# Recently Rented DVD/Video And Mini Reviews

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-rented-dvd-video-and-mini-reviews/150711 "2003-01-24T21:11:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-rented-dvd-video-and-mini-reviews/150711/1 "2003-01-24T21:11:22Z")

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So what have you all rented recently and what did you think?

I have recently rented:

The Good Girl - with J. Aniston…it was actually pretty good, she was very good but the film is NOT a comedy - despite the previews trying to sell it as one.

XXX - with Vin Diesel…a nice rip-off of the 007 genre…some scenes so unbelievable you laugh out loud, but for mindless action, it was fun.

Bloodwork - Clint Eastwood - pretty good, standard ex-cop solves murders mystery.

Advertising Rules - a German film you can find in the US at some stores…mildly amusing, but predictable plot.

Signs - Mel Gibson - was ok. Better than I thought it would be - sort of an extended episode of the X-Files.

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**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-rented-dvd-video-and-mini-reviews/150711/2 "2003-01-24T21:22:48Z")

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I also recently rented _The Good Girl_ and I also thought it was generally pretty good. Aniston was so completely different from her “Rachel” character; she deserved the critical praise that I heard when the movie first came out. Did they really try to promote this as a comedy? I’d agree that would be a gross mischaracterization if they did.

I also rented _Unfaithful_ with Richard Gere and Diane Lane. Another pretty decent effort. Not too unpredictable, but not too over-the-top unbelievable either. I thought the balanced the exhiliration/despair surrounding the wife’s affair very well. I also thought Gere was very much "un"like his usual character in this one… almost playing a geeky, not-so-confident husband.