http://ambival.net/movies/clockwise Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://ambival.net/movies/clockwise/comment-page-1#comment-569 Ambival.net » Movies » Girl from Rio aka Chica de Rio Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:24:09 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=353#comment-569 [...] Maybe it’s ‘cos I watched the guiltiest of pleasures, “Mr. Bean”, for the first time in years just hours before flicking randomly onto this, so I was already kind of in the mood; maybe it’s ‘cos I’m sometimes just a whore for movies I’ve never heard of before – but I really loved this stupid little movie. There’s something about Hugh Laurie dancing salsa around Rio in a business suit … just makes me giggle. The score’s pretty wonderful – familiar, but wonderful – and the way Orlinda goes to bite Laurie’s finger at the airport when he gestures her to shut up … omg. There’s a priceless cameo by Kacey Ainsworth (Little Mo from “Eastenders” – I know, I really shouldn’t know that, lol), too. Perhaps a bit Woman in Redish though I couldn’t say really, I’m not sure if I’ve seen all of that movie – but even for all its Clockwise -ish ridiculousness, I’d recommend it anyway. [...] [...] Maybe it’s ‘cos I watched the guiltiest of pleasures, “Mr. Bean”, for the first time in years just hours before flicking randomly onto this, so I was already kind of in the mood; maybe it’s ‘cos I’m sometimes just a whore for movies I’ve never heard of before – but I really loved this stupid little movie. There’s something about Hugh Laurie dancing salsa around Rio in a business suit … just makes me giggle. The score’s pretty wonderful – familiar, but wonderful – and the way Orlinda goes to bite Laurie’s finger at the airport when he gestures her to shut up … omg. There’s a priceless cameo by Kacey Ainsworth (Little Mo from “Eastenders” – I know, I really shouldn’t know that, lol), too. Perhaps a bit Woman in Redish though I couldn’t say really, I’m not sure if I’ve seen all of that movie – but even for all its Clockwise -ish ridiculousness, I’d recommend it anyway. [...]

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