The characters like to muse about the nature of morality, then shoot holes in one another's chests. The sex is weird and the production values are slightly off. The newest Jackie Chan vehicle takes our Hong Kong hero from the frozen tundra of Russia to the sandy beaches of the Australian coast on a quest to recapture a nuclear warhead and kick ass. This blatant tear-jerker features the highest number of sick and dying characters for your movie dollar. Equal parts amusing and excruciating to watch, this self-indulgent sojourn in suburbia is certainly no Defending Your Life .
Mother is an odd movie.
Milos Forman brings the infamous publisher of Hustler magazine to the big screen in this stylish, revisionist look at the life and times of the famously offensive man. A wonderful, uplifting movie about a child prodigy who is damaged, then saved, by his art. Based on the true life of pianist David Helfgott, Shine weaves together scenes from his extremely lousy childhood and his very eccentric adulthood. Geoffrey Rush is terrific as Helfgott, a man who's a mass of neurotic habits and annoying tics, but who can create beautiful music as well. Liotta throwing out feeble one-liners, and many, many plot holes.