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Anyone like this movie?


I'm mixed on it personally.

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Robert Altman. Excellent movie.

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I watched it at least 3 times and plan to watch it again. I don't love it, but I always go back to it for some reason. It sticks with you

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Kind of boring.

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I watched The Player the other day for the first time and it's not too bad. I kinda liked it. I wasn't totally absorbed by it but it's a solid film.

It's definitely for people that lived through the 90s and know who the big time celebrities were back then because there's a lot of'em in TP. All the cameos in this movie were a nice touch and added a sense of realism to the movie.

But something about Tim Robbins' acting style irks me just a bit. I liked him in Shawshank Redemption and he was surprisingly great in Mystic River but he's kind of awkward in this.

Still a good film though, I'll give it a 7.0 out of 10. It does remind me of another "Hollywood murder mystery" film called The Cat's Meow (2001). Hard to say which film is better but I would probably give TCM a slightly higher rating.

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I liked it a lot, I think it's a good, solid, highly intelligent movie, and a fun look behind the Hollywood curtain.

I don't love it madly, though, but then it's not the sort of film I go nuts over.

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I love it

I use to be that goofy gopher kid on the bike delivering mail ( non paying internship) and Altman does a good job portraying it with realism, but also with a lot of lighthearted humor.

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Saw it the other night. I really loved it. I love movies about the behind the scenes of the industry.

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I did. Altman has only made two films worth watching: this and MASH.

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