It's the Rage
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Actor: Andre Braugher, Bokeem Woodbine, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Robert ForsterDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of It's the Rage
Movie Review: It's the Rage hits my funny bone!
Summary: 4 Stars
Watching this movie, I remember having seen it years ago. I really enjoyed it, this time, and probably back then, too. I don't know what there is about it that hit me in just the right way, but I thought it was nicely acted and directed, and well edited.
I think that this movie's success in the European festivals and lack of success in the US wide market indicates the subtlety of the story line and acting. It was really funny seeing Gary Sinise as the zany (no, actually, out of his mind) character Mr. Morgan, SO opposite the held-in, self-constrained Mac Taylor on CSI:NY! I think given the character scripted, he did a great job portraying him. Giovanni Ribisi is excellent in his role as the meth-adicted brother to Anna Paquin. The scene in the shooting gallery really had me laughing. Joan Allen, of Steppenwolf fame, is marvelous with the way she plays on her husband's (played by Jeff Daniels) insecurities, who himself plays a clueless, cold bad guy, a suburban psychopath. Andre Braugher (Homicide, House) and David Schwimmer (Friends) make a credible couple.
The problem with the film is the script. I believe the story is witty, funny, and to focus on the banality of circumstance, not a morality lecture about the evils of handguns--that just happens to be the "messenger" for this tale. The script falters and tries to make the story EITHER a comedy, OR a parody OR a morality play about the evil of guns. The script tries to make you think that this film has a genre other than comedy. But, if you just roll with it, you will laugh, snort, and eventually get some point about firearms in the possession of unbalanced people (probably a large percent of the general population).
I recommend this movie for the actors' abilities to deliver really good performances, and the comedy they all deliver. I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. It just struck my funny bone just right!
As a sideline, and as a Gary Sinise fan, I just about fell over laughing when Morgan says "There's too much information!" (after which he proceeds to shoot all the computer screens in his hermit hide-away office). Of course, on CSI, there's never enough information.
Summary of It's the Rage
No, it's the cast. A homeowner (Jeff Daniels) shoots an intruder, who turns out to be his business partner. A police officer (Robert Forster) suspects a setup. His wife (Joan Allen), who didn't know they even had a gun in the house, she gets a job with a reclusive computer billionaire (Gary Sinise). The billionaire's former assistant (Josh Brolin) has left the company to work in the movies, and he falls for a street waif (Anna Paquin). Daniels's lawyer (André Braugher), who is gay, also falls for the waif, much to the chagrin of his unstable partner (David Schwimmer) as well as the waif's unstable brother (Giovanni Ribisi). Based on a play by Chicago playwright Keith Reddin (who also wrote the screenplay) and directed by theater director turned first-time movie director James D. Stern, It's the Rage never transcends its theatrical roots. Instead of a character type, each person in the story represents a different (but equally shallow) facet of rage. It's all just an elaborate setup to preach about gun control and how our society is increasingly a society of rage. What the world needs, the movie is saying, is a little more self- control and understanding. Obviously, what it also needs is a better use of such a talented cast. --Andy SpletzerSimilar DVD Movies
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