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The best film ever made about LA
Ten years after its release, Steve Martin's LA Story has a cult following for its adept interpretation of vapid and decadent Los Angelinos. Though LA Story came out in 1990 and seems to lampoon the 80s, Michael Tolkin goes way beyond his collaborative work with Robert Altman(The Player) with this pitch black comedy. maria ellingsen wasted- i got lost watching it
This film is a mess. It features a load of stars and made no sense at all. The great Icelandic actress Maria Ellingsen appears once or twice and is her exceptional skills are wasted in this mess. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

A brisk stroll through Yuppie hell
Michael Tolkin's "The New Age" was the most scathing movie indictment of the American dream gone Sonoma catalog since Albert Brooks' brilliant satire "Lost In America". "The New Age" re-teams the "Tracy & Hepburn" of indie film, Peter Weller and Judy Davis, who were also the wacked-out couple in "Naked Lunch". Instead of heading off in an RV to go "find themselves", Judy and Peter decide to "simplify" thier over-extended Yuppie lifestyle by chucking it all and opening up a Beverly Hills boutique. Hilarity ensues....right? Actually, the movie takes a more low-key,sometimes cruel, black comedy approach to its subjects as they proceed to go into a tandem midlife crisis. Along the way, most trendy southern California fads are lampooned, recalling the film "Serial", which savaged the Bay Area Yuppie/New Age scene in the same fashion. Good supporting performances abound; the biggest surprise is Adam "Batman" West, who is priceless as Weller's father. West plays the wryly acerbic, aging Lothario with much aplomb.(Where has he been?!) Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Comedies    2. Drama    3. Feature Film-comedy    4. Movie   

Editorial Review

Once upon a time, in the 1980s and early 1990s, American independent movies did not seek to merely ape Hollywood formulas. They were more than just feature-length resumes for shrewd, enterprising filmmakers who had nothing to say, but dreamed of saying it with a big-studio budget. Back then, independent films provided a different kind of movie experience; they challenged and provoked audiences--and none more so than 1991's Read more

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Fascinating and brave
THE RAPTURE explores a subject that few films dare explore with any effort at seriousness:religion.In movies, religion is usually made fun of or satirized.Rarely is it shown as a force that can actually make people's lives better.(Exceptions include Robert Duvall's remarkable THE APOSTLE).
Surprised by this film...
I was flipping the channels late at night and stumbled upon this.I am non-religious (agnostic) and found the movie to be fascinating.I think I leaned a bit about the beliefs of some people --- even some of my friends.
disturbing
at the end of the movie i was very angry with G-d/Jesus Christ; that poor woman should not be left alone in purgatory, and if she is, then i have no use for the spiritual entity ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Feature Film-drama    3. Movie   

Editorial Review

Once upon a time, in the 1980s and early 1990s, American independent movies did not seek to merely ape Hollywood formulas. They were more than just feature-length resumes for shrewd, enterprising filmmakers who had nothing to say, but dreamed of saying it with a big-studio budget. Back then, independent films provided a different kind of movie experience; they challenged and provoked audiences--and none more so than 1991's Read more

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Reviews (71)

Fascinating and brave
THE RAPTURE explores a subject that few films dare explore with any effort at seriousness:religion.In movies, religion is usually made fun of or satirized.Rarely is it shown as a force that can actually make people's lives better.(Exceptions include Robert Duvall's remarkable THE APOSTLE).
Surprised by this film...
I was flipping the channels late at night and stumbled upon this.I am non-religious (agnostic) and found the movie to be fascinating.I think I leaned a bit about the beliefs of some people --- even some of my friends.
disturbing
at the end of the movie i was very angry with G-d/Jesus Christ; that poor woman should not be left alone in purgatory, and if she is, then i have no use for the spiritual entity ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Feature Film-drama    3. Movie   

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• Color
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Reviews (4)

The best film ever made about LA
Ten years after its release, Steve Martin's LA Story has a cult following for its adept interpretation of vapid and decadent Los Angelinos. Though LA Story came out in 1990 and seems to lampoon the 80s, Michael Tolkin goes way beyond his collaborative work with Robert Altman(The Player) with this pitch black comedy. maria ellingsen wasted- i got lost watching it
This film is a mess. It features a load of stars and made no sense at all. The great Icelandic actress Maria Ellingsen appears once or twice and is her exceptional skills are wasted in this mess. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

A brisk stroll through Yuppie hell
Michael Tolkin's "The New Age" was the most scathing movie indictment of the American dream gone Sonoma catalog since Albert Brooks' brilliant satire "Lost In America". "The New Age" re-teams the "Tracy & Hepburn" of indie film, Peter Weller and Judy Davis, who were also the wacked-out couple in "Naked Lunch". Instead of heading off in an RV to go "find themselves", Judy and Peter decide to "simplify" thier over-extended Yuppie lifestyle by chucking it all and opening up a Beverly Hills boutique. Hilarity ensues....right? Actually, the movie takes a more low-key,sometimes cruel, black comedy approach to its subjects as they proceed to go into a tandem midlife crisis. Along the way, most trendy southern California fads are lampooned, recalling the film "Serial", which savaged the Bay Area Yuppie/New Age scene in the same fashion. Good supporting performances abound; the biggest surprise is Adam "Batman" West, who is priceless as Weller's father. West plays the wryly acerbic, aging Lothario with much aplomb.(Where has he been?!) Highly recommended. ... Read more

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