When a Man Loves a Woman, PCU, With Honors, No Escape, The Favor, 1994
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Unbelievable! “No Escape” was terrible as I recall. I have not seen it twice. Should I give it a second chance? My parents hated it too. We went for one reason. Gale Anne Hurd.
When A Man Loves a Woman…probably one of the best movies about addiction especially concerning alcoholism…it definitely deserved its praise but it definitely deserved more than that in 1994
Did you catch that No Escape was set in 2022? Listen again to the monologue delivered to Ray Liotta: “You will have no future contact with the outside world. No visitors, no phone calls, no letters. For all intents and purposes, you’re dead.” Not too bad, they were only 2 years off; that sounds exactly like 2020 to me.
‘With Honors’ is a terrible film but I find myself watching it every year around the winter time. It’s like a train wreck you want to see over and over again. When the film tries to be funny it fails, when it tries to be sentimental it fails even harder. Nothing works. For the record, I love Joe Pesci but I can’t stand him in this movie. He isn’t even remotely funny. He is just annoying as hell and he looks like a toddler next to the very tall Brendan Frasier. Thankfully Pesci redeemed himself the next year with another iconic performance in ‘Casino.’