Jami Bernard

Daylight sets a record for implausible scenarios and lack of character development. But let's face it if you're going to be stranded in a fireball, you might as well be stranded there with Sylvester Stallone. Twenty years after "Rocky" punched him into the limelight, Stallone presents a more human-scaled character, and he's charming, even gracious. His acting range may not span Manhattan to Jersey, but he inspires confidence even in material as pre-fab as this. [6 Dec 1996, p.59]

Dano is a real find in this daunting role about a teenager's identity crisis. The subject of the movie is dicey but ultimately deeply rewarding.

Doesn't flinch from the serious stuff.

An informative, amusing and unnerving overview of the history and consequences of corporations.

It's an uplifting movie about the rewards of perseverance and community.

The joy of Space Cowboys is in spending quality time with some favorite old actors who obviously enjoy working together.

Of the several threads interwoven here, only one is riveting, thanks to the performance of Sandrine Kiberlain as Betty.

The whole nutty crew finds it rollicking good fun to see themselves lampooned. But there is an unmistakable sorrow behind the humor.

Knowing that the director is Robert Altman gives you a good idea of what to expect: a demimonde of locker-room chatter, catty sniping, backstage politics, high art and low self-esteem. Altman constructs the movie with the same cross-currents of his other ensemble movies.

Makes hoops look like the sexiest game in town.

One of the reasons the move is so funny is that it is only a few degrees away from real life.

In the end, it's a sweeping, important film that overturns everything you learned in school about the birth of this nation.

It's reassuring to see love and sex in one's 70s depicted as fully replenishing. At the same time, it's sobering to think that it's no easier in the twilight of life to make rational decisions regarding the heart.

Go for the extraordinary special effects, by all means, but not if you want to feel good about yourself or humanity. And heed the PG-13 rating, because this movie takes no prisoners.

Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl give superb performances as the couple, a once-vigorous conductor and his orchestra's concertmistress. But soon ... well, you know the drill.

Even with the requisite melodrama, it's a rollicking, optimistic movie.

The title-character's redemption comes very slowly. But if you have patience, this is a stately, beautifully composed story.