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Actor: Andy Umberger, Aomawa Baker, Elpidia Carrillo, Mary Pat Dowhy, Miguel SandovalBrand: BAKER,AOMAWA
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Nine Lives
DVD Review: Call this one 'Personal Velocity' cubed as 9 short stories are loosely connected for the possible delight of chickflickers!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Call this one 'Personal Velocity' cubed as 9 short stories are loosely connected for the possible delight of chickflickers, but once again the male gender gets bashed!
2-1/2 stars [(2005)USA/Magnolia Pictures/Rated R] - (1 hr. 55 min.)
Written & directed by Rodrigo Garcia
Review:
CHICKFLICK ALERT!!! Sorry significant others but you're going to get dragged to this one whether you like it or not, so I've added a little checklist below to help you decide when to head to the popcorn stand, take a walk, check your messages, whatever.
Need I review this for the ladies? I think not. Here's an ensemble of some of our leading female character actors doing what they do best: making evident the frailty of human life and how extreme situations can be dealt with in dramatic, humorous, and sometimes melodramatic fashion. I wouldn't dare dissuade any person of the female persuasion from rushing out to enjoy the cathartic situations present in this nearly omnibus format (except that Rodrigo Garcia is the sole director who channels his feminine side with great aplomb).
Mr. Garcia also seems to be allergic to editing as he has shot each episode as one continuous 'steadicam' shot known as an 'all-in-one'. Budding filmmakers may get some added satisfaction working out how the camera and actors were choreographed to achieve this effect, but that's all of the technical satisfaction that will be gleaned from this experiment in delivering raw female emotions.
In any case, here's a little advice to 'da guyz' to make this experience feel less like penance and more akin to understanding the always enigmatic female mind.
9 short reviews as follows (w/ 'guy-breaks' indicated/story titles are mine):
I. PRISON (13 min.)
Characters/Cast
Sandra (inmate Mom) - Elpidia Carrillo
Ron (Prison Guard) - Miguel Sandoval
Mini-review: As 'Sandra', Mexican actress Elpidia Carrillo ("My Family, Mi Familia") ably conveys the tragedy of toiling in a woman's prison, as well as the especially arduous task of repelling the advances of inmates and guards alike since her charge was for 'prostitution'. Sandra's meeting with her daughter turns into a heartrending (though slightly over-the-top) depiction of the explosion that results from the massive frustration that prison life can inspire. And it's definitely not pretty when it happens to a Latina who's drawn the straw that breaks the camel's back.
II. PREGNANT (13 min.)
Characters/Cast
Diana (Pregnant grocery shopper) - Robin Wright Penn
Damian (her old flame/grocery shopper) - Jason Isaacs
Mini-review: Being nearly full-term and having to do your own grocery shopping is bad enough, but what could be worse than to meet up with an old flame and have him profess his undying love to you (while he's married and you are too)! Robin Wright Penn ("White Oleander") does a great job of conveying indecision and anguish at every conceivable level WITHOUT crashing her grocery cart to boot. One would wonder whether Jason Isaacs is playing the old flame or the devil himself as he tempts this fully impregnated woman to limits of her patience. Certainly one of the more entertaining episodes in this collection.
III. HOMECOMING (13 min.)
Characters/Cast
Holly (estranged daughter/See VIII.) - Lisa Gay Hamilton
Vanessa (her younger sister) - Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Ron ('Bad dad'/Prison Guard-See I.) - Miguel Sandoval
Mini-review: Okay guys, this is the one that you want to skip over and make that trip to refill the popcorn bucket, especially if you're a father with a guilty conscience. Lisa Gay Hamilton ("Beloved") offers 'Holly' as a sweating, nervous, and overly neurotic daughter who wants to re-unite with her father after being estranged for many years. While the lovely younger sister 'Vanessa' (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) tries to comfort her it becomes clear that they are both hiding a deep dark family secret. And then Dad comes home ... SURPRISE!
IV. DINNER DATE (20 min.)
Characters/Cast
Sonia - Holly Hunter
Martin - Stephen Dillane
Lisa (wealthy lady) - Molly Parker
Damian (her husband/See II.) - Jason Isaacs
Mini-review: Okay guys, while you're getting the popcorn you might as well check your cellphone messages and use the bathroom too (this is your intermission). As expected, this is the 'my-husband-the-jerk' scenario that starts with the bad hubby forcing his wife onto an elevator (which she's afraid of) and then the evening goes downhill from there. To make matters worse, the always wonderful Holly Hunter ("Broadcast News") is the poor suffering wife who constantly battles her incommunicative husband. Quote: "I thought we weren't going to talk about this" ... now do any of you guys really want to re-live that moment again?
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V. DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY (12 min.)
Characters/Cast
Samantha - Amanda Seyfried
Ruth (her mother/See VII.) - Sissy Spacek
Larry (the disabled father) - Ian McShane
Mini-review: Well gentleman, you can return to your seats as the worst has passed and now you can sit back and relax while the disabled husband gets to show off his ability play the 'guilt game'. But hey, he's in a wheelchair so it doesn't apply to you right? Unless you're the type of guy who shouts out crossword clues and expects others to respond. Meanwhile the 'golden child' (Amanda Seyfried) spends her time at home to cater to poor crippled dad. Hey, at least pop isn't a child molester, right?
VI. FUNERAL (13 min.)
Characters/Cast
Lorna (unwanted mourner) - Amy Brenneman
Andrew (Deaf mourner) - William Fichtner
Mini-review: This next episode is possibly the most interesting (for guys anyway) because of its oddball mix of a deaf grieving husband and his 'ex-girlfriend' (Amy Brenneman) reuniting at the funeral of the man's recently deceased wife. Sure it's in poor taste, but it's the one episode where a 'male actor' gets a chance to steal the show even though he's just another horny b*stard (face it guys, we just can't keep it in our pants). William Fichtner ("The Longest Yard") not only gets to propose sex, but since he's deaf he does it in sign language (and also in distorted 'deaf speak'). Guys will be laughing while the ladies jaws drop to the floor of the theater. Certainly worth the price of admission after all that's gone before.
VII. MOTEL RENDEZVOUS (13 min.)
Characters/Cast
Ruth (See V.) - Sissy Spacek
Henry - Aidan Quinn
Sandra (arrest for prostitution/See I.) - Elpidia Carrillo
Mini-review: Normally watching a married woman trysting with a younger man would be improper, but we've already met her disabled husband earlier which defuses the scandalous nature of the meeting. Still, the chemistry between Quinn and Spacek seemed forced to me but these two great talents are still watchable. Your mileage may vary on this one.
VIII. MASTECTOMY (10 min.)
Characters/Cast
Camilla (the nervous patient) - Kathy Baker
Richard (her husband) - Joe Mantegna
Alma (the doctor) - Mary Kay Place
Holly (the nurse/See III.) - Lisa Gay Hamilton
Mini-review: Okay guys, I know your feet must be getting itchy by now and this is your two-episode warning. It wouldn't kill you to watch this but who wants to see a pre-op wife berating her hubby for ten minutes. Plus this is your last chance to get a free soda refill for the road plus you can beat the line to the rest room. Best of all, if you come back too late you'll only be missing the final episode which is the least compelling of the nine.
IX. GRAVEYARD PICNIC (10 min.)
Characters/Cast
Maggie - Glenn Close
Maria - Dakota Fanning
Mini-review: Normally when creating a program of short episodes the director will save the best for last. Not so. Yes, Glenn Close ("Fatal Attraction") is the best of her generation and Dakota Fanning ("War of the Worlds") is the best of the pre-teen set, but great acting only emerges from great writing and this final episode is the most underwritten of the nine. I'm sure they put this episode at the end because a cat appears which provokes the line, "do cats have nine lives?"
Oh brother, give me some explosions and a chase scene anyday, right fellas? Okay, she made you see this one so the next night you take her to a good bloodbath. All's fair in love and war right? As for you chickflickers, do your guys a favor and make this one a girl's night out, whaddaya-say???
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Description of Nine Lives
A brief, open-ended look into the lives of nine very different women as they confront death, prison, cheating spouses, specters from the past, and other disappointments and joys of life.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD
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