James-66 Reviews

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)

good-feel-good film!

[8/10 · 1 December 1998]

I saw this at preview (comes out 12/2/99 in UK as Don't Go Breaking My Heart) and was surprised how good it is. Come out feeling better than when you go in!

Anthony Edwards is good, Jane Leeves (Frasier) is very good. Tom Conti is a scene-stealer and Jenny Seagrove is great - not wooden as previously!

Direction OK, script surprisingly intelligent.

The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)

Harks back to Manhattan comedies of yesteryear!

[9/10 · 1 December 1998]

Saw at LFF - very good indeed.

Go and see for Brooke Shields; she is a riot as a lesbian femme fatale!

Parker is a bit irritating, but beautiful!

Good film.

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Rough cut suggests this wil be VERY funny indeed.

[16 October 1998]

I have seen 35mins as a series of separate scenes.

The writing is superb; acurately and cleverly sending up period dramas, utilising great performances from Judi Dench, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Fiennesand Geoffrey Rush.

Look out for water taxi scene:- a classic!!

Wanted to see more but that's all that's cut so far. Full version should be nothing less than fantastic, if this is anything to go by!

Divorcing Jack (1998)

Refreshing change - a great comedy thriller

[10/10 · 16 October 1998]

Wonderful to see film set in N Ireland and using real people, not cardboard cut-out, stereo-typed characters.

Thewlis is amazing, Fraser is gorgeous, Isaacs very menacing and Megaw a riot.

Rollercoaster comedy at its very best - I bet America don't like it.