Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

SnoopyStyle Ouisa (Stockard Channing) and Flan Kittredge (Donald Sutherland) are upper class Fifth Avenue NYC private art dealers. Their prized possession is a two-sided Kandinsky. They recount the story of their dinner with wealthy South African investor Geoffrey Miller (Ian McKellen) to a growing crowd. Paul (Will Smith) interrupts the dinner showing up at their door claiming to have been robbed in Central Park. He supposedly is studying at Harvard with their kids Talbot and Woody and is the son of Sidney Poitier. All the while, he is shown practicing his con. Then they catch him in bed with Rick (Eric Thal) and they kick him out. However Miller wants to connect with Sidney Poitier. Then their friends Kitty (Mary Beth Hurt) and Larkin (Bruce Davison) come to them with the same story. They find Dr. Fine (Richard Masur) with a familiar encounter. The kids find out that it's their high school classmate Trent Conway (Anthony Michael Hall).It's an eye-opening performance from Will Smith and it's actually one of his best. He's being the slick performer and it's playing up his natural charisma. It is probably one of his most daring character and one which he has not gone beyond. I do wish he takes some chances in non-conventional roles to expand his repertoire. Channing and Sutherland are also terrific. It's sharp social commentary. On a minor note, J.J. Abrams overacts a bit as Dr. Fine's crazed son. His ridiculousness is somewhat funny. The kids generally yell and overact too much.

bellabromley Six degrees of separationSo there's this guy. He is just right. Then he goes to this couple's house and cooks them dinner and they all have a nice talk about art and books. Ian McClellan is there and he is trying to be South African but knows his accent is bad so doesn't say much. Then it is morning and the woman finds the nice guy bumming a stranger in the bedroom. Then everyone flips out and Donald Sutherland picks up all his trinkets.Then the next hour of the film is the couple telling a story. They tell the story to the kids who are SEETHING about them giving away the pink shirt which was for his new body.So then the newspaper says that the first guy, the nice guy, bummed some other guy and took his money after they danced in the rainbow room which is so unfair because he was just being nice as usual and likes a nice bumming. Then after a few more cocktail parties and stories the nice guy calls up "Weezer" the lady and says, you are my father do you want me to make you dinner again then they get stuck in traffic and Donald Sutherland cares about the nice guy when they see him get arrested but then he doesn't care anymore because really he is heartless and just wants to sell art to foreigners who don't even want to buy the art and just want to hear about the nice boy. Then Weezer is upset because she can't find the nice guy because he is a liar and is schizophrenic and he has hanged himself (probably) with the pink shirt in a prison but she is not family. Then she screams at Donald who tries to say "just let the lady buy the art " but she is having none of it and goes and looks at the flowers and then it ends. 3/10

JaniceNicole "Six Degrees of Separation" is about a rich fifth avenue couple, the Kittredge's, who are conned by a young black man one night and spend the next few weeks finding out as much as they can about this boy. They go around telling the story to everyone they come across and find friends who went through the same experience days before. The movie is very slow moving, with many of the important scenes carried out through endless dialogue and very little else going on. Originally being a stage piece, the heavy dialogue is to be expected; however, the adaptation to screen leaves you wanting a little more. In spite of it's flaws, "Six Degrees of Separation" gives an interesting insight on how superficial lives can be and how we sometimes take what we have for granted.

Hitchcoc I guess we can see the genius of Will Smith right from the start. This is a film about a chameleon who is able to create for himself identities suited to an intriguing game he is playing. He really wants to be loved, but has become so deeply entrenched in his charade that he soon isn't sure what he wants. He is a master of subterfuge with a smile and a wink. He claims to be the son of someone who is relatively reclusive and unapproachable. This gives him the opportunity to invade people's lives; but for what? It's his "victims" that grow because of him. He is searching for a family but needs so many assurances. He chooses the super-rich, which makes his job much harder. The performances by Donald Sutherland, Stockard Channing, and Smith, himself are quite incredible. I began by absolutely hating these people. They are so smug and pretentious that they make one gag. And that's why their redemption due to this invader is so poignant. They grow to love this young man in their own ways, despite the fact that he appears dangerous (is he; I don't know). Of course, the six degrees is the theory that we are all related in some way if we go back six generations. The thing asked is, how can we then be so different. A real surprise.