★ 8 / 10
I've been through Jerome many times. It was
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I've been through Jerome many times. It was so nice to see it brought back to life! Lovely, subtle tale, too.
I've been through Jerome many times. It was so nice to see it brought back to life! Lovely, subtle tale, too.
★ 1 / 10
The Brothel (Amy Waddell, 2008) There is really
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The Brothel (Amy Waddell, 2008) There is really no tactful way to say this, so: Brothel (which may or may not have a The in front of it depending on which…
The Brothel (Amy Waddell, 2008)
There is really no tactful way to say this, so: Brothel (which may or may not have a The in front of it depending on which website you look at) is an unforgivably bad film, a Hallmark Original Movie with added profanity and nudity, but with the same new-age-inspirational-claptrap feel to it that gets the panties of the Hallmark Channel execs wet every time they encounter it in a bad DTV movie. I expect, if they can find a way to excise the things from it you can't show on TV, you'll be able to see it there relatively soon.
Plot: For reasons unknown to you at the beginning of the film (they are part of the great mystery of the thing), Julianne (Serena Scott Thomas, younger sister of Kristin) is interested in getting away from her previous life as a wedding/party planner, buying an old brothel in Jerone, Arizona, and turning it into a bed and breakfast. She soon finds that the place is haunted by the ghosts of its last madam (The People Under the Stairs' Grace Zabriskie) and some of her girls, leading to long sequences of tearful dialogue as everyone works through their problems, ghost and human alike.
There's a minor romance subplot, some thriller stuff, but in general, indistinguishable from your typical Hall-Time Original Production, right down to having the relatives of more famous actors hanging around (Whip Hubley, Season's younger brother, pops up as well). And all of it probably could have been done correctly, or at least half-decently, if Waddell (turning in her first, and as of this writing last, feature) had been able to decide what kind of movie she wanted to make. Is it a Life-Mark Original or an erotic thriller? A ghost story or a romance? A drama or a horror film? We have any number of examples of movies that crossed over well, but when it comes to making over a room, there's a way to mix Louis XIV and Roy Eames and make it look right, and a thousand ways to do it wrong. Amy Waddell, unfortunately, found herself with the latter. 1/2
★ 10 / 10
Extremely engrossing film. Kept me interested throughout-ever quest...
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Extremely engrossing film. Kept me interested throughout-ever questioning life and death motifs. How do we cope with loss?
Extremely engrossing film. Kept me interested throughout-ever questioning life and death motifs. How do we cope with loss?
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This movie like a music, yu can transfer to travel in river ????????