The Hollywood Reporter - Film Reviews

The Eye Posted: Sebastian Gutierrez's screenplay hews fairly closely to the superior original horror pic in its story about a concert violinist blind since childhood who regains her vision thanks to a double cornea transplant.

Fool's Gold Posted: A soggy, listless affair, this would-be fun-in-the-sun sunken-treasure frivolity starts taking on water from the get-go, thanks to drawn-out exposition and languid pacing.

Doc Posted: Immy Humes' documentary about her late father Harold L. Humes has a poignancy that comes not only from its subject but also from the inclusion of interviews with such departed contemporaries as Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, William Styron and Timothy Leary.

The Last Word Posted: PARK CITY -- The reason there are so few successful screwball comedies anymore is that it's nearly impossible to create the right balance of goofiness and reality. This is no exception.

A Raisin in the Sun Posted: PARK CITY -- The first network television movie to be screened at Sundance never totally transcends its origins on the stage and it's a long way from cutting edge cinema. But those who can relax into the leisurely pace and lush language will be rewarded with an earnest and moving night at the movies.

Birds of America Posted: PARK CITY -- Sundance was strewn with the remains of dysfunctional families this year, and perhaps none was more dysfunctional than the characters in Craig Lucas' "Birds of America." But quirkiness, as it is here, is often just an excuse for eccentric behavior with no real explanation.

August Posted: PARK CITY -- Another among this year's crop of features that demonstrates that having a cast with indie cred can sometimes do little to buoy a film's miscalculated execution.

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