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Title: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: bijou on January 26, 2008, 11:01:40 AM
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OK, I’ve told you about some very good new films we saw at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, like “American Teen” and “The Wackness.”

But the worst film, the one that easily rivaled Alan Ball’s “Towelhead” from last fall’s Toronto Fest? “Downloading Nancy,” starring Maria Bello, Jason Patric and Rufus Sewell.

Maria, one of my favorite actresses, plays Nancy. She hires a murderous pen pal on the Internet to come and kill her. (I think it’s because she’s depressed.)

While she’s waiting to be offed by Patric, Nancy self-mutilates with a razor blade. She cuts herself all over the place. Not even her shrink, played by “Judging” Amy Brenneman, can talk her out of it. Nancy’s husband, played by British theater star Sewell, has no luck either.By the time Nancy meets up with Patric’s Louis, she’s cut herself to ribbons and bleeding all over.

When did I walk out, er, escape from the theater? At the point that Louis ties her up in bed. Bello, naked, squirms while Patric cuts her and has sex with her. You can’t imagine all the distributors and journalists I ran into in the lobby. “One woman was crying when she left,” a ticket taker told me.

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link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325457,00.html)

 Top night out! :popcorn:
Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: Lord Undies on January 26, 2008, 11:09:26 AM
"The feel-good movie of the year!"
-The LA Times

"Not since Doris Day and Rock Hudson has the screen be so alive with romance!"
-The Boston Globe

"I saw it twice!"
-Susan Granger, Movie Talk
Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: asdf2231 on January 26, 2008, 12:08:54 PM
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Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: Lord Undies on January 26, 2008, 12:13:44 PM
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 26, 2008, 12:08:54 PM
:picsneeded:

 :evillaugh:

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"Wanna see me cut myself?"
Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: Dixie*Darling on January 26, 2008, 12:15:43 PM
My gawd, what passes for entertainment these days.   :thatsright:
Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: Uhhuh35 on January 26, 2008, 02:46:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Undies on January 26, 2008, 11:09:26 AM
"The feel-good movie of the year!"
-The LA Times
"Not since Doris Day and Rock Hudson has the screen be so alive with romance!"
-The Boston Globe
"I saw it twice!"
-Susan Granger, Movie Talk

Exactly!  :rotf:
Title: Re: Worst Sundance Film: Sex and Self-Mutilation
Post by: jendf on January 26, 2008, 03:01:22 PM
It sounds lovely. :bs: