Brooke (Aniston) and Gary (Vaughn) are live-in lovers that get into a heated argument about Gary’s choice of slacking, rather than voluntarily assisting his insufferable girlfriend with the daily chores. Brooke gets so frustrated that she...
Here’s a movie title that practically writes my review for me. Interminably silly, Failure to Launch is a go-with-the-flow kind of comedy that has its share of laughs and smart ideas, and yet, sometimes it...
Duane Martin stars as Derrick, a down-but-not-quite-out law student struggling to pay the bills and get his homework in on time. In order to earn some much-needed cash, Derrick takes a cushy evening job...
1970s / Comedy / Romance / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published February 17, 2006 · Last modified November 12, 2019
Semi-Tough is a difficult movie to describe, and perhaps impossible to recommend. It doesn’t neatly fit into any defined genre, and there also isn’t any determinable plot one can put a finger on when telling...
The period of Eddie Murphy’s career between Coming to America in 1987 and The Nutty Professor in 1996 has always been considered a darker period, with Murphy struggling to retain his superstar status only to find commercial failure. ...
Sumptuously presented, as befitting a best-selling period novel of this nature, and as long as you aren’t expecting to be awed by it, given the fuss this adaptation has generated for years, Memoirs of a...
Part of a very short list of lowbrow comedies that actually are funny enough to be worthwhile, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo may be a stupid film, but the laughs are there. Obviously, this kind of crass...
1970s / Drama / Musical / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published November 24, 2005 · Last modified May 29, 2019
In my opinion, New York New York is the most underrated of Scorsese’s films. Coming after Taxi Driver, critics probably grew restless looking for more signs of a genius filmmaker that they thought Scorsese to be within...
Claire Danes stars as Mirabelle, who has recently moved to Los Angeles from her Vermont upbringing and has secured a job working as a salesperson in the glove department of the chic Saks Fifth...
2000s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 29, 2005 · Last modified May 29, 2019
Prime ostensibly gets its title from the theory that men reach their sexual prime in their early adulthood, while women hit it as they approach 40. Writer-director Ben Younger goes a step further in...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
