Movie Review: "Deja Vu"
Note: No spoilers in the following. Well, no major ones, anyway.
We received a pleasant surprise at the movie theater this afternoon, as Denzil Washington's new movie, Deja Vu, turned out to be a smart little sci-fi thriller, instead of the run-of-the-mill police drama we were expecting.
Granted, your enjoyment of this movie requires that you be able to muster massive amounts of credulity, as some of the plot holes were big enough to drive Val Kilmer through (the man has been eating well, to the point of apparently having misplaced his neck). On the other hand, the plot is complicated enough and the screenplay intelligent enough to reward those who are willing to play along. And Washington is, as always, the quite effective glue that holds together what might be an unmanageable mess in less competent hands.
Another strength of the movie is the acting of Adam Goldberg as the scientist who heads up the secret government program that has the potential of allowing police to prevent crimes rather than just solve them.
Deja Vu is one of the more enjoyable movies of the year, employing some unique plot twists that kept us guessing through the very end of the film.
Footlights: We saw the trailer for a movie called Wild Hogs, a "buddy movie" starring John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, and Martin Lawrence as four middle-aged guys who buy Harleys and go on a road trip in a yuppie version of Easy Rider. Marissa Tomei and Ray Liotta also appear in the film. It looked exceedingly funny, and it's due out next March.
I didn't notice any Apple Computers in Deja Vu, but the high-tech Hummer that played a central part in an unnerving chase scene was plastered with the white Apple logo decals that come with every new computer and iPod.
I'm no authority on the subject, but in my book a chick flick has more to do with the subject matter than the cast of characters. The Bridges of Madison County is a chick flick, even if Clint Eastwood plays a main character. Thelma and Louise is not a chick flick, even though its main characters are two, well, chicks.
As far as a male equivalent of chick, well, you're just not thinking very hard. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at December 3, 2006 06:41 PMHmm...I've always considered them both chick flicks. And isn't Thelma & Louise considered one of the defining chick flicks? (Somewhere in my mind I thought it was...but I haven't actually ever seen it, not really liking Susan Sarandon.) What do I know?
Posted by: beth at December 4, 2006 11:44 AMUm, how do you have spoilers in a movie named "Deja Vu?"
:-)
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Is "buddy movie" the male equivalent of "chick flick"? And if so, why doesn't it have some sort of marginally insulting title -- though really, is there a male equivalent of "chick"?
Anyway, the number of movies that come and go without me ever knowing they existed never cease to amaze me. I love my DVR.
Posted by: beth at December 2, 2006 12:28 PM