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Antitrust 2001 |
Review by Jonathan Cornwell |
Directed by Peter Howitt
PG-13, 108 min. (mild violence, profanity) |
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Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Tygh Runyan, Ned Bellamy, Douglas McFerran
Producers: Keith Addis, David Nicksay, Nick Wechsler
Screenplay: Howard Franklin
Cinematography: John Bailey
Distributor: MGM
Released: 1.12.01 (Wide) |
Rating:
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You know a movie is in trouble when it lands in the dreaded early January spot as this one did. MGM
obviously wanted nothing to do with this picture and tried to push it off as fast as possible, while
making a little money to cover the expenses of this disaster. What could have been an interesting
story crashes before it even gets started with inept writing and shoddy acting by some well-known
faces.
This movie throws out the basic plot - a genius who signs up to work for the bad guys with the
enticement of riches, then suddenly has a change of heart when he learns who he is working for.
Milo (Ryan Phillippe) is the genius computer programmer and Gary (Tim Robbins) is the bad guy who
runs the evil computer software company. Alice (Claire Forlani) is Milo's girlfriend who is
basically thrown in for eye-candy (probably to soften the blow of such a terrible script).
While Phillipe's performance is forgettable, Robbins is the only character even mildly interesting
in this film. But who really cares anyway, since most people won't get through one sitting of
this picture at all.
This is a shockingly bad movie for director Peter Howitt, who also directed Sliding Doors, a very
good movie that has some intelligence in its script. Maybe this is just a fluke, but Howitt is
definitely better than this. This is a bad movie, bordering on terrible, and just helps confirm
that movies that hit theaters in January are almost a foregone conclusion.
© 2001 Jonathan Cornwell
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 | Masterpiece - Film perfection |
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| Zero | Awful - One of the worst films ever made |
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