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Review: And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (** 1/2)
AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 Claude Lelouch's AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is two movies wrapped into one. In the first, Jeremy Irons brilliantly portrays Valentin Valentin, an aging jewel thief and con artist extraordinaire, who pulls off some wonderfully inventive scams against exclusive jewelry stores. These sequences are punctuated by some dreamy musical numbers featuring Patricia Kaas as lounge singer Jane Lester. The second, which takes the vast majority of time, plays like a New Age meditation on life with Valentin and Jane wandering through Moroccan desserts and hotels in search of lost memories and of his and her CAT scans to find why they lost them. Other than the heists and the songs, the only thing memorable about the movie is an interchange between Valentin and his previous girlfriend, who had been with him for seven years. She asks him if he had been faithful. "Often," he replies without batting an eye. With a pair of scissors, I could easily make a very good movie out of AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, one that is at least a half hour shorter. Wait for video when you can hit the fast forward button whenever the movie goes into neutral. AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN runs a long 2:06. The film is in French with English subtitles and in English. It is rated PG-13 for "momentary language" and would be acceptable for any kid old enough to be able to read subtitles. The film opens nationwide in the United States on Friday, August 15, 2003. In the Silicon Valley, it will be showing at the Camera Cinemas. Web: http://www.InternetReviews.com Email: ************************************************** ********************* Want free reviews and weekly movie and video recommendations via Email? Just send me a letter with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. |
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