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by: henh...@gmail.com - Sun, 16 Apr 2023 20:27 UTC

i thought the Dialogue in this film is excellent... but

iirc, some Brit. people seem to think that Brit. idioms in this movie is a bit off...

--- Any odd speech (lines) for a Londoner?

Surely, those great Brit. actors (Cox, Goode, ...) must have
contributed suggestions, etc.

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i got curious and looked for other film-reviews by Philip French --- and all i could find were his reviews of classic DVD's

=== What recent films did Philip French like?

i like everything (dir.) by C.Nolan, and

everything (dir.) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright

Match Point (2005) by Woody Allen ---- (Are all the male singing voices those of Enrico Caruso ?)

(is Woody Allen a big Opera fan??? ------ Did he get lots of help in choosing those pieces?)

(re: the following Movie-Review) --- Could someone confirm that such a tepid movie-review is rare in American newspapers?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/08/review.features7

>>> The basic problem from the outset is that Allen, so much at home with the mores, pretensions and idioms of his native New York, is an ugly duckling out of water in England.

>>> Many years ago, while being driven round New England by a middle-aged American friend of my parents, I made a feeble joke. My host slapped a hand on my thigh and said: 'And they say the English haven't got a sense of humour.'

>>> Well, this appears to be Allen's view. There is not a single intentionally funny moment in the whole movie and the two local comedians he casts -- (John Fortune as a chauffeur and James Nesbitt as a plainclothes cop) -- aren't given one decent line.

-------------- I'm sure this reviewer is VERY knowledgeable about films... What kind of movie is he thinking of that has great and funny lines (and funny moments)?

--- Maybe he loves [Annie Hall] and [Manhattan],
---- any recent ones that he would have liked ???

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