The Return of Jezebel James

Here’s another batch of one-line Parker Posey movie reviews: 7 of them to add to the 5 one-line Parker Posey movie reviews I posted a couple months ago.

1. For Your Consideration - Storyless mockumentary about craziness on and off the film set. Made it 22 minutes into the film, when the first plot point should have occured, then lost interest. 2 out of 5 stars.
2. Best In Show - Mockumentary following the quirky (and sometimes freaky) owners of 5 dogs as they compete in a dog show. Some hilarious Parker moments. 3 out of 5 stars.
3. Personal Velocity - Three women, three vignettes, three separate stories each happening at the same time. Yeah, whatever. 3 out of 5 stars.
4. Clockwatchers - A shy, quiet woman is accepted by a group of friends (including Parker Posey) and strives to make a difference—which turns out not what I expected—in a funny story I had to see twice in order to fully understand. 5 out of 5 stars.
5. The Event - A deep, well-crafted story that explores homosexuality, AIDS, death, and doctor-assisted suicide, as a D.A. (Parker Posey) investigates the death of a gay man. Brutally honest in its rendering, but tries to accomplish way too much at once. 3 out of 5 stars.
6. Adam & Steve - Two gay guys get extremely gay. Gay-bashing frat boys will guffaw at the juvenile humor; homophobes and everyone else will wretch. But Parker is hot in that outfit. 2 out of 5 stars, the worst possible rating a movie can get.
7. Laws of Attraction - A romantic comedy about two divorce lawyers who learn about love and hate from a hedonistic rock star and his brassy wife. Parker plays the rock star’s wife. It doesn’t push the wrong boundaries, and I like it that way. 5 out of 5 stars.

-TimK

A word about my rating system: I use a variant of the Netflix rating system.

1 star = I hated it. This is not necessarily bad, because it means it inspired fierce emotion in me. Negative emotion, yes, but emotion nonetheless.

2 stars = I didn’t like it. Also didn’t hate it. The only thing worse than being hated is finding out that no one gives a damn.

3 stars = I liked it, but I probably wouldn’t watch it again.

4 stars = I really liked it, and I would watch it again.

5 stars = I loved it, and I want to watch it again and again and again.