Things Change
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Movie Reviews of Things Change
Movie Review: Things Change worth viewing
Summary: 4 Stars
Some where between "Being There" and "House of Games" and not as good as either. Terrific acting.Movie Review: Things Change
Summary: 3 Stars
Don Ameche plays an old shoeshine man who is picked out by the mob to take the fall for a murder rap; for a payoff of a boat he's always dreamed of owning he agrees to go to jail for 3-5 years. His "bodyguard" (played by Joe Montenegro) for the weekend before he's to go to the police with his "confession" decides to take him to Lake Tahoe for a final fling. But they're mistaken for a couple of big shot mobsters, and Ameche befriends the Vegas Don, who in the end saves Ameche's life. It's hard to imagine a slower paced crime thriller, but this one just drags along. Ameche is pretty good as the old-timer who gives his word and intends on keeping it, but the slow pace and easy attempts at gross sentiment sink the whole movie.Movie Review: Mamet strikes out
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a beautifully filmed and well acted waste of time. The problem is with the script: it falters about half way through and in the end dies completely. The film is not, as advertised, a comedy. It's a fantasy about Chicago mobsters and a shoe shine man (Don Ameche) who is little livelier and more interesting than a scarecrow. The story is so poorly done that at one point the main gangster character steals a car by hot wiring it to take him and the scarecrow from Lake Tahoe to Chicago. Along the way they stop at a gas station, and there are now keys in the car, which are taken by an attendant in lieu of payment. Apparently hours later, the two men are back in Chicago. This after the gangster had left his jacket behind with the airline tickets. The worst part is the utterly absurd ending. I can imagine even art theater audiences, devoted to Mamet and "fillum," groaning if not booing.Movie Review: I'm a Mamet fan, but this is probably his worst.
Summary: 2 Stars
I gave this movie every chance, but the story is slow,
the acting is liveless (Ameche is the only one half-way
decent), and the story turns out pointless. The ending doesn't
really make any sense or have any impact, and the vagueness
and indirection that is usually explained at some later point
in Mamet's films is never clarified here.
Only watch if you're a die-hard Mamet fan so you can say at a dinner party, "Yes, I saw that one, and I agree it was bad".
Movie Review: Change To Another Movie
Summary: 1 Stars
Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche star in this drama/ thriller/ comedy directed by the overrated David Mamet. Like most Mamet movies, "Things Change" tries to clever, unusual and oh-so-surprising, but unfortunately the overall effort is nothing more than a dull, tedious and uninspired achievement. The acting is alright and the direction competent enough, yet the plot just drags endlessly and fails to present a memorable and remarkable moment. The last ten minutes are somewhat interesting and present enough dramatic tension, still that doesn`t make for the boring hour that precedes it. "Things Change" has little or nothing going for it, delivering an intantly forgettable cinematic experience.There are more compelling things around.