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‘Enough Said’ (2013) says so much. | Simon Says
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An Irish philosophy student who watches an awful lot of films. 8216;Enough Said’ (2013) says so much. Tell me, dear reader, are you aware of the name Nicole Holofcener? She’s only one of American film’s most compelling writer-directors, yet nobody seems to know who the hell she is. Why is that? Maybe she makes too few films (just five in 17 years). Maybe her witty dialogue seems too artful for the average Cineplex goer. Or maybe it’s because she’s a woman. Is a fitting legacy. Golden performances aside, ...
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Family Affair; ‘Like Father, Like Son’ (2013). | Simon Says
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An Irish philosophy student who watches an awful lot of films. Family Affair; ‘Like Father, Like Son’ (2013). Like Father, Like Son. Is the latest in a long line of demure, unassuming family dramas from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Much like 2011’s. His latest enterprise also focuses strongly on the plight of misplaced children, featuring a pair of six year-olds who were incompetently swapped at birth. As the winner of the prestigious Jury Prize at Cannes, does it deliver the promised goods?