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| LIVING OUT LOUD (1998) - R
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ReviewScore: 65 out of 100
SBD Star Rating:
by Lew Irwin
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Living Out Loud, which marks the directorial bow of screenwriter Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, The Horse Whisperer, The Bridges of Madison County, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Beloved) is being viewed by many critics as a women's film that is being released this Halloween weekend as a kind of counter-programming ploy. Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Daily News says it "succeeds in achieving its modest goals with a tough-minded realism that's typically absent from romantic movies." "At last, a romantic comedy for grown-ups!" comments Rod Dreher in the New York Post. And Kenneth Turan, in the Los Angeles Times, calls it, "a film of eccentric charm, a warm and sympathetic character comedy." Topping the credits is Holly Hunter, but Janet Maslin in the New York Times says that it is Queen Latifah who is "the film's most attention-getting figure." The film is wordy, Maslin suggests, commenting, "In directing, LaGravenese remains very much a writer." And Susan Wloszczyna in USA Today observes, "If this is Living Out Loud, then all I can say is, "Shut up." |
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