ph: Henrik Bülow
Monday, April 1, 2013
Ghost (1990)
After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.
Mildly entertaining, but the highly ridiculous plot is additionally muddled by schmaltzy moments.
Halliwell **: "Deftly made, romantic, sentimental, sometimes silly thriller that was the surprise hit of 1990, either because of its fundamentalist view of heaven and hell or its underlying theme that revenge is good for the soul."
Maltin ***: "Overlong, but enjoyable mix of fantasy, thriller, and romance...Swayze runs the gamut of expressions from A to B, but the relationships are credible and as a result the fantasy works."
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.
The classic monumental movie to end them all, basically though a naive picture-book version of the Old Testament.
Halliwell *: "Popular but incredibly stilted and verbose bible-in-pictures spectacle. A very long haul along a montonous route, with the director at his pedestrian worst."
Maltin ****: "Vivid storytelling at its best....Few subtleties in DeMille'ssecond handling of this tale (first filmed in 1923) but few lulls, either. Parting of the Red Sea, writing of the holy tablets are unforgettable highlights."
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