Set in Sacramento, California, in the year 2002, Lady Bird follows all-girls Catholic private school senior Christine McPherson, who lists among her vast array of idiosyncrasies, that she would no longer be called ‘Christine’, but “Lady...
Lily (Huffman, The Spanish Prisoner) drives her delinquent, habitually-lying 17-year-old daughter, Rachel (Lohan, Chapter 27), to Idaho to stay with her strict grandmother, Georgia (Fonda, Monster-in-Law), in the hopes that she will learn to behave. Rachel doesn’t even...
Forest Whitaker returns with yet another film aimed at female audiences, this time going for a younger crowd with First Daughter, the latest in a series of seemingly never-ending tales about the repression of self-identity that...
2000s / Romance / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published September 19, 2004 · Last modified May 14, 2019
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind proves that Hollywood can actually deliver romantic films that aren’t saddled with formula antics and schmaltzy resolutions. I suppose at its core, it is the old tale of...
Prelude to a Kiss is a film that is difficult to recommend, for the very simple reason that it contains a surprise in the story that you’ll either love or you’ll hate, depending on...
Whenever I see a film that is wholly intended for an audience of which I am not a part of, I feel the need to put in a disclaimer to let you know, so...
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.
