Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins,
…
Review:
Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there,
Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell
and John C. Reilly. They riffed on the baby Jesus in Talladega
Nights. Now they’re goofing on grown men who stay babies. Are
you ready to see Ferrell rub his hairy […]

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