The Teen Mom franchise has spent years chronicling the sometimes chaotic lives of several women and men who became parents as teenagers. Over the years, the series has shared the triumphs of those teenage parents, but it’s also documented their struggles. MTV’s film crews have captured some seriously dramatic moments over the years. We’ve collected three of the most shocking Teen Mom scandals of all time.
‘Teen Mom’ scandal #1: Janelle Evans pulls a gun in road rage incident
Jace Evans spent most of his young life living with his grandmother, Barbara Evans, but that doesn’t mean his mother didn’t endanger his safety on multiple occasions. While Jenelle Evans has had a ton of scandals over the years, Teen Mom 2 fans are still shocked that Jenelle pulled a gun on another motorist with her school-aged son in the car.
In 2018, Jenelle was driving through...
‘Teen Mom’ scandal #1: Janelle Evans pulls a gun in road rage incident
Jace Evans spent most of his young life living with his grandmother, Barbara Evans, but that doesn’t mean his mother didn’t endanger his safety on multiple occasions. While Jenelle Evans has had a ton of scandals over the years, Teen Mom 2 fans are still shocked that Jenelle pulled a gun on another motorist with her school-aged son in the car.
In 2018, Jenelle was driving through...
- 3/31/2024
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Amber Portwood and Briana DeJesus are among the eight moms joining the cast of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/S_Bukley/Charlie Steffens/AdMedia
The premiere of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter is just around the corner and Teen Mom viewers are speaking out about the spinoff’s cast.
Monsters and Critics reported that the franchise’s first-ever combined-cast spinoff, The Next Chapter, will debut on Tuesday, September 6.
Teen Mom Og and Teen Mom 2 are “no longer a thing,” as their casts have merged. All but two of the moms from the two shows signed on to film — Teen Mom 2 alum Kail Lowry opted out of filming for the spinoff and Teen Mom Og Mackenzie McKee claims she wasn’t invited.
Joining the cast will be four moms from each of the previous shows, for a total of eight castmates. From the Teen Mom Og cast,...
The premiere of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter is just around the corner and Teen Mom viewers are speaking out about the spinoff’s cast.
Monsters and Critics reported that the franchise’s first-ever combined-cast spinoff, The Next Chapter, will debut on Tuesday, September 6.
Teen Mom Og and Teen Mom 2 are “no longer a thing,” as their casts have merged. All but two of the moms from the two shows signed on to film — Teen Mom 2 alum Kail Lowry opted out of filming for the spinoff and Teen Mom Og Mackenzie McKee claims she wasn’t invited.
Joining the cast will be four moms from each of the previous shows, for a total of eight castmates. From the Teen Mom Og cast,...
- 8/27/2022
- by Mona Wexler
- Monsters and Critics
When appraised in the cold light of day, The Wild Life (1984) stands as a fairly minor ’80s teen comedy, lacking the flash of broader, more risqué fare like Porky’s (1982) or the great characters that populated instant classics of the genre like 1982’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High (more on that in a second), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), or one of this critic’s personal favorites, Real Genius (1985). So why are we talking about the film’s recent Kino Lorber Blu-ray release at all?
In part, because of the rising talent behind and in front of the camera. The film’s cast includes Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Jenny Wright, Rick Moranis, Hart Bochner and Randy Quaid (and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in a fun cameo). The film was penned by a young writer/producer named Cameron Crowe, hot off the success of penning Fast Times, and helmed...
In part, because of the rising talent behind and in front of the camera. The film’s cast includes Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Jenny Wright, Rick Moranis, Hart Bochner and Randy Quaid (and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in a fun cameo). The film was penned by a young writer/producer named Cameron Crowe, hot off the success of penning Fast Times, and helmed...
- 8/19/2021
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
Joyce Carol Oates on Smooth Talk: “Our species is so impressionable, we’re very vulnerable to any kind of mesmerising person …”
Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern with Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place (Diane in Kent Jones’s award-winning début feature Diane), Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, and Geoff Hoyle, is a highlight in the Revivals programme of the 58th New York Film Festival. The screenplay by Tom Cole is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Dern’s Connie, a giggly 16-year old when out at the beach or the mall with her girlfriends Laura (Margaret Welsh) and Jill (Sara Inglis), is more sombre and a different kind of unruly at home with her parents and well-behaved sister June (Elizabeth Berridge).
Joyce Carol Oates: “I think also the movie is a brilliant, poetic work of...
Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern with Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place (Diane in Kent Jones’s award-winning début feature Diane), Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, and Geoff Hoyle, is a highlight in the Revivals programme of the 58th New York Film Festival. The screenplay by Tom Cole is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Dern’s Connie, a giggly 16-year old when out at the beach or the mall with her girlfriends Laura (Margaret Welsh) and Jill (Sara Inglis), is more sombre and a different kind of unruly at home with her parents and well-behaved sister June (Elizabeth Berridge).
Joyce Carol Oates: “I think also the movie is a brilliant, poetic work of...
- 9/25/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Joyce Carol Oates published her short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? in 1966, the year before Laura Dern, star of Joyce Chopra’s 1985 film adaptation, was born. Watching Smooth Talk (screenplay by Tom Cole) in the Revivals programme of the 2020 New York Film Festival adds yet another turn of the temporal screw to this tale of a teenage girl and her encounter with a recondite man named Arnold Friend (Treat Williams).
Dern’s Connie, a giggly 16-year old when out at the beach or the mall with her girlfriends Laura (Margaret Welsh) and Jill (Sara Inglis), is more sombre and a different kind of unruly at home with her parents and well-behaved sister June (Elizabeth Berridge). This is rural America...
Dern’s Connie, a giggly 16-year old when out at the beach or the mall with her girlfriends Laura (Margaret Welsh) and Jill (Sara Inglis), is more sombre and a different kind of unruly at home with her parents and well-behaved sister June (Elizabeth Berridge). This is rural America...
- 9/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In an era of kids in cages, “build that wall,” and migrant caravans, Gregory Nava’s 1984 independent drama “El Norte” is both landmark and prescient. While it focused on the story of two migrant siblings from a Mayan village in Guatemala, it represented the journey of the thousands of Central Americans who left their homes for a treacherous journey to the United States, where the promise of a better life — and the harsh realities of what they would actually find — lay on the other side of barbed wire.
For the film’s 35th anniversary, it will receive a one-day release September 15 in more than 200 theaters nationwide via Fathom Events, with Lionsgate releasing the film on digital platforms September 17. This also represents the first-ever screening of the film’s Academy restoration, with a new introduction by Nava and a post-credits featurette with stars Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, who portrayed the migrant siblings.
For the film’s 35th anniversary, it will receive a one-day release September 15 in more than 200 theaters nationwide via Fathom Events, with Lionsgate releasing the film on digital platforms September 17. This also represents the first-ever screening of the film’s Academy restoration, with a new introduction by Nava and a post-credits featurette with stars Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, who portrayed the migrant siblings.
- 8/2/2019
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Amber Portwood is facing a new legal battle. Andrew Glennon is seeking custody of his and Amber's 1-year-old son, James Glennon, E! News has learned. He filed a petition for an emergency hearing regarding the paternity and custody of their child, just days after his girlfriend was released from jail. The mother-of-two was put behind bars on Friday after allegedly assaulting Glennon at their shared home in Indiana. In a statement, police told E! News that officers were sent to Portwood's house at 3:00 a.m. because they received a call about a disturbance. When they arrived on the scene, a male victim claimed he and his live-in girlfriend were involved in a disagreement that turned violent. The victim...
- 7/9/2019
- E! Online
We’ve all met Tracy Flick — the eager-beaver student that charms the right teachers, wins all the awards and corners the big scholarships. Alexander Payne’s witty, perceptive look at High School shows the predicament of a model teacher who can’t help but sabotage a pupil’s run for class president. Reese Witherspoon’s wholly original characterization scores big, and Matthew Broderick plays what is probably his best screen role.
Election
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 904
1999 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 103 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 5, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll, Mark Harelik, Colleen Camp.
Cinematography: James Glennon
Film Editor: Kevin Tent
Production Design: Jane Ann Stewart
Original Music: Rolfe Kent
Written by Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor from a novel by Tom Perotta
Produced by Albert Berger, David Gale, Keith Samples, Ron Yerxa
Directed by Alexander Payne
“What...
Election
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 904
1999 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 103 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 5, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll, Mark Harelik, Colleen Camp.
Cinematography: James Glennon
Film Editor: Kevin Tent
Production Design: Jane Ann Stewart
Original Music: Rolfe Kent
Written by Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor from a novel by Tom Perotta
Produced by Albert Berger, David Gale, Keith Samples, Ron Yerxa
Directed by Alexander Payne
“What...
- 12/2/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
I can't remember how old I was, but I was quite young - like 6-years-old or so - when I was in San Diego with my uncle and we stopped at a 7-11 or something similar and a group of men were standing on the curb. While my uncle was inside the store a couple of them were picked up in a truck and taken away while a few remained behind. My uncle came out of the store and I asked him what they were doing. He told me they were "the Mexicans." This meant nothing to me since I had never seen anything like it and didn't know what being Mexican had to do with it. He told me they were going to work and I still didn't understand entirely, and I can't remember if he ever told me the whole story or not, but that was my introduction to day laborers.
- 1/26/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Having impressively proved himself a capable actor, country singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam adds director-screenwriter-producer-composer to his resume, and the resulting "South of Heaven, West of Hell" would suggest a case of wearing at least one Stetson too many.
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Having impressively proved himself a capable actor, country singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam adds director-screenwriter-producer-composer to his resume, and the resulting "South of Heaven, West of Hell" would suggest a case of wearing at least one Stetson too many.
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Opens
Friday, Oct. 10
Good Boy! would represent the worst nightmare of W.C. Fields -- a movie about kids and talking dogs. For everyone else, the film is a cheerful tall tale that may make a significant contribution to both pet adoptions in North America and MGM's bottom line. For Good Boy! -- a likable family film -- should have legs, albeit furry ones.
First-time director John Hoffman, who along with Zeke Richardson adapted Richardson's radio play Dogs From Outer Space, keeps the movie upbeat and lighthearted the entire way. This doesn't allow him to dig into the darker side to childhood -- loneliness and isolation caused by a family that moves constantly -- which the film hints at but never really explores. But it does allow ample time for the film's canine stars to strut their stuff.
The idea here is that a dog arrives from outer space -- a border terrier from the dog star Sirius, to be exact -- to make certain "Earth dogs" are dominating the planet as has been their responsibility since they arrived from Sirius thousands of years ago. What a shock it is when the pooch learns dogs have become human beings' pets!
Forced into an adoption of his own to escape the pound, Canid 3942 -- renamed Hubble by his 12-year-old "master," Owen Baker (Liam Aiken) -- decides to take Owen into his confidence: Owen is given the ability to hear Hubble (voiced by Matthew Broderick) and the other neighborhood dogs when they speak. Owen proves the perfect companion, being without a friend since his parents (Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon) make a living by buying, renovating and selling homes, leaving Owen without one of his own.
Combining skillful CGI effects with well-trained animals, the production gets much comic mileage out of the dogs' banter, arguments and commentary on humankind. The neighborhood pack consists of a nervous and skittish Italian greyhound named Nelly (Brittany Murphy), a wise-cracking boxer called Wilson (Donald Faison), a jokester Bernese mountain dog dubbed Shep (Carl Reiner) and an immaculately coiffed standard poodle called Barbara Ann (Delta Burke). Hoffman, though, makes certain Owen and his new friend Connie (Brittany Moldowan) do not get upstaged by the dogs as the two-legged and four-legged actors share scenes well.
The script builds nicely to a slapstick climax, where the arrival of the Greater Dane (Vanessa Redgrave) from Sirius to inspect the troops coincides with the sale of the Baker family's latest house. At this juncture, the action disappoints as Hoffman pulls back from the rich possibilities for physical comedy. The doggie tricks seem rather ordinary, while the whole third act feels sentimental and contrived.
Mostly, Good Boy! exists for the middle section where youngsters and dogs speak the same language. These escapades, all taking place under the adults' radar, generate many sound laughs.
Tech credits involving the dogs are terrific. All others on this Vancouver-based production are solid, especially cinematographer James Glennon's use of tracking shots to keep up with the dogs as they race across the ground.
GOOD BOY!
MGM
A Jim Henson Pictures production
Credits:
Writer-director: John Hoffman
Screen story: Zeke Richardson, John Hoffman
Based on the radio play Dogs From Outer Space by: Zeke Richardon
Producers: Lisa Henson, Kristine Belson
Executive producer: Stephanie Allain
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Jerry Wanek
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Co-producer: Bill Bannerman
Costume designer: Antonia Bardon
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Cast:
Mrs. Baker: Molly Shannon
Owen: Liam Aiken
Mr. Baker: Kevin Nealon
Connie: Brittany Moldowan
Hubble: Matthew Broderick
Barbara Ann: Delta Burke
Wilson: Donald Faison
Nelly: Brittany Murphy
Shep: Carl Reiner
Greater Dane: Vanessa Redgrave
Greater Dane's henchman: Cheech Marin
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Friday, Oct. 10
Good Boy! would represent the worst nightmare of W.C. Fields -- a movie about kids and talking dogs. For everyone else, the film is a cheerful tall tale that may make a significant contribution to both pet adoptions in North America and MGM's bottom line. For Good Boy! -- a likable family film -- should have legs, albeit furry ones.
First-time director John Hoffman, who along with Zeke Richardson adapted Richardson's radio play Dogs From Outer Space, keeps the movie upbeat and lighthearted the entire way. This doesn't allow him to dig into the darker side to childhood -- loneliness and isolation caused by a family that moves constantly -- which the film hints at but never really explores. But it does allow ample time for the film's canine stars to strut their stuff.
The idea here is that a dog arrives from outer space -- a border terrier from the dog star Sirius, to be exact -- to make certain "Earth dogs" are dominating the planet as has been their responsibility since they arrived from Sirius thousands of years ago. What a shock it is when the pooch learns dogs have become human beings' pets!
Forced into an adoption of his own to escape the pound, Canid 3942 -- renamed Hubble by his 12-year-old "master," Owen Baker (Liam Aiken) -- decides to take Owen into his confidence: Owen is given the ability to hear Hubble (voiced by Matthew Broderick) and the other neighborhood dogs when they speak. Owen proves the perfect companion, being without a friend since his parents (Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon) make a living by buying, renovating and selling homes, leaving Owen without one of his own.
Combining skillful CGI effects with well-trained animals, the production gets much comic mileage out of the dogs' banter, arguments and commentary on humankind. The neighborhood pack consists of a nervous and skittish Italian greyhound named Nelly (Brittany Murphy), a wise-cracking boxer called Wilson (Donald Faison), a jokester Bernese mountain dog dubbed Shep (Carl Reiner) and an immaculately coiffed standard poodle called Barbara Ann (Delta Burke). Hoffman, though, makes certain Owen and his new friend Connie (Brittany Moldowan) do not get upstaged by the dogs as the two-legged and four-legged actors share scenes well.
The script builds nicely to a slapstick climax, where the arrival of the Greater Dane (Vanessa Redgrave) from Sirius to inspect the troops coincides with the sale of the Baker family's latest house. At this juncture, the action disappoints as Hoffman pulls back from the rich possibilities for physical comedy. The doggie tricks seem rather ordinary, while the whole third act feels sentimental and contrived.
Mostly, Good Boy! exists for the middle section where youngsters and dogs speak the same language. These escapades, all taking place under the adults' radar, generate many sound laughs.
Tech credits involving the dogs are terrific. All others on this Vancouver-based production are solid, especially cinematographer James Glennon's use of tracking shots to keep up with the dogs as they race across the ground.
GOOD BOY!
MGM
A Jim Henson Pictures production
Credits:
Writer-director: John Hoffman
Screen story: Zeke Richardson, John Hoffman
Based on the radio play Dogs From Outer Space by: Zeke Richardon
Producers: Lisa Henson, Kristine Belson
Executive producer: Stephanie Allain
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Jerry Wanek
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Co-producer: Bill Bannerman
Costume designer: Antonia Bardon
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Cast:
Mrs. Baker: Molly Shannon
Owen: Liam Aiken
Mr. Baker: Kevin Nealon
Connie: Brittany Moldowan
Hubble: Matthew Broderick
Barbara Ann: Delta Burke
Wilson: Donald Faison
Nelly: Brittany Murphy
Shep: Carl Reiner
Greater Dane: Vanessa Redgrave
Greater Dane's henchman: Cheech Marin
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 11/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having impressively proved himself a capable actor, country singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam adds director-screenwriter-producer-composer to his resume, and the resulting "South of Heaven, West of Hell" would suggest a case of wearing at least one Stetson too many.
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/18/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having impressively proved himself a capable actor, country singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam adds director-screenwriter-producer-composer to his resume, and the resulting "South of Heaven, West of Hell" would suggest a case of wearing at least one Stetson too many.
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A subversive Gothic western starring Yoakam and a bunch of his Hollywood buddies, the picture, which actually is much closer to hell than its directions would imply, is an interminable, annoying mess of fractured cowboy-movie cliches.
Although Yoakam and co-screenwriter Stan Bertheaud must have had a hoot cramming in all the frat boy perversity -- castration, rape, incest and pedophilia rank high on its top 10 list -- it all comes across as the kind of indulgence that gives vanity projects a bad name.
Yoakam has cast himself as Valentine Casey, a marshal with an uncertain past who finds himself biding time in some kind of existential purgatory resembling a desolate New Mexico town called Los Tragos.
Part of that past resurfaces when the murderous, inbred Henry Gang, presided over by Bible-thumping Leland (Luke Askew), rides into town. Apparently way back when, after Val's own family died during an influenza outbreak, Leland raised Val as his own. Now Leland and his boys, including Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens, have returned with larceny on their minds. Though Val sticks to his guns, the Henry Gang proceeds to slaughter everything around him that tries to block their path to the bank vault.
Cut to nine months later, where we find Val in the Arizona desert breaking wild horses and meeting up with Adalyne Dunfries (Bridget Fonda), the daughter of the local hotel and saloon owner who has returned to town accompanied by the odd Brigadier Smalls Billy Bob Thornton with long golden hair).
Just when it looks like Val and Adalyne are about to have a thing going, who else but the Henry Gang comes in and gums up the works, precipitating a protracted fight to the finish.
While Yoakam underplays his part to the point of catatonia, the rest of his cast, also including Bud Cort, Peter Fonda and Michael Jeter, go in the opposite direction in some kind of contest to determine who can be the most irritating. Jeter's the clear winner as the screeching Uncle Jude.
To his credit, director of photography James Glennon ("El Norte", "Election") mines plenty of atmospheric value for the low-budget buck, but there ain't enough purdy sunsets in the world to compensate for this long-winded, one-trick pony of a home movie.
SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL
Trimark
Director: Dwight Yoakam
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch
Screenwriters: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud
Story: Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Hackin, Otto Felix
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Siobhan Roome
Editor: Robert Ferretti
Costume designer: Le Dawson
Music: Dwight Yoakam
Color/stereo
Cast:
Valentine Casey: Dwight Yoakam
Taylor: Vince Vaughn
Brigadier Smalls: Billy Bob Thornton
Adalyne Dunfries: Bridget Fonda
Shoshonee Bill: Peter Fonda
Arvid: Paul Reubens
Agent Otts: Bud Cort
Doc Angus Dunfries: Bo Hopkins
Leland: Luke Askew
Uncle Jude: Michael Jeter
Running time -- 131 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/18/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a couple of major misfires ("Dead Man on Campus", "200 Cigarettes"), MTV Films goes to the head of the class with "Election", a sharp, funny, bracingly on-the-money high school satire.
A winning sophomore effort from "Citizen Ruth" director Alexander Payne, boasting a deliciously driven performance by ever-dependable Reese Witherspoon as a take-no-prisoners overachiever, this subversive suburban send-up is easily the best among the recent spate of teen screen candidates.
Given the glut of youth-oriented product, strong reviews and Witherspoon's solid fan base may not ensure a landslide victory, but enthusiastic word-of-mouth should translate into respectable boxoffice tallies.
Adapted by Payne and "Citizen Ruth" collaborator Jim Taylor from a Tom Perrotta novel, the picture is set against the backdrop of a heated high school election.
Having lent her indomitable spirit to nearly every committee and club at George Washington Carver High, scarily ambitious Tracy Flick (Witherspoon) has her sights set on the student government presidency.
A one-person Up With People, Tracy's latest quest appears to be a cakewalk -- that is, until mild-mannered teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick, in one of his best film roles in years) decides to intervene.
It seems Tracy, whose hushed-up affair with fellow teacher Mr. Novotny (Mark Harelik) effectively ended his academic career and marriage, is beginning to make similar advances in Mr. McAllister's direction. If elected, she'll be working closely with him in his capacity as student government adviser. Deciding to take action, McAllister persuades sidelined football hero Paul Metzler (Chris Klein), a bit of a dim bulb with a likable, "gosh, gee whiz" personality, to run against her.
Soon, a third hat is thrown into the ring when Paul starts going with the former crush of his vengeance-seeking, rebellious lesbian sister Tammy (delightful newcomer Jessica Campbell).
Meanwhile, McAllister seems to be spending more time doing chores for lonely Mrs. Novotny (Delaney Driscoll) than he is with his overlooked wife (Molly Hagan).
Payne handles the swirling comic activity with deft aplomb, playfully integrating voice-overs, sustained freeze frames and cleverly chosen musical cues to bitingly original effect. While the progressively twisted pace loses some of its adrenaline toward the end -- 10 minutes less could have made a noticeable difference -- it's a minor quibble.
With the unspoken but obvious joke of having Broderick return to high school as a meek teacher some 13 years after wreaking havoc as Ferris Bueller, only to meet his match in bad-girl-in-goody-goody-clothing Witherspoon, "Election" knows how to pick its sparring partners.
Top vote-getters also include James Glennon's assured camera work, which manages to achieve vivid results despite the high school corridor fluorescent lighting; Jane Ann Stewart's disturbingly familiar production design; and costume designer Wendy Chuck's knack for using a couple of short-sleeved shirts and ties to illustrate the extent of the average teacher's accessorizing skills.
ELECTION
Paramount
An MTV Films production
in association with Bona Fide Prods.
Director: Alexander Payne
Screenwriters: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Based on the novel by: Tom Perrotta
Producers: David Gale, Keith Samples, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
Executive producer: Van Toffler
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Jane Ann Stewart
Editor: Kevin Tent
Costume designer: Wendy Chuck
Music: Rolfe Kent
Music supervisor: Dondi Bastone
Casting: Lisa Beach
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jim McAllister: Matthew Broderick
Tracy Flick: Reese Witherspoon
Paul Metzler: Chris Klein
Tammy Metzler: Jessica Campbell
Dave Novotny: Mark Harelik
Diane McAllister: Molly Hagan
Linda Novotny: Delaney Driscoll
Barbara Flick: Colleen Camp
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A winning sophomore effort from "Citizen Ruth" director Alexander Payne, boasting a deliciously driven performance by ever-dependable Reese Witherspoon as a take-no-prisoners overachiever, this subversive suburban send-up is easily the best among the recent spate of teen screen candidates.
Given the glut of youth-oriented product, strong reviews and Witherspoon's solid fan base may not ensure a landslide victory, but enthusiastic word-of-mouth should translate into respectable boxoffice tallies.
Adapted by Payne and "Citizen Ruth" collaborator Jim Taylor from a Tom Perrotta novel, the picture is set against the backdrop of a heated high school election.
Having lent her indomitable spirit to nearly every committee and club at George Washington Carver High, scarily ambitious Tracy Flick (Witherspoon) has her sights set on the student government presidency.
A one-person Up With People, Tracy's latest quest appears to be a cakewalk -- that is, until mild-mannered teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick, in one of his best film roles in years) decides to intervene.
It seems Tracy, whose hushed-up affair with fellow teacher Mr. Novotny (Mark Harelik) effectively ended his academic career and marriage, is beginning to make similar advances in Mr. McAllister's direction. If elected, she'll be working closely with him in his capacity as student government adviser. Deciding to take action, McAllister persuades sidelined football hero Paul Metzler (Chris Klein), a bit of a dim bulb with a likable, "gosh, gee whiz" personality, to run against her.
Soon, a third hat is thrown into the ring when Paul starts going with the former crush of his vengeance-seeking, rebellious lesbian sister Tammy (delightful newcomer Jessica Campbell).
Meanwhile, McAllister seems to be spending more time doing chores for lonely Mrs. Novotny (Delaney Driscoll) than he is with his overlooked wife (Molly Hagan).
Payne handles the swirling comic activity with deft aplomb, playfully integrating voice-overs, sustained freeze frames and cleverly chosen musical cues to bitingly original effect. While the progressively twisted pace loses some of its adrenaline toward the end -- 10 minutes less could have made a noticeable difference -- it's a minor quibble.
With the unspoken but obvious joke of having Broderick return to high school as a meek teacher some 13 years after wreaking havoc as Ferris Bueller, only to meet his match in bad-girl-in-goody-goody-clothing Witherspoon, "Election" knows how to pick its sparring partners.
Top vote-getters also include James Glennon's assured camera work, which manages to achieve vivid results despite the high school corridor fluorescent lighting; Jane Ann Stewart's disturbingly familiar production design; and costume designer Wendy Chuck's knack for using a couple of short-sleeved shirts and ties to illustrate the extent of the average teacher's accessorizing skills.
ELECTION
Paramount
An MTV Films production
in association with Bona Fide Prods.
Director: Alexander Payne
Screenwriters: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Based on the novel by: Tom Perrotta
Producers: David Gale, Keith Samples, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
Executive producer: Van Toffler
Director of photography: James Glennon
Production designer: Jane Ann Stewart
Editor: Kevin Tent
Costume designer: Wendy Chuck
Music: Rolfe Kent
Music supervisor: Dondi Bastone
Casting: Lisa Beach
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jim McAllister: Matthew Broderick
Tracy Flick: Reese Witherspoon
Paul Metzler: Chris Klein
Tammy Metzler: Jessica Campbell
Dave Novotny: Mark Harelik
Diane McAllister: Molly Hagan
Linda Novotny: Delaney Driscoll
Barbara Flick: Colleen Camp
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 4/19/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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