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May Come, but this fact isn’t en
tirely the director’s fault. What
Dreams May Come was written
for film by Ron Bass, adapted
from the Richard Matheson novel.
Ttying to cram the afterlife into a
two hour movie cannot be an
easy feat.
Chris Nielson (Williams) is a
doctor who is killed at the scene
of an automobile accident by a
runaway car. His voyage into
death and the beyond is shown as
a transition he has to accept along
with the fact he cannot be with
his wife and soulmate Annie
(Annabella Sciorra).
The film takes the audience on
a visual journey through heaven
and hell, but only lightly touches
on the theology of eternal exis
tence after physical life. What
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Dreams May Come is more a love
story than anything else, using
the afterlife as a backdrop. Heav
en and hell are portrayed right
along the lines of popular Christ
ian beliefs and Dante’s Inferno.
Not since Bill and Ted’s Bogus
Journey has Hollywood put so
much creative effort in portraying
the afterlife.
What Dreams May Come tries
to tap every bit of the audience’s
emotions, but not much depth is
given to the deepest subject that
ever existed and the film ends up
boiling down to one thing — an
$80 million art film. (Grade: B +)
— Kyle Whitacre
A Night At The Roxbury
Starring Will Ferrell and
Chris Kattan
Directed by
John Fortenberry
Rated PG-1 3
Playing at Hollywood 1 6
If looking for a good laugh, A
Night At The Roxbury is the
movie for audiences.
The movie revolves around the
lives of Steve (Ferrell) and Doug
Butabi (Kattan), two brothers
who spend their nights club hop
ping and their days working in
their father’s silk flower shop.
The movie focuses on Steve
and Doug trying to get into the
Roxbury, the top club in Los An
geles.
Meanwhile, the Butabi broth
er’s father (Dan Hedaya) is trying
to get Steve to marry their neigh
bor Emily (Molly Shannon), so
they can combine their families’
stores to form the world’s first
plant/lamp store.
The plot is predictable and
the acting is average, but the
laughs are real and there are
plenty of them.
Audiences should enjoy
grooving to music from their
childhoods and watching Ferrell
and Kattan attempt to “score”
with pick-up lines that went out
of style 10 years ago. Ferrell and
Kattan show their “Saturday
Night Live” roots as they poke
fun at Jerry Maguire and various
other movies.
If audiences leave their brains
at the door and do not expect
much, they will not be disap
pointed. If audiences would
rather spend 90 minutes of their
lives doing something construc
tive, this movie is not worth view
ing. (Grade: D)
— Michael Taglienti
PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan star
as the Butabi brothers in A Night
at the Roxbury.
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Z (Woody Allen) tries out some new dance moves on his partner not
realizing she is Princess Bala in the romantic comedy adventure Antz.
Antz
Starring Woody Allen and
Sharon Stone
Directed by Eric Darnell
and Tim Johnson
Rated PG
Showing at Hollywood 1 6
Antz may be an animated fea
ture, but audiences shouldn’t be
fooled into thinking the movie is
kid’s stuff.
Underneath the animated ex
terior is a storyline that will
have even the most “mature”
viewer laughing and cheering
for Z, the worker ant-turned-
hero of the movie.
Z (Allen) is a worker ant who
is tired of following orders.
After meeting Princess Bala
(Stone) in a bar, Z’s whole life
changes as he attempts to win
the ant he loves.
For a colony of insects, the
ants seem very human-like in
not only their personalities, but
also their images.
It is obvious that each charac
ter was modeled after the actor
who provides its voice.
What is most striking is the
handling of delicate topics such
as war, which is portrayed in its
stark reality.
Antz, however, is above all a
romantic comedy. And it defi
nitely hits the mark. (Grade: A)
see Movie Reviews on Page 5.
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