June 06, 2005

Weinkauf Award Nominee

Here's the always dreadful New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis, reviewing "Cinderella Man":

"To his credit, Mr. Howard does not wave the flag as vigorously as Mr. Ross, though the new film's tagline ("When America was on its knees, he brought us to our feet") prepares you for the worst. In any event, given that Mr. Howard and his writers would be hard-pressed to bend this underdog narrative to our current political nightmare, it's a good thing they don't venture down that path."
What wonderful circular reasoning. In other words, "the director could've made the movie about something it has nothing to do with, but instead he didn't, so good for him." She might as well have praised Howard for not including references to the Smurfs, because they have about as much to do with "Cinderella Man" as Bush does.

And besides, regardless of your politics, it takes quite a lot of chutzpah to reference "our current political nightmare" while reviewing a movie about the Great Depression.

UPDATE: I'm not saying the movie was bad, but certain parts made me want to throw a phone at the screen. I'll link to my full review once it's posted.

Posted by Stephen Silver at June 6, 2005 07:10 PM
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"...it takes quite a lot of chutzpah to reference 'our current political nightmare' while reviewing a movie about the Great Depression."

And/or a staggering degree of ignorance.

Posted by: Dave J at June 6, 2005 06:22 PM

Whereas, it only takes a tiny bit of chutzpah to reference our current national nightmare while reviewing a movie that takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Posted by: Dan at June 6, 2005 07:47 PM
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