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Old School (2003)
Silly fun
If you don't try to dig too deep, or look for things like character development, this can be a very fun film. It's not meant to be a serious film, but at 92 minutes of fun, it hits the mark. Will Ferrell steals the show! Recommended.
Dogma (1999)
Film school must end one day
Hopefully, Kevin Smith will start making films about somewhat real people, instead of populating his films with film school students whom you can't stand to be around. I guess there's no point to asking if he can address topics with more than a screed delivered by Matt Damon. I see no difference between this and Clerks, except for maybe how much money Damon and Affleck ponied up for this picture. Good luck Smith, maybe you'll end up with more than a footnote in the annals of film.
Better Than Chocolate (1999)
Phew, what a stinker!
Poor "screwball" lesbian comedy. Stereotypical characters ( demure effeminate lead who's not out of the closet, butch bohemian artist she falls in love with, mother who doesn't get liberated until she encounters a vibrator, and everyone's white ), no laugh-out-loud moments, no character development to really care about. Doesn't even approach Blake Edwards in his "S.O.B." years, and that's saying something. Naturally, it's only the gay or trans-gendered characters who are "normal". None of the straight characters ( except for the younger brother, a high-school kid ) can accept what's going on. Oh, for the day when a gay character or characters can populate a movie or sitcom, and they're not constantly cracking jokes about their being gay, or being made fun of, but can just behave like everyday people. THAT would be a ground-breaking development.