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Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Beauty is over-rated

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At one point Patrick Wilson's Brad tells Kate Winslet's Sarah "that beauty is overrated, something that, as the narrator notes, only someone secure in his own beauty would say. He may nonetheless be right. But in too many recent movies intelligence is woefully undervalued, and it is this quality -- even more than its considerable beauty -- that distinguishes Little Children from its peers." -- N.Y. Times critic A.O. Scott in his review of Little Children.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 29, 2006 at 03:50 PM

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Dixon Steele says ...

Finally saw the trailer for this last PM. The movie seems good, but manages the unfortunate trick of making Jennifer Connelly look unappealing.

Although that may be intentional...

Posted by Dixon Steele at October 1, 2006 10:13 AM

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CamilleD says ...

The New York Times copped out on this one- or is it they don't really have the balls to dare to take the high ground on Little Children's actual content? The love story between Winslett and Wilson is erotic and dreamy- you can't take your eyes off their gorgeous bodies and wistful glances- but juxtapositioned against Haley's child molester? We are forced to watch a young girl's horror, trapped in a car and her life threatened by him, as he forces her to watch him jerk off in front of her. This scene is so bleak, so repulsive and so insidious that it makes you feel like getting sick. A.O. Scott is a pussy for not stepping up to the plate and telling us what really to expect from this film- shot and acted beautifully- and repulsive as a movie going experience.

Posted by CamilleD at October 2, 2006 02:05 AM