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Shallow Hal (2001)
The Farrelly Bro. deal with a topic no one else would
The Farrelly Brother's get credit for dealing with a topic no one else will. The movie loses is focus in parts - is it a comedy? A drama? Yet another shock-value-for-the-masses movie? - but one who is not offended immediately given the topic of the film - even before seeing it - will enjoy it. As far as making statements go, one has to wonder: how would "Shallow Hal" go if it was "Shallow Halle" - the woman is the shallow one lacking on many counts, and the target is - take your pick - George Clooney - in a fat suit? There's only so much film one can get out of this topic - the Farrelly Brother's do an OK job of extracting as much as possible.
Romance (1999)
A sophomoric and carnal view of the world
A sophomoric and carnal view of the world - there is absolutely nothing in this movie worth watching, unless you enjoy pornography or suffer from an uncontrollable urge to gawk at that which is disgusting and unwatchable.
If Catherine Breillat aspired to be deep or far reaching in this creation, she needs a few lessons from Hitchcock: it's the subtle and *unseen* that is profound, not the shocking. This movie is over before it begins, and is helplessly drawn to sex scenes, just like porn, because it truly has nothing else to show. A movie like the "Unbearable Lightness of Being" or "Dangerous Liaisons" are only a few examples in sex topic space that show what a piece of trash "Romance" is.