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Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell—
Choke
—9/26/08
[We] talked about
Harold and Maude
as a tone.
Fisher King
, I brought that up. And then
Alfie
and
Five Easy Pieces
and a few others…We wanted something realistic but funny…moving and emotionally deep.
Martin McDonagh & Sam Rockwell—
Seven Psychopaths
—10/6/12
[McDonagh:] You can never have too much Catholic guilt.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Matchstick Men (2003)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Audiences can be grateful for the unique absurdist dimensions and freewheeling irreverence of Adams, which place the film in its own category of science-fiction comedy.
Joshua (2007)
As the film wears on, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the dry humor from the supposed chills. Consequently,
Joshua
drifts into camp.
Snow Angels (2008)
Choke (2008)
Incorporates Freudian psychodrama, twisted romance, and national satire while giving redemption the Heimlich maneuver.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Entertaining and provocative...a satisfying intellectual bout.
Moon (2009)
Jones has a very interesting existential idea here, and though he frustratingly doesn’t exploit its every possibility, he does give a great actor an opportunity for a tour-de-force performance.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2009)
What can I say about
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
that the title doesn't economically express?
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Showmanship is the order of the day for superhero sequel
Iron Man 2
, though the flash and dazzle distract from plot machinery that’s more than a little clunky.
Conviction (2010)
Conviction
may not much tease the intellect, but one would have to be a rock to be unmoved by the true story’s dramatic arc, well played by Swank and Rockwell.
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Smart enough to work on multiple levels: as a witty salute to masculine '70s cinema...as a deconstruction of same...and as an existential consideration of the role of self-expression in ascribing meaning to life...
Laggies (2014)
While the borderline silly material could easily have sunk like a lead balloon, Shelton and her actors sprinkle enough pixie dust to make
Laggies
fly.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
McDonagh’s admirable shading of ostensible heroes and villains backfires as character inconsistency...Nevertheless,
Three Billboards
wickedly entertains and provokes...
Vice (2018)
As strikingly original in form as Oliver Stone’s
JFK
...infotaining Hollywood history that’s equal parts funny and horrifying in its high-stakes political gamesmanship...
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