A Simple Twist of Fate
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Movie Reviews of A Simple Twist of Fate
Movie Review: Silas Marner gets an update.
Summary: 3 Stars
A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE is a good middleweight movie which doesn't quite go into the top-drawer class because of a few predictable moments and a truly cheapjack ending that doesn't just stretch plausibility but mangles it completely. Steve Martin wrote the script and produced it as well as starred and it's apparent that this was a special project for him. He, Catherine O'Hara, Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne are all in fine form and Alana Austin just melts your heart away as the Martin character's adopted daughter.If it's not a classic film it's still a good way to spend an hour and forty-five minutes and makes me forgive Steve Martin for SGT. BILKO two years later.Movie Review: Let's face it, Steve Martin is a hack
Summary: 3 Stars
As I've said before, I'm a mild Steve Martin fan, but I'm getting tired of his little pretentious efforts at writing.
His writing is so blunt and thick sometimes, it's like getting hit with a shovel... not so pleasing. The story is pasted together and the dialogue has an artificial feel. Also, any time a story can be best described as a "morality tale", it's going to be boring and obvious. I didn't care to finish the movie. Martin's writing consistently lacks any nuance, cohesion and originality. Passable only as a generic heart tugger this one.
Movie Review: Very Sweet
Summary: 3 Stars
Flipping channels on cable one day I saw the end of this movie and purchased it. It sat on my self for a while and one day my granddaughter and I were looking for a movie to watch and she chooses this one because she likes Steve Martin, I knew I would like it but my 11 year old granddaughter loved it. And just like all the movies she likes we have watched this film about a dozen times.Movie Review: LACKLUSTRE CONTEMPORIZATION OF A CLASSIC
Summary: 2 Stars
The modern interpretation of morality and guilt is different from George Eliott's times, which is why simply taking a captivating story outside of its context and plopping it down on the 20th century, as Steve Martin's script in "A Simple Twist of Fate" does, is bound to end up as an unaffecting effort.
Almost every character in the film does things that are inexplicable unless you realize they're living according to the codes and cliches of the last century.
Martin is into the skin of his role as usual, sure, especially as the role allows for a little comic relief. Problem is that the comedy simply does not gel with with the drama here. The tone is wobbly at best.
'Silas Marner' is certainly worthy of an update; just not a disjointed one like this passable heart-tugger.
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Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is slow to start (Michael doesn't even meet the kid until 30 minutes in) and doesn't have a very strong narrative. I guess it's obviously more similar in tone to the classic novel it was based on than to what you would reasonably expect from a contemporary film. The real fault that made me feel like the whole thing was just a waste of my time was the incomprehensible ending. (Spoilers Alert?). The skeletal remains of the politicians brother are found with the gold he stole from Michael, and this apparently closes the custody battle, with absolutely no explanation of what possible relevence it has to it. If anyone has an explanation for that ending please post it.