackouts and
maybe hallucinations. When he winds up being blamed for a serious
crime, he is sent to a psychiatric pris...
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Genres:
Mystery
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Christian Bale,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón,
John Sharian,
Michael Ironside,
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There are many good things about The Machinist that are well deserving
of praise. The very atmospheric nature of the film is supported very
strongly by excellent performances all around. Christian Bale takes
things to the extreme in his embodiment of his character. It is hard to
take seeing him in his near-starvation body mass, which elevates the
tension of this piece even furt...
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Genres:
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Christian Bale,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón,
John Sharian,
Michael Ironside,
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There are many good things about The Machinist that are well deserving
of praise. The very atmospheric nature of the film is supported very
strongly by excellent performances all around. Christian Bale takes
things to the extreme in his embodiment of his character. It is hard to
take seeing him in his near-starvation body mass, which elevates the
tension of this piece even furt...
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Genres:
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
Starring:
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Meg Ryan,
Micheal Nuccio,
Allison Nega,
Dominick Aries,
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Deary me, some people get upset when a film isn't what they want it to be,
don't they? How dare the film be what the film-makers set out to make,
instead of what someone's narrow expectations dictate it should b?Fancy In the Cut being gritty, seamy, sexy and deeply disturbing ... just
like all the publicity (and the rating) warned us it would be. What a
shock. How did the people e...
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Genres:
Adventure
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Tyler Hoechlin,
Rob Maxey,
Paul Newman,
Liam Aiken,
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Road to Perdition, a movie undeservedly overlooked at that year Oscars
is the second work of Sam Mendes (and in my opinion his best work), a
director who three years before won Oscar for his widely acclaimed but
controversial American Beauty. This is a terrific movie, and at the
same time ultimately poignant and sad.It's a story of a relatively wealthy and happy family from outward...
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Genres:
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Starring:
Spencer Klein,
Francesca Smith,
Jamil Walker Smith,
Dan Castellaneta,
Tress MacNeille,
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i haven't see the show that this cartoon is based on,so i can't compare
it to that.as a standalone movie,though,i thought it was pretty good.i
liked the characters and their quirks.the story was full of intrigue
and suspense.yes,i said it suspense,even though it's a cartoon.the
movie also moves along at a decent clip.there are a lot of pop cultural
references,some m...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Starring:
Brenda Bakke,
Dennis Bendersky,
Sergei Bodrov Jr.,
John Bradford Pagano,
Kevin Brief,
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Once again I am a little confused by the websites 'plot outline' and
many of the other comments.This film seemed to me to be very little about the relationship between
mother and son (only one important scene where the mob boss reproached
his mother for being a drunk all his life), and more about a great
number of other things. Sibling rivalry, the decadence that accompanies
a ...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Drew Barrymore,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Mischa Barton,
Bug Hall,
Brad Renfro,
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After seeing Skipped Parts, and reading all the user reviews, I see why so
many are repelled by the movie, but I'm one of the ones fascinated by it.
In
order to care about a movie, I have to care about at least one character,
and in this movie, it definitely was the case, with the Sam Callahan young
male part. Although it's true that hardly anyone went through what Sam and
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Genres:
Adventure
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Jude Law,
Ian Holm,
Willem Dafoe,
Don McKellar,
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I feel compelled to speak up for this film against the spoilt ravings of the
it-said-it-was-like-the-Matrix-but-I-didn't-see-any-cool-computer-graphics-a
nywhere crowd that have dominated these pages.There seem to be two schools of thought on the use of special effects in
movies. The prevalent theory - depressingly common among film goers and
film-makers alike - seems to be that a...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Jessica Lange,
Jason Robards,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Colin Firth,
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When I found out that Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, and Jason Robards were teaming for a film based on a Pulitzer-Prize
winning novel, I went out and read the book immediately. "A Thousand Acres"
was one of the best reading experiences of my life, and while the film
couldn't capture the book in its entirety (no film could, unless it were six
hours lon...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Jessica Lange,
Jason Robards,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Colin Firth,
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When I found out that Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, and Jason Robards were teaming for a film based on a Pulitzer-Prize
winning novel, I went out and read the book immediately. "A Thousand Acres"
was one of the best reading experiences of my life, and while the film
couldn't capture the book in its entirety (no film could, unless it were six
hours lon...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Kathy Bates,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Judy Parfitt,
Christopher Plummer,
David Strathairn,
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I first saw "Dolores Claiborne" when it came out in 1995 and have seen
it again some 3 or 4 times since, a practice I dedicate only to
"certified" masterpieces. At first, I couldn't figure out why I kept
revisiting "D.C." when it showed up on cable - it's not a cinematic
wonder or a work of art (something it doesn't strive to be, by the
way), not even a story that y...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Starring:
Tim Robbins,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Paul Newman,
Charles Durning,
John Mahoney,
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Another fascinating piece from the Coen Brothers, 'The Hudsucker Proxy'
is an homage to the films of the 1930s. From the grey faux-Gothic
cityscape to the over-the-top acting and rapid fire dialogue to the
subdued colors to the stark sets, this film hearkens back to an earlier
era of films. The plot is simple enough. When company president Waring Hudsucker
commits suicide, the ...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Andie MacDowell,
Bruce Davison,
Tim Robbins,
Chris Penn,
Anne Archer,
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Genres:
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Bridget Fonda,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Steven Weber,
Peter Friedman,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
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I have never seen such trite in my life! The film, has no solid
storyline and is amazingly awful. Bridget Fonda is gorgeous but i think
this film totally undermined her, her acting performances were not
projected as like a true actors would and god! It is just RUBBISH! The
way the brunette woman killed Bridget Fonda's fianc...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Starring:
Jason Patric,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Sam Elliott,
Max Perlich,
Gregg Allman,
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I watched this only because Sam Elliott was in it, expecting little from
Patric & Leigh, whom I looked upon as TV-quality lightweights. I was quite
wrong -- both can act with great strength when given a quality script (a
rare item in Hollywood). This is an intense, driven tale about undercover
cops firmly entangled in the drug underworld, with the criminal activity
and
hy...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Kurt Russell,
William Baldwin,
Robert De Niro,
Donald Sutherland,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
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Ron Howard did a wonderful job of bringing some of the real-life problems
that firefighters face everyday in Backdraft. I'm kind of tired of
hearing
the Monday morning quarterbacks on this site trying to talk about how bad
it
was and that it wasn't realistic, etc. Take it from a REAL firefighter
who
has lost brothers in REAL fires and has lived through a REAL backdraf...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Kevin Bacon,
Emily Longstreth,
J.T. Walsh,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Michael McKean,
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THE BIG PICTURE is a breezy satire of the movie business from the mind of
writer/director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND). It tells
the story of Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), a young film director who gets put
through the Hollywood wringer. Studio executives, agents, and starlets all
prey on Nick's naivete and he eventually sells out, neglecting his
girlfriend a...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Stephen Lang,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Burt Young,
Peter Dobson,
Jerry Orbach,
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Did you ever notice that if you were to show a film to after dinner
friends, all too often what you bring out is a work that might not make
a list of your personal top ten favorite movies? This is one of those
films. Very postwar early 50's, but a 1950's Donna Reed would have been
lost in. It truly is the opposite of Pleasantville.Hubert Selby's dark vision of the common man is wov...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Rutger Hauer,
C. Thomas Howell,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Jeffrey DeMunn,
John M. Jackson,
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The Hitcher is a marvelous thriller and Rutger Hauer is truly scary as
hell. He is undoubtedly one of the best villains in cinematic history.
The game that Hauer and C. Thomas Howell play out makes for a great way
to spend an hour and a half of your life. You can't help but feel sorry
for Howell as he can never escape the madman. Hauer has zero motive and
that makes him all the...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Drama
Starring:
Rutger Hauer,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Tom Burlinson,
Jack Thompson,
Fernando Hilbeck,
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In 1501, in the Western Europe, in a period when the black plague is
jeopardizing the populations, an army of mercenary peasants leaded by
Martin (Rutger Hauer) fights side-by-side with the noble Arnolfini
(Fernando Hilbeck) to retrieve his castle, with the promise of a huge
reward. However, the band is betrayed by Arnolfini, and decides to pay
him back, assaulting and stealing...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Rodney Dangerfield,
Joe Pesci,
Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Candice Azzara,
Val Avery,
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The funniest film I have ever seen (29 viewings and counting)! Rodney's
overall lifestyle as a married with two daughters Staten Island baby
photographer who happens to drink, gamble, go to strip bars and get
late night diner food with his best pal Nicky Marino (played by Oscar
winner Joe Pesci), is unlike anything I've seen before and since. His
struggles to live without his v...
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Genres:
Comedy
Music
Romance
Drama
Starring:
Sean Penn,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Judge Reinhold,
Robert Romanus,
Brian Backer,
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All throughout the decade of pencil-thin neckties and Pat Benatar look-alikes,
various films came along that served to embody the times. "Valley
Girl" (which introduced us to Nicholas Cage) and "Secret Admirer" were just
a drop in the proverbial bucket. Amy Heckerling's "Fast Times at Ridgemont
High" was the textbook definition of life as a teenager in the eighties and
r...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Lauren Tewes,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
John DiSanti,
Peter DuPre,
Gwen Lewis,
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Surprisingly decent entry in the slasher-flick genre has attractive,
spunky Lauren Tewes (here on loan from TV's "The Love Boat", and doing
excellent work besides) playing crack reporter hunting down a serial
killer of women. Jennifer Jason Leigh, with her thick crop of hair and
pale skin, is luminous in her film-debut as Tewes' deaf-mute-and-blind
sister (her sequence ...
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