Friday, December 19 2008

Yes Man

By Cynthia Fuchs

Carl (Jim Carrey) meets the incredible Allison (Zooey Deschanel), a girl so completely charming and dazzlingly unpredictable that he is instantly convinced of the rightness of yes.

Thursday, December 18 2008

‘Yes’ is Better Premise than Product

By Bill Gibron

Friday, June 2 2006

The Break-Up (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

For all that goes wrong with The Break-Up, the most compelling question it raises has to do with the state of the romantic comedy.

Thursday, June 1 2006

The Break-Up (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

For all that goes wrong with The Break-Up, the most compelling question it raises has to do with the state of the romantic comedy.

Tuesday, October 7 2003

Down With Love (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

He's mixing drinks in his bachelor pad, equipped with, as director Peyton Reed calls it, a 'really bitchin' television set.'"

Thursday, May 15 2003

Down With Love (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

At its best, Down With Love celebrates this fictional elegance with a corresponding airiness.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Bring It On (2000)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Now this is a surprise: Bring It On is, at some not-quite-invisible sublevel, about white thievery of black cultural forms and content.