You can thank her husband, David Mamet, at least partly for that. Her robotic style is a direct result (I would assume) of his philosophy of “Don’t emote, you pretentious ‘actor,’ just say the lines.”
She was much better in State and Main.
I am surprised nobody has mentioned Roxanne, a remake Cyrano De Bergenrac. (Gee, I mangled that spelling!)
Good chick flick, good comedy, more culture than most mass-market yogurts.
How about A Simple Twist of Fate? It was his first dramatic role, showing that he had range as an actor, and was not just a simple comedian turned actor. I think he’s always wanted to be respected as a talented actor, writer, musician, and comic. A sort of rennaissance man, not just a zany guy playing banjo with an arrow through his head. He’s seemed to abandon that childish personna in favor or a more mature, intelligent, elder-statesman type one.
Actually, the quote is a joke. It’s from a Kevin Smith movie, and he gives a big look to the camera after saying this, as if to say, “And this is the movie I ‘owe’.”
It’s really the last two that make me scratch my head. It makes me think of Krusty the Clown when he returns to his comedic roots and refuses all endorsements until he is swayed by enough cash.
Maybe Steve Martin will do some commercials for the Canyonero!
;j
Of course, those movies that make a couple of hundred million help provide the capital necessary to make the arty films. Filmmaking, even low-budget filmmaking, ain’t cheap (it’s only “low budget” relative to other films, and not in any objective sense).
So don’t loathe that mindset, embrace it, for without it your beloved art house films would not get made.
(And yeah, I saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; remember, the Internet is a special place where people get together to share pornography and bitch about movies.)
Wait a moment. Shopgirl is to Literature what your child’s crayola drawing on the refrigerator is to the Mona Lisa.
Put that one on your next SAT.
RickJay, I always assumed from your nic that you were a Mamet fan. Apparently I’m wrong?
I agree. Probably my favorite Steve Martin flick next to The Three Amigos.
[hijack]And what was with all that acrobatics in that movie?[/hijack]
First, though “Cheaper by the Dozen” doesn’t appear to be Oscar-worthy material or film genius, why bash it before seeing it? Second, what’s wrong with doing a harmless family comedy, as “CBTD” seems to be?
That being said, I love every Steve Martin movie I’ve seen, with the exception of “L. A. Story.”
I wonder if Cheaper by the Dozen wasn’t a different project when Martin first signed on. I read the book it was based off when I was in middle school, and it was a good, quirky YA novel. Just from the commercials, they’ve obviously made gigantic changes to the plot. For one thing, the book was set around the turn of the century (Well, I guess the movie is set around the turn of a century, too, but it’s the wrong damn century) and the father wasn’t a football coach, he was an “efficiency expert.” I don’t recall it having any of this Mr. Mom crap that the plot of this movie seems to have, either. I wonder how many re-writes the script underwent between Martin signing on and the end of production.
Still, you never know: might be good. Steve Martin still hits more often than he misses. I’ll probably wait for this one to show up on cable, though.
Is that the all-girl version? 
Cheaper by the Dozen looks like Parenthood Run Amuck. I will not be watching this movie, I don’t like Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Ashton Kutcher, Hillary Duff, anyway but in this movie they will Suck. I normally like SM, but not in this movie, I was hoping he would go the route of Tom Hanks - moving into Drama from Comedy.
Damn, they took out the Efficiency Expert part? I was really looking forward to that.
I have no idea why.
Besides the salary earned to plow into a personal project, having a big commercial hit shows the Hollywood establishment that you have a loyal core audience. Hence, your art film is more likely to get backing and distribution.
:eek:
Must… kill… Intaglio…
I read a quote from John Cleese where he said that he and Martin agree that the only reason they take jobs nowadays is for the pleasure of working with a particular actor or director; neither apparently cares too much if the finished product is a dud.
Just FTR, Cheaper by the Dozen is a true story written by two of the Gilbreth children.
Moody Bastard - I should have said I Hate Bonnie Hunt.
The book and the Original Movie (was that Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball?) “Cheaper By The Dozen” were good, but this latest incarnation is a Crappy Movie that will Suck Ass.