What to see: Inspirational sports drama, comedy about scammers and movies about family conflicts

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker recommends watching a drama with "insensitive" Jake Gyllenhaal, a light crime comedy about fraudulent brothers, Woody Allen's melodrama about three sisters, an inspiring movie about climbing a sports Olympus and a classic American movie about intra-family conflicts.

Demolition

• Drama.
• USA, 2015.
• Duration: 101 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Losing a wife in a car accident is a tragedy. But the hero of Jake Gyllenhaal is not worried about this. What's wrong with him? Did he not love his wife or is there some pathology in his heart? He is helped by a single mother who smokes marijuana and her informal son to deal with his inner demons.

The Brothers Bloom

• Comedy.
• USA, 2008.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 9.

Crime comedy starring Mark Ruffalo, Adrian Brody, Rinko Kikuchi and Rachel Weisz. There is enough light humor and fabulous romance here. But there is no profundity at all. However, sometimes this is not required.

Hannah and Her Sisters

• Melodrama.
• USA, 1986.
• Duration: 103 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

As always, an ironic and romantic picture of Woody Allen about three sisters. The film is calm but entertaining thanks to the excellent script and entertaining dialogues. Woody Allen himself plays the role of a cute hypochondriac, which certainly adds charm to the picture. In 1987, Hannah & Her Sisters won three Oscars, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards.

The Fighter

• Drama.
• USA, 2010.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 9.

A sports drama with a simple idea: do your best and rise to the top of success from the bottom. Despite the well-worn plot, David O. Russell shot the picture almost flawlessly. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo played great, for which they collected all the awards for supporting roles.

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

• Drama.
• USA, 1966.
• Duration: 131 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Screen adaptation. The focus is on a married couple played by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who were husband and wife in real life at the time of filming. The other two characters are a younger couple. The four of them spend a very drunken night, rich in emotional dialogues and revelations. In the sixties, the picture shocked the audience with such a realistic depiction of intra-family conflicts and broke box office records. In 1967, the film was nominated for 13 Oscars, 5 of which won.