Dogs Eat Dog
"Critics in the mainstream and religious media consider the juxtaposition of human violence with canine cruelty in the film Amores Perros. Also: reviews of Driven, Town and Country, One Night at McCool's, and The Claim."
Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 4/01/2001 12:00AM
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The U.S. Catholic Conference forcefully objects to the film's ethics: "In addition to its casual disregard for human life, director Harald Zwart's strained film condones the femme fatale's actions by allowing her to sidestep accountability." But Roger Ebert actually argues that Jewel isn't responsible for her devious deeds: "She isn't an evil woman; she's just the victim of her nature." Yikes. Imagine where that line of thinking could lead.
Next week: That Mummy is back, critics respond to Liv Ullman's Faithless, and more.
Jeffrey Overstreet is on the board of Promontory Artists Association, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, which provides community, resources, and encouragement for Christian artists. He edits an artists' magazine (The Crossing), publishes frequent film and music reviews on his Web site (Looking Closer), and is at work on a series of novels.
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See earlier Film Forum postings for these other movies in the box-office top ten: Bridget Jones's Diary, Spy Kids, Along Came a Spider, Blow, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Joe Dirt, and Freddy Got Fingered.
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