Romance
Romance
Love, Guaranteed
My worst fears, that this movie would be disappointingly cliche, proved charitable in the wake of this ninety minutes of wasted potential.
The Best Years of Our Lives
This ambitious anthology film about World War II veterans is not just one of the best films on the topic, but one of the all time greats in general.
Legend
The strange, dreamlike quality and campy tone of this fairy tale fantasy will appeal to some, but not to most.
Wuthering Heights
This Gothic romance adaptation offers compelling drama for those who won’t mind the callowness of its main characters, or its more supernatural elements.
The Cat’s Meow
A dull and disappointing stab at telling a salacious “true” story from Hollywood’s early years.
About Time
Airtight internal logic and a deep connection to what it means to be human aid this genre-bending time travel fantasy navigate in, and out of, the structures of a traditional romantic comedy.
Vision Quest
An uneven coming of age story.
Flower Drum Song
This overlooked Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation hits (almost) all the right notes.
The Bodyguard
Great songs, solid premise, disappointing everything else.
Arthur
Charmless and unfunny.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Rough around the edges but with a compelling second half that redeems the picture.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
A 1940s comedy that trades on dated shock and directionless zaniness that was likely cutting edge for its time but is fairly empty for a modern viewer.