Example sentences for: harrelson

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  • This road-cum-boxing movie starring Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas is both trite and strange: On one hand it "knocks the Rocky tradition on its ear by giving us two boxers to root for in the same match" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ), but despite this departure from convention, it manages to include "an assembly of ancient and familiar prizefight clichés" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Director Ron Shelton ( Bull Durham ) is a veteran of successful sports movies, but this one lacks the "off-the-wall larkiness" of his previous efforts (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ). The film culminates in a gruesome fight between the two stars that leaves several critics bemoaning the confusion over whom to root for; others contend that the scene's emotional conflict works in its favor.

  • Although Woody Harrelson, playing Flynt in the movie, cheerfully describes himself as a scum bag, the movie clearly wants to have it both ways on this, and sanitizes Flynt's life in order to do so.

  • Others praise Harrelson's humorous turn as a dullard and profess surprise that Shue makes such a sexy seductress.

  • On Frasier (NBC, 9 p.m.), Woody Harrelson visits Frasier as Woody Boyd, the lovably dumb bartender from Cheers , but then won't leave.

  • Billy Crudup (as Harrelson's best friend and business partner) is stiff, and Patricia Arquette, playing the object of both their desires, fails to generate the heat her temptress-extraordinaire part requires.


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