Peter Travers is ready for a fresh start, but the first movie from a major studio in 2009 is ... Bride Wars, a film that makes 27 Dresses look like Citizen Kane. Could this horrific bomb actually hinder Anne Hathaway's chances of scoring an Oscar nod for her excellent performance in Rachel Getting Married? Don't we think it's just a bit insensitive to have two onscreen brides squabbling over an opulent wedding during a time of recession? And thus the Scumbucket has its first flick of 2009.
Fortunately, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino is opening wide this weekend, as is Steven Soderbergh's Che. The nearly five-hour epic about Che Guevara starring Benicio del Toro focuses on the Cuban and Bolivian revolutions, and boasts del Toro's best performance since Traffic.
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For Travers' complete reviews of these films, click here:
• Bride Wars (No Stars)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg, Candice Bergen; Directed by: Gary Winick
• Gran Torino (Three and a Half Stars)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Bee Vang, Brian Haley; Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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Daniela | January 31, 2009 3:34 PM
I normally appreciate and agree with your taste in movies. I subscribe to the podcast and look forward to your sometimes humorous take on American cinema. However, I have to take offense at your characterization of women who all want to see "chick flicks" and have no interest in quality and artistic films like Che. Not all of us enjoy vapid shallow drivel like Bride Wars.