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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
In my romanticized version of Europe, after I've eaten ravioli in Roma, and sipped cappuccinos at a stand-up cafe, then I will stroll along the Seine and stop at booksellers with used treasures they sell along the river. In my romanticized version of Europe, the French and the Germans and the Albanians, they all drink good wine and smoke Gauloises at will. They eat thin slices of excellent cheese and talk about interesting things and deep things and not what they watched last night on TV. They talk about politics and paintings, they discuss books and don't care what Oprah thinks. The men read fiction and care about it. The women dress well but are also smart as hell. Together the men and… Read more
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1. Because Andre has angst (he has always hated tennis, since the very beginning - see point 4), and angst is interesting. Agassi doesn't ever skimp on the fast food binging, drug doing, getting love wronging details; 2. Because at heart this is a love story. And Andre, for wife and the school he set up for underprivileged kids, has a hell of a big heart; 3. Because like in any great book (fiction or non) you CARE about the characters. And really, who gives a crap about a meat-head musclebound trainer named Gil? Me. You fall in love with Andre Agassi's physical trainer the way you fall in love with Mickey, Rocky Balboa's trainer. Hint: it has to do with loyalty;… Read more
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1. It co-stars: a) Robert Downey Jr. b) Tobey Maguire c) Katie Holmes d) Frances McDormand (who makes more out of her 11 minutes of screen time here than Josh Hartnett has managed in his entire career) 2. Playing way, way, way, against type Michael Douglas is Grady Tripp, a professor who smokes dope, wears bad glasses, and occasionally dresses in a pink women's gown 3. It was written by Steve Kloves, the guy who wrote & directed "The Fabulous Baker Boys" 4. It features the immortal line: "I never forget an Oola" 5. Almost a decade later and I'm writing about a movie that couldn't break 20million at the box office… Read more
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