ccarroll1 Reviews

Das Versprechen (1994)

A Brilliant Drama of Romance and Distance

[6 October 2000]

This is one my favorite movies of all time. I've read most of the negative comments on this one, and I agree with most of the criticisms.

Nevertheless, despite some uneven patches in the storyline, this is one of the few movies I've seen that has real characters with real lives that I at least can relate to. This movie ultimately is about humanity and how distance and proximity to what one loves and hates twists around who we really are inside.

Sirens (1994)

A better movie than you may think

[7/10 · 6 October 2000]

This movie, which in the popular imagination is a lighthearted comedy about sex with a lot of attractive women taking off their clothes, is a better movie than many may think. Viewed in a different life it's really a movie about the need we all have to feel and to be sexual. This applies particularly and especially to women, whose sexual appetitites and enjoyment of sex have always been seen negatively. This movie gives women a chance to revel in the enjoyment of sex.