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Movie Reviews of I.Q.
Movie Review: Antisemites please abstain
Summary: 5 Stars
A comedy of sorts, and yet a dream more than a real story. Why not? We have the right to dream, even about real life. A band of old German scientists who have found refuge in the US because they were Jewish, among whom Albert Einstein is the most prestigious, are enjoying the love that is nascent in Einstein's niece for a simple garage mechanic and they organize a prank to make him shine with the highest IQ possible, and since when you reach a certain level of intelligence nothing is impossible, those four men manage to make the young mathematician niece fall in love top over toes in all directions and she finally recognizes that love is probably more important in life than just mathematics and science and university and research. The rest is Jewish antics and humor about life and death, love and the unknowable, the mind, the spirit, the soul, the brain, or whatever is residing up there in the skull. Some say love is not always on time, and they are wrong because love is always on time for those who believe time does not exist, and they are numerous since time, you know, hours, minutes, seconds and weeks and months are nothing but a human intellectual construction on the basis of the experience of the duration of things that cannot be measured and is absolutely as regular as a clock that is speeding up going up and slowing down going down, or vice versa. And love is the compass that can keep you on the right road in the right direction towards the right destination that you may never reach because distance is like duration: it is unfathomable and infinite.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
Movie Review: Wahoo
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe God does not play dice with the universe. However Catherine's uncle, Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) does. And the results are hilarious. Usually in a movie like this, the three collages of Einstein would just be fillers or comic relief. However in "I.Q." they are not only an interracial part of the movie, but are fun to be with on their own. "Watch out for gravity, it's a killer"
Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) is an auto mechanic with a natural knack for special puzzles. He also reads popular science while assembling vehicles. One day a car pulls in for repair. The passenger is Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan). Their eyes meet and he immediately knows he will marry her. Little did he know who her uncle was or that he would go to such elaborate extent to woo her.
You can guess the outcome before the movie starts. The fun is in seeing how they get there. And how do you outwit "The Rat Man?"
Joe Versus the Volcano ~ Tom Hanks
Movie Review: An All-American Comedy, Warm and Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Note: Some immature Mormon is angry over my negative reviews of books written to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews.
Your comments or "helpful" votes are appreciated. My review is short and to the point. In my opinion, it's better to read the longer reviews after you see the movie or read the book. Thanks
Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins play two unlikely star-crossed lovers. Robbins is an auto mechanic and Ryan is the grand-niece of Albert Einstein. This warm romantic comedy is just plain fun. Einstein helps Robbins present a paper on physics, and Ryan gradually realizes that she is in love.
And don't mark it off as a "chick flick." You guys out there will love it, too. I've watched it many, many times.
I also highly recommend "A Walk in the Clouds," a romance set in Napa, California in the 1950s.
A Walk in the Clouds
Movie Review: I never get tired of watching it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie will grow on you if you like the sweet romantic comedy.
The cast is great. Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) the Garage Mechanic falls in love at first sight of Catherine(Meg Ryan) when she appears at his Gas Station with a failing car with her pretentious fiance James Mooreland (Stephen Fry). Ed decides to go ask her out and appears at her home and knocks on the door. The door opens and there is Albert Einstein(Walter Matthau) "You're Albert Einstien!" "Zank you" and thus begins the plot to break up the engagment and bring Ed and Catherine together.
The subcharacters are great! Especially Einstein's pals played by Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks, and Joseph Maher. "Three of the greatest minds and together they can't change a light bulb."
All in all a great warm funny film! Matthau again has to mentioned as his performance was brilliant. He should have been nominated IMHO. You can't go wrong with this one.
Movie Review: Underrated gem with a bonus...
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is light and fun, well acted and knows what it is. A film that doesn't take itself seriously yet does present a convincing love story in a beautiful setting with a fun take on an historical figure.
And I might only give it 4 stars, but it gets the extra star for showcasing the beauty of... New Jersey. My home state gets a bad rap, and this film shows just how lovely much of the state truly is. While it's meant to take place in the 50s, the scenery is still there and still beautiful.
Oh, and one other thing that makes it a five... As a man, this is one of those "chick films" that I'll gladly watch with my girlfriend. It's Meg Ryan at her cutest, and Tim Robbins is weird enough looking that I look pretty good in comparison. This movie helps perpetuate the myth that goofy looking guys without much to offer can attract smart, attractive women, and hey, what's wrong with that? ;)