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Sean Penn
I Am Sam (2001)
21 Grams (2003)
The Pledge (2001)
Mystic River (2003)
Before Night Falls (2000)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Puts Sean Penn through his actorly paces, which would be enough for most movies, but also intelligently explores the development of a [desperate] man.
The Interpreter (2005)
A second-rate morality play, with red herrings and MacGuffins shoring up a tower of Babel. Do yourself a favor and rent
Death and the Maiden
instead.
The Wild (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Zaillian sells short the faceoff of shrewd old guard and scrappy proletariat by looking away just when the twain meet.
Milk (2008)
That
Milk
is merely excellent and not transcendent should not obscure its importance to popular culture...
What Just Happened (2008)
A scathing insider look at Hollywood...De Niro gives one of his most winning performances of recent years...
Into the Wild (2007)
Penn has managed an impressive achievement that qualifies as a great American film.
Fair Game (2010)
Respectable but rather soggy.
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Has the distinction of including not one, but two of the greatest screen performances of all time...undeniably one of the most gut-churning emotional experiences of 1990s cinema...
The Tree of Life (2011)
[Malick] wants to see so much: people and through people to their souls, the world and through the world to the ineffable, life and death and through them to their meaning. And...he wants to help us to see it all too.
Gangster Squad (2013)
The sheer bulk of talent involved (top-tier technicians and designers included) turns out to be a case of water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Achieves some romantic uplift when Mitty dreams of Cheryl and literally takes flight, but most of the time, the picture strains to make any kind of sense, much less entertain.
State of Grace (1990)
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