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As always, critics applaud Sayles' heartfelt liberalism and choice of offbeat subjects, which make him the "most restlessly independent independent filmmaker" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). But most critics say he "doesn't have a filmmaker's instinct" (Amy Taubin, the Village Voice ). Except in Lone Star , they say, Sayles' dialogue is stilted and his cinematography drab.
Here I'm thinking of Mark Lindquist in the Times Book Review ("while Ethan Coen [qua screenwriter] isn't quite as stylish with language as his brother is with a camera, he does have a distinctive voice and an offbeat worldview") or Renee Graham in the Boston Globe ("As with his films, his failures are often almost as interesting as other writers' successes."
Variety 's Dan Cox forecasts fewer action flicks and "more offbeat weepies than usual."
An article chronicles the aborted return of offbeat television.
Excellent coverage all around for this offbeat Gulf War adventure-drama directed by David O. Russell ( Flirting With Disaster ). The "blisteringly funny" story of a group of soldiers who plot to steal hidden Iraqi bullion "works both as a rousing action adventure movie and as a subversion of the genre" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). The stars, George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg, and Spike Jonze, all give excellent turns, but the director is universally singled out: He has created "some kind of weird masterpiece" that "sings with the exhilaration of pure filmmaking" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Strangely enough, the one negative review comes from the New York Times ' usually chipper Janet Maslin, who complains that the wacky camera style and tricks with film stock are "inadvertently distracting" and that the film doesn't pick up speed until the second half, when it's "too little, too late."
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