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Bald Move Prestige

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Bald Move Prestige

Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5942 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Listeners BEWARE, there are SPOILERS ahead (00:24:45) Want some philosophy with your dark comedy? From the director of Silver Linings Playbook and a cast with more stars than the Orion constellation comes a mind-bending black comedy. It’s a funny take on the meaning of life that sums up A.Ron’s life philosophy. Pick up your metaphysical magnifying glasses and join the existential detectives in answering the question, “How are we all connected?” Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone welcome back to another bald move prestige movie today we're talking about the 2004 black existential comedy

0:09.2

directed by David O Russell who you might call also shot Three Kings,

0:15.6

starring George Clooney at the hall.

0:18.1

The Fighter, Silver Lining's Playbook, American Hustle,

0:20.7

all movies that I really like.

0:22.2

He's also directing the upcoming

0:24.4

Amsterdam. It's a screenplay co-written by Jeff Baina, which I didn't see, I guess he

0:31.0

has several other screen credits, none I recognized.

0:34.2

This has a nice score by John Brione, who you might recognize from the score of Magnolia,

0:41.3

Punched Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,

0:44.8

Synectaky, I think that's how you pronounce that in New York, and Lady Bird.

0:50.4

Does a lot of indie weird films. The cast is stunning. Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law,

0:57.8

Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, Isabella Hoopert, I'm not really sure I pronounce her name.

1:06.7

Jonah Hill, early Jonah Hill work, Bob Gunton, Talia, Talia, Talia, Talya, Shire, Rocky's wife.

1:19.1

Gene Smart, Kevin Dunn, Richard Jenkins, and Shania Twain,

1:24.0

feeling like a woman.

1:25.0

This is one of my favorite films,

1:30.0

and I've seen it, this is the fourth time I've seen it, and I haven't seen it for three or four years, and I find myself growing in appreciation and estimation of this movie day by day. I can't wait to talk with you about it Jim, but first what did you think of this David O Russell film?

1:49.0

I want to talk about what Roger Ebert thought of this movie first.

1:53.4

But I've got some things to say to, yeah.

1:55.6

Before I say what I thought, because he had to watch it twice.

1:58.9

It's rare that I see Roger Ebert go,

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