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Madame movie review: maid up

Wed, Apr 04, 2018
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What starts out as a genial drawing-room satire on class and snobbery soon turns to a sly romantic comedy about the fantasy of romance and the crushing expectations placed on women.

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Youth movie rating: red light

Sun, Feb 28, 2016
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Overwrought nine-tenth-life crisis drama; not even a great cast can create sympathy for the artistic and existential turning points on arty display.

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as predicted, the American ‘Life on Mars’ made me cry

Fri, Oct 10, 2008
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I rewatched the first episode of the British Life on Mars [Amazon U.K.], which I hadn’t seen in a couple of months at least, before I tuned into last night’s debut of the American remake, and I’m both sorry and glad that I did. Glad because it reminded me that I’ll always have the British … more…

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Taxi Driver (review)

Thu, Aug 10, 2000
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Was *Taxi Driver* more disturbing, or less disturbing, before its unpleasant truths shifted into the real world?

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Fairy Tale: A True Story (review)

Mon, Nov 03, 1997
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A charming movie full of great performances with a new-agey undertone that probably offends only me.

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