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Rumpelstiltskin
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • fairy tale turned horror tale!
  • Not so Scary for a Horror Movie
  • Not Scary But Funny!!
  • More like "Rumpled-Crap-Film
  • Decent Horror-Comedy from the director of Leprechaun
Rumpelstiltskin
Starring: Kim Johnston Ulrich , Tommy Blaze , Allyce Beasley , Max Grodénchik , and Vera Lockwood
Director: Mark Jones
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
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ASIN: B00004WM6F
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars fairy tale turned horror tale!.......2006-11-03

the movie rumplestiltskin was, to me, more of a comedy than a horror film! kim johnston ulrich took a classic childrens fable and made it into a decent horror film :) the effects in this movie aren't that great.. and the quality of the film is low but overall it's a good watch for those interested in childrens fables turned horror. if you are interested in such.. maybe you'd like pinnochio's revenge along with this one.

2 out of 5 stars Not so Scary for a Horror Movie.......2006-09-08

Rumpelstiltskin is a movie I recorded off of a paid channel years ago. I only recently sat down and rewatched it. This movie is from the same people that did Leprechaun, (no surprise there), since this movie is about a little deformed creature man.

The movie is about pregnant woman whose husband dies in the line of duty. Sometime has passed since his death and she's had the baby. Now she visits a pawn shop where she finds this unique looking jade and gold statue. She takes the statue home, and finds herself wishing her husband could see his baby. Well, Rumpelstiltskin "grants" her wish, and in return she must now give him her first child. He terrorizes her through the whole movie, and kills the people that gets in his way.

Watching the movie, I noticed there wasn't really any blood in it, and it wasn't all that scary. I found myself getting bored halfway through the movie. I must say that the make up effects on Rumpelstiltskin was pretty realistic looking and creepy. The movie seemed like more of an action movie with a deformed little man as the bad guy, instead of a horror movie.

It wasn't very original either, it reminded me too much of Leprechaun, with a little man terrorizing the characters of the movie untill he gets what he's after, and killing everyone that gets in his way. Same basic plot of Leprechaun, only worse with no blood. It wasn't the worse movie I've seen, but it wasn't all that great, and it didn't creep me out one bit for a horror movie.


3 out of 5 stars Not Scary But Funny!!.......2005-07-23

Rumpelstiltskin is not really a horror movie..its more of a comedy.LOL its a little hunchback riding a harley..yea see wat I mean ...not scary!!So if you like weird and interesting movies...see this!!

NOT SCARY BUT FUNNY!!!

2 out of 5 stars More like "Rumpled-Crap-Film.......2005-05-13

Ha ha ha. Okay, okay, I never even watched the movie. i just wanted to type that, but if it is anything like Leprechaun, then it sucks and I was right.

3 out of 5 stars Decent Horror-Comedy from the director of Leprechaun.......2005-03-20

Mark Jones who directed the 1993 classic "Leprechaun" directed this similar horror-comedy with the title character Rumpelstiltskin who rips a man's eye out and then is turned into a green rock by a witch and then dumped into a river and then the movie starts in L.A. with a cop being shot by a criminal and then his wife and her friend visit an antique shop and then the mom sees the green rock of Rumpelstiltskin and then buys it but then the creature comes alive and then wants her baby and then she runs off with her baby and then the creature follows her and then the fun starts. The movie is basically a rip-off of Leprechaun but instead of a creature wanting a pot of gold the the creature wants a baby. The low-budget is lower than Leprechaun and the special effects by Kevin Yagher(Child's Play 2,Phantom of the Opera(1989),976-EVIL)are decent for a low-budget,the acting was mediocre and the only good acting was by Max Grodenchik who played Rumpelstiltskin. The movie is out-of-print but if you do find it rent it.

Pros:
Good Special Effects/Makeup
Some funny scenes

Cons:
Some bad acting
plot is sometimes poorly written
She Said No
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    She Said No
    Starring: Rae Allen , Becky Ann Baker , Ray Baker , Chance Boyer , and Mariclare Costello
    Director: John Patterson
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    Release Date: 2006-11-16

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    Attraction
    Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends"
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    Attraction
    Starring: Matthew Settle , Tom Everett Scott , Gretchen Mol , Samantha Mathis , and Josh Hutchinson
    Director: Russell DeGrazier
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    ASIN: B00005BCP4
    Release Date: 2001-06-12

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends".......2002-06-18

    ... and along comes ATTRACTION, a tale promising to be about the exploration of four unique friends with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing to the very end.

    Um ... what's the guess here?

    These four "friends" do little more than go about destroying one another's lives. They sleep with one another, spy on one another, try to destroy one another's reputations, etc., etc., etc. ... I think you get the picture. And what's terribly disconcerting is the fact that there's never any motivation provided for them to behave in such a manner. The talent Tom Everett Scott is wasted in a predictable performance that could've been so much more ... the two-faced friend. The lovely Gretchen Mol (wasn't she supposed to be 'the next big thing' in Hollywood a few years back?) is reduced to a sex object. The talented Samantha Mathis is the only character given more than a single dimension; perhaps if the film had spent more time exploring her plight, these 100 minutes might've been worth committing to celluloid.

    The film's only saving grace is the gratuitous, near-full-body nude sequence of the lovely Ms. Mathis. ...

    On a stylistic note, the film's editor "attempted" an artistic stroke by inserting a 'cut' in the middle of select scenes where one friend is speaking with another about behavior. While it's clear that the cuts are intentional, they come off as meaningless tricks, jarringly pulling the viewer out of the film's narrative to the point of asking aloud, "What the hell was that? Did someone just drop the camera?"

    But, even films as bad as ATTRACTION can have some use in society. Perhaps an edited-for-television version should be mandatory viewing for high school students if for no other reason than to display the kind of behavior not desired in public or private.

    4 out of 5 stars Not a blockbuster, but not bad........2002-06-13

    Matthew is a radio show host, giving Dear Abby ideas and advice to a world that does not include himself. He is unable to follow his own advice, as he goes about creepily stalking his ex-girlfriend, watching while she works, sleeping outside of her house in his car, and being a general pain. His ex claims to be afraid of him, and elicits sympathy and protection from his editor. That is, until Matthew finds someone else, a woman that the movie does not make clear whether or not Matthew really is falling in love with her or just using her to get at his ex. In any case, the plot does thicken, and the tide does turn, as his ex-girlfriend finds herself a little jealous of Matthew's new girlfriend. It is a good plot, and it works, especially when Matthew's ex turns up comatose, badly beaten and might die, while Matthew waits in jail, knowing who did this to her but unable to convince anyone after his own behavior shows him to be obsessed with her. Will the ex-girlfriend live to tell who REALLY did this? You find yourself pleasantly enthralled near the end.

    3 out of 5 stars Samantha Mathis does superior work.......2002-04-21

    Spurned by his former lover, Matthew sleeps in his car on her street, annoys her by phone, and creepily watches her do hairstyling at her job. He makes his living as a call-in radio host and a relationship columnist for a local alt-weekly paper, but he can't apply his advice to his own life. Eventually his editor gets involved in this drama, as does an actress who is friends with the hairdresser. There's some mixing and matching of couples, some tension and violence, reminiscent of the Neil Labute film "Your Friends and Neighbors", which had a much more interesting plot.

    But you can fast-forward if a scene annoys you. There's something more important about this movie than writing that occasionally goes off-course, and that thing is the work of Samantha Mathis. Someday she's going to win some major acting awards, and you're going to want to say you saw the thread of intelligent performing that runs through her portrayals.

    What Mathis's character does in this movie is what her previous characters have done so well, and that is to carry on highly believable, organic relationships with other characters. My guess is that when she prepares a scene, she doesn't ask herself how her character would respond to the line that someone else has just spoken; rather, she appears to have mastered the trick of responding TO THAT SOMEONE. When her struggling-actress character interacts with the charismatic but troubled radio host, her longings and her reluctance do not merely derive from her character's insecurities, but seem to incorporate her memories of all her past dealings with him, plus everything she has learned about him from their mutual friend. I'd bet that takes a lot of doing to get it right, especially when you consider that movies are rarely filmed in the order of the plot.

    She has done this before: bringing the shy radio personality out of his shell [in Pump Up The Volume], going down a tough road with an AIDS sufferer [in Sweet Jane], or trying to come to terms with her mentor when her own career takes flight [in a play called Collected Stories (it should be available on video; it's aired on PBS, with Linda Lavin as the mentor)]. Perhaps you noticed that in the Michael Douglas vehicle The American President, only one of the White House staffers interacted with the Douglas character in a way that showed subtle recognition of his potential availability for romance. That was Mathis, as the President's supernaturally efficient appointments secretary, who showed the camera (but not her boss) that she was flustered when he wanted to send flowers to another woman.

    Mathis's work in this film is right in line with those other roles. If she did foreign accents they'd be touting her as a new Streep. If you are the type of person who would see a so-so film just to see a Streep performance, then see this one for Mathis.

    Bonus for fans of NBC's E.R. : In this film, Matthew Settle plays a pool-playing character who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women, at different times, take steps to keep him from entering their apartments. Subsequently, on E.R., he played Abby's neighbor, a pool-playing student who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women ... well, you get the idea. Oh, and in both the film and the TV show, the character is arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.

    2 out of 5 stars Oh well............2002-04-17

    Let me be honest. I rented this movie for some obvious reasons: 1. All the other films I wanted to see were checked out; 2. The title was kind of promising; 3. The DVD cover didn't look bad either; 4. I like Gretchen Mol (and since that was put as the last reason, I didn't really expect a lot from her, much less from this movie). So I'm saying "oh well" and giving it 2 stars just for her. But if you don't like her as much as I do, and if you are serious about a thriller (good cast, good director etc.) there's always "Fatal Attraction" for you. Want a thriller with a little romance? Okay, take "Someone To Watch Over Me". More twists and turns? Maybe "Kiss The Girls" or "The Bone Collector" could be entertaining. Not erotic enough? Hmmm, "Basic Instinct" should be the answer for you.... Well, a lot of nice stuff out there to choose from. So please be lenient with this [movie]. Although I wasted 90 minutes on it, I was pleased to see Gretchen Mol. I'm gonna pre-order "Forever Mine" to see more of her.

    1 out of 5 stars I May Have Seen Worse Movies..........2001-12-23

    but thankfully I don't remember any of them. This is another turkey destined to hopefully fade into the oblivion of time. It amazes me that with all the equipment and actors available that they would turn this junk out. There was no credible and cohesive plot-just a hodgepodge of scenes thrown together.

    The slipbox at the rental store made it look so good but it bombed from the first five minutes on. Do yourself a favor and rent something, ANYthing else! This is a total waste of time.
    Immortalizer
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Immortalizer
      Starring: Chris Crone , Melody Patterson , Rebekka Armstrong , Greg Joujon-Roche , and Ron Ray
      Director: Joel Bender
      Manufacturer: Polygram Video
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      Release Date: 1998-08-25
      Rumpelstiltskin
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • fairy tale turned horror tale!
      • Not so Scary for a Horror Movie
      • Not Scary But Funny!!
      • More like "Rumpled-Crap-Film
      • Decent Horror-Comedy from the director of Leprechaun
      Rumpelstiltskin
      Starring: Kim Johnston Ulrich , Tommy Blaze , Allyce Beasley , Max Grodénchik , and Vera Lockwood
      Director: Mark Jones
      Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
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      ASIN: 6304134215
      Release Date: 1998-07-14

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars fairy tale turned horror tale!.......2006-11-03

      the movie rumplestiltskin was, to me, more of a comedy than a horror film! kim johnston ulrich took a classic childrens fable and made it into a decent horror film :) the effects in this movie aren't that great.. and the quality of the film is low but overall it's a good watch for those interested in childrens fables turned horror. if you are interested in such.. maybe you'd like pinnochio's revenge along with this one.

      2 out of 5 stars Not so Scary for a Horror Movie.......2006-09-08

      Rumpelstiltskin is a movie I recorded off of a paid channel years ago. I only recently sat down and rewatched it. This movie is from the same people that did Leprechaun, (no surprise there), since this movie is about a little deformed creature man.

      The movie is about pregnant woman whose husband dies in the line of duty. Sometime has passed since his death and she's had the baby. Now she visits a pawn shop where she finds this unique looking jade and gold statue. She takes the statue home, and finds herself wishing her husband could see his baby. Well, Rumpelstiltskin "grants" her wish, and in return she must now give him her first child. He terrorizes her through the whole movie, and kills the people that gets in his way.

      Watching the movie, I noticed there wasn't really any blood in it, and it wasn't all that scary. I found myself getting bored halfway through the movie. I must say that the make up effects on Rumpelstiltskin was pretty realistic looking and creepy. The movie seemed like more of an action movie with a deformed little man as the bad guy, instead of a horror movie.

      It wasn't very original either, it reminded me too much of Leprechaun, with a little man terrorizing the characters of the movie untill he gets what he's after, and killing everyone that gets in his way. Same basic plot of Leprechaun, only worse with no blood. It wasn't the worse movie I've seen, but it wasn't all that great, and it didn't creep me out one bit for a horror movie.


      3 out of 5 stars Not Scary But Funny!!.......2005-07-23

      Rumpelstiltskin is not really a horror movie..its more of a comedy.LOL its a little hunchback riding a harley..yea see wat I mean ...not scary!!So if you like weird and interesting movies...see this!!

      NOT SCARY BUT FUNNY!!!

      2 out of 5 stars More like "Rumpled-Crap-Film.......2005-05-13

      Ha ha ha. Okay, okay, I never even watched the movie. i just wanted to type that, but if it is anything like Leprechaun, then it sucks and I was right.

      3 out of 5 stars Decent Horror-Comedy from the director of Leprechaun.......2005-03-20

      Mark Jones who directed the 1993 classic "Leprechaun" directed this similar horror-comedy with the title character Rumpelstiltskin who rips a man's eye out and then is turned into a green rock by a witch and then dumped into a river and then the movie starts in L.A. with a cop being shot by a criminal and then his wife and her friend visit an antique shop and then the mom sees the green rock of Rumpelstiltskin and then buys it but then the creature comes alive and then wants her baby and then she runs off with her baby and then the creature follows her and then the fun starts. The movie is basically a rip-off of Leprechaun but instead of a creature wanting a pot of gold the the creature wants a baby. The low-budget is lower than Leprechaun and the special effects by Kevin Yagher(Child's Play 2,Phantom of the Opera(1989),976-EVIL)are decent for a low-budget,the acting was mediocre and the only good acting was by Max Grodenchik who played Rumpelstiltskin. The movie is out-of-print but if you do find it rent it.

      Pros:
      Good Special Effects/Makeup
      Some funny scenes

      Cons:
      Some bad acting
      plot is sometimes poorly written
      Going Under
      Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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      Director: Mark W. Travis
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      Release Date: 1998-09-01

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Not as funny as spaceballs but similar feel.......2004-12-14

      Well this movie takes a claustophobic sub captain and the worst crew ever and puts them together in a sub-standard spoof of the hunt for the red october. I found it quite amusing and found it to have a simlar feel to some Mel Brooks films by the sense of humor. I think its worth a rent and see then you can decide if you'd like to buy one.

      1 out of 5 stars Could this suck more?.......2001-10-24

      Yes, I think it could. Never have I seen a more lackluster comedic film. Afterwards I really wished that I had gotten up and left, but I just didn't want to have totally wasted the money. I really should have stayed home and burned the ten bucks -- it would have been a more entertaining show.

      3 out of 5 stars Not Cramped-Camped.......2000-02-17

      Bill Pullman plays a neurotic submarine captain in this funny comedy. Reminds me of the Naked Gun movies!
      She Said No [Region 2]
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        Starring: Veronica Hamel , Lee Grant , Ray Baker , Judd Hirsch , and Mariclare Costello
        Director: John Patterson (III)
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        • The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends"
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        • Samantha Mathis does superior work
        • Oh well.....
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        Starring: Matthew Settle , Tom Everett Scott , Gretchen Mol , Samantha Mathis , and Josh Hutchinson
        Director: Russell DeGrazier
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        1 out of 5 stars The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends".......2002-06-18

        ... and along comes ATTRACTION, a tale promising to be about the exploration of four unique friends with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing to the very end.

        Um ... what's the guess here?

        These four "friends" do little more than go about destroying one another's lives. They sleep with one another, spy on one another, try to destroy one another's reputations, etc., etc., etc. ... I think you get the picture. And what's terribly disconcerting is the fact that there's never any motivation provided for them to behave in such a manner. The talent Tom Everett Scott is wasted in a predictable performance that could've been so much more ... the two-faced friend. The lovely Gretchen Mol (wasn't she supposed to be 'the next big thing' in Hollywood a few years back?) is reduced to a sex object. The talented Samantha Mathis is the only character given more than a single dimension; perhaps if the film had spent more time exploring her plight, these 100 minutes might've been worth committing to celluloid.

        The film's only saving grace is the gratuitous, near-full-body nude sequence of the lovely Ms. Mathis. ...

        On a stylistic note, the film's editor "attempted" an artistic stroke by inserting a 'cut' in the middle of select scenes where one friend is speaking with another about behavior. While it's clear that the cuts are intentional, they come off as meaningless tricks, jarringly pulling the viewer out of the film's narrative to the point of asking aloud, "What the hell was that? Did someone just drop the camera?"

        But, even films as bad as ATTRACTION can have some use in society. Perhaps an edited-for-television version should be mandatory viewing for high school students if for no other reason than to display the kind of behavior not desired in public or private.

        4 out of 5 stars Not a blockbuster, but not bad........2002-06-13

        Matthew is a radio show host, giving Dear Abby ideas and advice to a world that does not include himself. He is unable to follow his own advice, as he goes about creepily stalking his ex-girlfriend, watching while she works, sleeping outside of her house in his car, and being a general pain. His ex claims to be afraid of him, and elicits sympathy and protection from his editor. That is, until Matthew finds someone else, a woman that the movie does not make clear whether or not Matthew really is falling in love with her or just using her to get at his ex. In any case, the plot does thicken, and the tide does turn, as his ex-girlfriend finds herself a little jealous of Matthew's new girlfriend. It is a good plot, and it works, especially when Matthew's ex turns up comatose, badly beaten and might die, while Matthew waits in jail, knowing who did this to her but unable to convince anyone after his own behavior shows him to be obsessed with her. Will the ex-girlfriend live to tell who REALLY did this? You find yourself pleasantly enthralled near the end.

        3 out of 5 stars Samantha Mathis does superior work.......2002-04-21

        Spurned by his former lover, Matthew sleeps in his car on her street, annoys her by phone, and creepily watches her do hairstyling at her job. He makes his living as a call-in radio host and a relationship columnist for a local alt-weekly paper, but he can't apply his advice to his own life. Eventually his editor gets involved in this drama, as does an actress who is friends with the hairdresser. There's some mixing and matching of couples, some tension and violence, reminiscent of the Neil Labute film "Your Friends and Neighbors", which had a much more interesting plot.

        But you can fast-forward if a scene annoys you. There's something more important about this movie than writing that occasionally goes off-course, and that thing is the work of Samantha Mathis. Someday she's going to win some major acting awards, and you're going to want to say you saw the thread of intelligent performing that runs through her portrayals.

        What Mathis's character does in this movie is what her previous characters have done so well, and that is to carry on highly believable, organic relationships with other characters. My guess is that when she prepares a scene, she doesn't ask herself how her character would respond to the line that someone else has just spoken; rather, she appears to have mastered the trick of responding TO THAT SOMEONE. When her struggling-actress character interacts with the charismatic but troubled radio host, her longings and her reluctance do not merely derive from her character's insecurities, but seem to incorporate her memories of all her past dealings with him, plus everything she has learned about him from their mutual friend. I'd bet that takes a lot of doing to get it right, especially when you consider that movies are rarely filmed in the order of the plot.

        She has done this before: bringing the shy radio personality out of his shell [in Pump Up The Volume], going down a tough road with an AIDS sufferer [in Sweet Jane], or trying to come to terms with her mentor when her own career takes flight [in a play called Collected Stories (it should be available on video; it's aired on PBS, with Linda Lavin as the mentor)]. Perhaps you noticed that in the Michael Douglas vehicle The American President, only one of the White House staffers interacted with the Douglas character in a way that showed subtle recognition of his potential availability for romance. That was Mathis, as the President's supernaturally efficient appointments secretary, who showed the camera (but not her boss) that she was flustered when he wanted to send flowers to another woman.

        Mathis's work in this film is right in line with those other roles. If she did foreign accents they'd be touting her as a new Streep. If you are the type of person who would see a so-so film just to see a Streep performance, then see this one for Mathis.

        Bonus for fans of NBC's E.R. : In this film, Matthew Settle plays a pool-playing character who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women, at different times, take steps to keep him from entering their apartments. Subsequently, on E.R., he played Abby's neighbor, a pool-playing student who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women ... well, you get the idea. Oh, and in both the film and the TV show, the character is arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.

        2 out of 5 stars Oh well............2002-04-17

        Let me be honest. I rented this movie for some obvious reasons: 1. All the other films I wanted to see were checked out; 2. The title was kind of promising; 3. The DVD cover didn't look bad either; 4. I like Gretchen Mol (and since that was put as the last reason, I didn't really expect a lot from her, much less from this movie). So I'm saying "oh well" and giving it 2 stars just for her. But if you don't like her as much as I do, and if you are serious about a thriller (good cast, good director etc.) there's always "Fatal Attraction" for you. Want a thriller with a little romance? Okay, take "Someone To Watch Over Me". More twists and turns? Maybe "Kiss The Girls" or "The Bone Collector" could be entertaining. Not erotic enough? Hmmm, "Basic Instinct" should be the answer for you.... Well, a lot of nice stuff out there to choose from. So please be lenient with this [movie]. Although I wasted 90 minutes on it, I was pleased to see Gretchen Mol. I'm gonna pre-order "Forever Mine" to see more of her.

        1 out of 5 stars I May Have Seen Worse Movies..........2001-12-23

        but thankfully I don't remember any of them. This is another turkey destined to hopefully fade into the oblivion of time. It amazes me that with all the equipment and actors available that they would turn this junk out. There was no credible and cohesive plot-just a hodgepodge of scenes thrown together.

        The slipbox at the rental store made it look so good but it bombed from the first five minutes on. Do yourself a favor and rent something, ANYthing else! This is a total waste of time.
        Attraction [Region 2]
        Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
        • The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends"
        • Not a blockbuster, but not bad.
        • Samantha Mathis does superior work
        • Oh well.....
        • I May Have Seen Worse Movies...
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        Starring: Matthew Settle , Tom Everett Scott , Gretchen Mol , Samantha Mathis , and Josh Hutchinson
        Director: Russell DeGrazier
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        1 out of 5 stars The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends".......2002-06-18

        ... and along comes ATTRACTION, a tale promising to be about the exploration of four unique friends with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing to the very end.

        Um ... what's the guess here?

        These four "friends" do little more than go about destroying one another's lives. They sleep with one another, spy on one another, try to destroy one another's reputations, etc., etc., etc. ... I think you get the picture. And what's terribly disconcerting is the fact that there's never any motivation provided for them to behave in such a manner. The talent Tom Everett Scott is wasted in a predictable performance that could've been so much more ... the two-faced friend. The lovely Gretchen Mol (wasn't she supposed to be 'the next big thing' in Hollywood a few years back?) is reduced to a sex object. The talented Samantha Mathis is the only character given more than a single dimension; perhaps if the film had spent more time exploring her plight, these 100 minutes might've been worth committing to celluloid.

        The film's only saving grace is the gratuitous, near-full-body nude sequence of the lovely Ms. Mathis. ...

        On a stylistic note, the film's editor "attempted" an artistic stroke by inserting a 'cut' in the middle of select scenes where one friend is speaking with another about behavior. While it's clear that the cuts are intentional, they come off as meaningless tricks, jarringly pulling the viewer out of the film's narrative to the point of asking aloud, "What the hell was that? Did someone just drop the camera?"

        But, even films as bad as ATTRACTION can have some use in society. Perhaps an edited-for-television version should be mandatory viewing for high school students if for no other reason than to display the kind of behavior not desired in public or private.

        4 out of 5 stars Not a blockbuster, but not bad........2002-06-13

        Matthew is a radio show host, giving Dear Abby ideas and advice to a world that does not include himself. He is unable to follow his own advice, as he goes about creepily stalking his ex-girlfriend, watching while she works, sleeping outside of her house in his car, and being a general pain. His ex claims to be afraid of him, and elicits sympathy and protection from his editor. That is, until Matthew finds someone else, a woman that the movie does not make clear whether or not Matthew really is falling in love with her or just using her to get at his ex. In any case, the plot does thicken, and the tide does turn, as his ex-girlfriend finds herself a little jealous of Matthew's new girlfriend. It is a good plot, and it works, especially when Matthew's ex turns up comatose, badly beaten and might die, while Matthew waits in jail, knowing who did this to her but unable to convince anyone after his own behavior shows him to be obsessed with her. Will the ex-girlfriend live to tell who REALLY did this? You find yourself pleasantly enthralled near the end.

        3 out of 5 stars Samantha Mathis does superior work.......2002-04-21

        Spurned by his former lover, Matthew sleeps in his car on her street, annoys her by phone, and creepily watches her do hairstyling at her job. He makes his living as a call-in radio host and a relationship columnist for a local alt-weekly paper, but he can't apply his advice to his own life. Eventually his editor gets involved in this drama, as does an actress who is friends with the hairdresser. There's some mixing and matching of couples, some tension and violence, reminiscent of the Neil Labute film "Your Friends and Neighbors", which had a much more interesting plot.

        But you can fast-forward if a scene annoys you. There's something more important about this movie than writing that occasionally goes off-course, and that thing is the work of Samantha Mathis. Someday she's going to win some major acting awards, and you're going to want to say you saw the thread of intelligent performing that runs through her portrayals.

        What Mathis's character does in this movie is what her previous characters have done so well, and that is to carry on highly believable, organic relationships with other characters. My guess is that when she prepares a scene, she doesn't ask herself how her character would respond to the line that someone else has just spoken; rather, she appears to have mastered the trick of responding TO THAT SOMEONE. When her struggling-actress character interacts with the charismatic but troubled radio host, her longings and her reluctance do not merely derive from her character's insecurities, but seem to incorporate her memories of all her past dealings with him, plus everything she has learned about him from their mutual friend. I'd bet that takes a lot of doing to get it right, especially when you consider that movies are rarely filmed in the order of the plot.

        She has done this before: bringing the shy radio personality out of his shell [in Pump Up The Volume], going down a tough road with an AIDS sufferer [in Sweet Jane], or trying to come to terms with her mentor when her own career takes flight [in a play called Collected Stories (it should be available on video; it's aired on PBS, with Linda Lavin as the mentor)]. Perhaps you noticed that in the Michael Douglas vehicle The American President, only one of the White House staffers interacted with the Douglas character in a way that showed subtle recognition of his potential availability for romance. That was Mathis, as the President's supernaturally efficient appointments secretary, who showed the camera (but not her boss) that she was flustered when he wanted to send flowers to another woman.

        Mathis's work in this film is right in line with those other roles. If she did foreign accents they'd be touting her as a new Streep. If you are the type of person who would see a so-so film just to see a Streep performance, then see this one for Mathis.

        Bonus for fans of NBC's E.R. : In this film, Matthew Settle plays a pool-playing character who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women, at different times, take steps to keep him from entering their apartments. Subsequently, on E.R., he played Abby's neighbor, a pool-playing student who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women ... well, you get the idea. Oh, and in both the film and the TV show, the character is arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.

        2 out of 5 stars Oh well............2002-04-17

        Let me be honest. I rented this movie for some obvious reasons: 1. All the other films I wanted to see were checked out; 2. The title was kind of promising; 3. The DVD cover didn't look bad either; 4. I like Gretchen Mol (and since that was put as the last reason, I didn't really expect a lot from her, much less from this movie). So I'm saying "oh well" and giving it 2 stars just for her. But if you don't like her as much as I do, and if you are serious about a thriller (good cast, good director etc.) there's always "Fatal Attraction" for you. Want a thriller with a little romance? Okay, take "Someone To Watch Over Me". More twists and turns? Maybe "Kiss The Girls" or "The Bone Collector" could be entertaining. Not erotic enough? Hmmm, "Basic Instinct" should be the answer for you.... Well, a lot of nice stuff out there to choose from. So please be lenient with this [movie]. Although I wasted 90 minutes on it, I was pleased to see Gretchen Mol. I'm gonna pre-order "Forever Mine" to see more of her.

        1 out of 5 stars I May Have Seen Worse Movies..........2001-12-23

        but thankfully I don't remember any of them. This is another turkey destined to hopefully fade into the oblivion of time. It amazes me that with all the equipment and actors available that they would turn this junk out. There was no credible and cohesive plot-just a hodgepodge of scenes thrown together.

        The slipbox at the rental store made it look so good but it bombed from the first five minutes on. Do yourself a favor and rent something, ANYthing else! This is a total waste of time.
        Attraction (2000)
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        • The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends"
        • Not a blockbuster, but not bad.
        • Samantha Mathis does superior work
        • Oh well.....
        • I May Have Seen Worse Movies...
        Attraction (2000)
        Starring: Matthew Settle , Tom Everett Scott , Gretchen Mol , Samantha Mathis , and Josh Hutchinson
        Director: Russell DeGrazier
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        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars The Antithesis of NBC's "Friends".......2002-06-18

        ... and along comes ATTRACTION, a tale promising to be about the exploration of four unique friends with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing to the very end.

        Um ... what's the guess here?

        These four "friends" do little more than go about destroying one another's lives. They sleep with one another, spy on one another, try to destroy one another's reputations, etc., etc., etc. ... I think you get the picture. And what's terribly disconcerting is the fact that there's never any motivation provided for them to behave in such a manner. The talent Tom Everett Scott is wasted in a predictable performance that could've been so much more ... the two-faced friend. The lovely Gretchen Mol (wasn't she supposed to be 'the next big thing' in Hollywood a few years back?) is reduced to a sex object. The talented Samantha Mathis is the only character given more than a single dimension; perhaps if the film had spent more time exploring her plight, these 100 minutes might've been worth committing to celluloid.

        The film's only saving grace is the gratuitous, near-full-body nude sequence of the lovely Ms. Mathis. ...

        On a stylistic note, the film's editor "attempted" an artistic stroke by inserting a 'cut' in the middle of select scenes where one friend is speaking with another about behavior. While it's clear that the cuts are intentional, they come off as meaningless tricks, jarringly pulling the viewer out of the film's narrative to the point of asking aloud, "What the hell was that? Did someone just drop the camera?"

        But, even films as bad as ATTRACTION can have some use in society. Perhaps an edited-for-television version should be mandatory viewing for high school students if for no other reason than to display the kind of behavior not desired in public or private.

        4 out of 5 stars Not a blockbuster, but not bad........2002-06-13

        Matthew is a radio show host, giving Dear Abby ideas and advice to a world that does not include himself. He is unable to follow his own advice, as he goes about creepily stalking his ex-girlfriend, watching while she works, sleeping outside of her house in his car, and being a general pain. His ex claims to be afraid of him, and elicits sympathy and protection from his editor. That is, until Matthew finds someone else, a woman that the movie does not make clear whether or not Matthew really is falling in love with her or just using her to get at his ex. In any case, the plot does thicken, and the tide does turn, as his ex-girlfriend finds herself a little jealous of Matthew's new girlfriend. It is a good plot, and it works, especially when Matthew's ex turns up comatose, badly beaten and might die, while Matthew waits in jail, knowing who did this to her but unable to convince anyone after his own behavior shows him to be obsessed with her. Will the ex-girlfriend live to tell who REALLY did this? You find yourself pleasantly enthralled near the end.

        3 out of 5 stars Samantha Mathis does superior work.......2002-04-21

        Spurned by his former lover, Matthew sleeps in his car on her street, annoys her by phone, and creepily watches her do hairstyling at her job. He makes his living as a call-in radio host and a relationship columnist for a local alt-weekly paper, but he can't apply his advice to his own life. Eventually his editor gets involved in this drama, as does an actress who is friends with the hairdresser. There's some mixing and matching of couples, some tension and violence, reminiscent of the Neil Labute film "Your Friends and Neighbors", which had a much more interesting plot.

        But you can fast-forward if a scene annoys you. There's something more important about this movie than writing that occasionally goes off-course, and that thing is the work of Samantha Mathis. Someday she's going to win some major acting awards, and you're going to want to say you saw the thread of intelligent performing that runs through her portrayals.

        What Mathis's character does in this movie is what her previous characters have done so well, and that is to carry on highly believable, organic relationships with other characters. My guess is that when she prepares a scene, she doesn't ask herself how her character would respond to the line that someone else has just spoken; rather, she appears to have mastered the trick of responding TO THAT SOMEONE. When her struggling-actress character interacts with the charismatic but troubled radio host, her longings and her reluctance do not merely derive from her character's insecurities, but seem to incorporate her memories of all her past dealings with him, plus everything she has learned about him from their mutual friend. I'd bet that takes a lot of doing to get it right, especially when you consider that movies are rarely filmed in the order of the plot.

        She has done this before: bringing the shy radio personality out of his shell [in Pump Up The Volume], going down a tough road with an AIDS sufferer [in Sweet Jane], or trying to come to terms with her mentor when her own career takes flight [in a play called Collected Stories (it should be available on video; it's aired on PBS, with Linda Lavin as the mentor)]. Perhaps you noticed that in the Michael Douglas vehicle The American President, only one of the White House staffers interacted with the Douglas character in a way that showed subtle recognition of his potential availability for romance. That was Mathis, as the President's supernaturally efficient appointments secretary, who showed the camera (but not her boss) that she was flustered when he wanted to send flowers to another woman.

        Mathis's work in this film is right in line with those other roles. If she did foreign accents they'd be touting her as a new Streep. If you are the type of person who would see a so-so film just to see a Streep performance, then see this one for Mathis.

        Bonus for fans of NBC's E.R. : In this film, Matthew Settle plays a pool-playing character who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women, at different times, take steps to keep him from entering their apartments. Subsequently, on E.R., he played Abby's neighbor, a pool-playing student who's trying to keep his turbulent emotions in check, and who is scary enough that two different women ... well, you get the idea. Oh, and in both the film and the TV show, the character is arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.

        2 out of 5 stars Oh well............2002-04-17

        Let me be honest. I rented this movie for some obvious reasons: 1. All the other films I wanted to see were checked out; 2. The title was kind of promising; 3. The DVD cover didn't look bad either; 4. I like Gretchen Mol (and since that was put as the last reason, I didn't really expect a lot from her, much less from this movie). So I'm saying "oh well" and giving it 2 stars just for her. But if you don't like her as much as I do, and if you are serious about a thriller (good cast, good director etc.) there's always "Fatal Attraction" for you. Want a thriller with a little romance? Okay, take "Someone To Watch Over Me". More twists and turns? Maybe "Kiss The Girls" or "The Bone Collector" could be entertaining. Not erotic enough? Hmmm, "Basic Instinct" should be the answer for you.... Well, a lot of nice stuff out there to choose from. So please be lenient with this [movie]. Although I wasted 90 minutes on it, I was pleased to see Gretchen Mol. I'm gonna pre-order "Forever Mine" to see more of her.

        1 out of 5 stars I May Have Seen Worse Movies..........2001-12-23

        but thankfully I don't remember any of them. This is another turkey destined to hopefully fade into the oblivion of time. It amazes me that with all the equipment and actors available that they would turn this junk out. There was no credible and cohesive plot-just a hodgepodge of scenes thrown together.

        The slipbox at the rental store made it look so good but it bombed from the first five minutes on. Do yourself a favor and rent something, ANYthing else! This is a total waste of time.

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