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renee zellweger stars as sonia , a young jewish wife and mother frustrated by the constraints of her hasidic community in brooklyn .
her husband ( glenn fitzgerald ) is a religious scholar whose all - in - a - day's - work attitude on sex fails to tame the " fire " she feels within , as so she confesses to the rebbe ( after hearing her fiery confession , the rebbe suddenly gets frisky with his pleasantly surprised wife -- and dies the next morning ) .
sensing her frustration , her husband 's brother ( christopher eccleston ) gives her a job in his jewelry brokering business in exchange for raw , passionless sex that just fans sonia 's still - burning flame .
on the job , sonia befriends ramon ( allen payne ) , a cool blast of hunky puerto rican water who does his own jewelry designs when not working as a grunt in an upscale jewelry store .
can fire - taming be far be that far behind for the ever - smoldering sonia ?
just about everything in writer - director boaz yakin 's rings false , starting with the improbably cast zellweger , who does an adequate enough acting job but simply looks too waspy for the role .
a better fit would have been julianna margulies , who outshines zellweger as sonia 's take - no - crap sister - in - law .
some of sonia 's baby steps toward liberation , such as indulging in a non - kosher egg roll in chinatown , come off as silly .
yakin attempts to spice up the proceedings with a touch of magical realism -- in the form of the recurring presence of sonia 's long - dead brother 's ghost -- make the story feel even more trite than it already is .
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i did n't know what to expect .
it 's like something you chase for so long , but then you do n't know how to react when you get it .
i still do n't know how to react .
"
--michael
jordan , on winning his first nba championship in 1991 .
..
or , my thoughts after meeting him on november 21 , 1997
N

you may not have heard of lucas , or if you have , you might not think much of it .
probably because it stars corey haim , or maybe because it 's about a little geek who collects insects , or maybe because it does n't feature slick one - liners or the chart topping soundtrack albums that were almost a requirement for teen films in the 80 's . however , you have been missing out on a true masterpeice , the best film of 1986 , and the best film about adolescent life ever made .
corey haim stars as lucas bligh , a tiny 14 year old with scruffy hair , thick glasses , and an interest in insects and other outdoor life .
one day he stops by the tennis courts and sees what must be an angel to him .
her name is maggie , a 16 year old who certainly is a beauty , with lovely red hair and a sweet , innocent complexion .
maggie seems to be a little disturbed by this little kid watching her , but somehow he interests her , and soon they are talking and getting to know one another .
they gradually become good friends , and spend the summer together doing various things , such as studying insects ( namely locusts , who come out of hiding once every 17 years ) , playing tennis , and listening to a symphony orchestra through a manhole cover .
lucas is obviously in love with maggie , and while she is charmed by him , it 's clear that she would never consider him anything more than a very good friend .
this is not clear to lucas , however .
he still beleives that maggie is his soulmate , and he dreads the impending start of school because he knows what 's about to happen .
we soon find out why in a painful scene where lucas is humiliated by the jocks during a pep rally .
they throw him on stage , right in front of his beloved maggie .
surprisingly , he turns the tables on the jocks with some clowning around , but he takes it too far , and is embarassed in front of the entire school .
the next scene is brilliant .
maggie follows lucas outside of the pep rally .
she tries to talk to him as if nothing happened .
he rails back against her , in a cruel unfair fashion .
in lesser movies this would 've turned into a confrontation between the two characters .
but maggie is written smarter than that .
she understands what lucas is feeling and knows exactly what to say to console him .
next we are introduced to another great character named cappie ( charlie sheen ) .
he is a jock with a typical cheerleader girlfriend .
what 's interesting about him is that he sticks up for lucas and protects him from the other jocks .
of course anyone with a brain can tell what 's gon na happen next .
cappie will cause conflict in maggie and lucas ' relationship .
this begins in classic scene in the school laundry room when cappie and maggie are alone .
she 's been assigned to show him how to operate the washer / dryer so he can clean his shirt .
maggie is charmed by cappie 's tender undertsanding demeanor , not to mention his shirtless body .
this scene is so delicate and sweet , but cappie still has a girlfriend , preventing either one from acting on their desires .
desperately trying to puncture the tension , cappie begins to kick basketballs around the room .
it 's not long before cappie does break up with his girlfriend ( in the films only subpar scene ) .
lucas finally figures out what 's going on when he tries to pick maggie up for the dance .
this causes him to take severe actions to prove himself to maggie and himself , such as try out for the football team .
the last third of the film revolves around this attempt .
while the idea seems cliched , the way it is executed is not .
there are many surprises
during the last half hour which lead to an ending so emotionally involving it should make the most heartless of cynics get choked up .
dave grusin 's memorable score , played at the perfect moments , certainly helps .
lucas is filled with great performances .
forget everything you know about corey haim .
back in 1986
he had talent , and that is proven here as he delivers a perfect fully 3-dimensional performance filled with anger , humor , and pain .
kerri green is very appealing
as maggie , showing us why she cares about lucas so much and why he is so attracted to her .
sheen 's cappie is almost too good to be true , but sheen makes him beleivable , especially when he explains the reason why he protects lucas .
there are other wonderful minor characters such as ciro popitti 's ben , a friend of lucas , whose diminutive stature does not mean he will take crap from the jocks .
also turning up in a few key scenes is winona ryder as rina , the girl who admires lucas from afar .
when people talk about the great teen angst films of the 80s , you hear john hughes this and john
hughes that .
lucas seems to be lost among the crowd of his so - called classics .
but hopefully , like with heathers and say anything , lucas can begin to find it 's own loyal following and help people realize there were more to the 80s than anthony michael hall and molly ringwald .
it deserves more than that , but i do n't want to be greedy .
P

it 's wednesday , march 27 , and a murder investigation is underway in charlotte , south carolina .
the crime : a young prostitute , elizabeth ( renee zellweger ) , has been brutally slain .
one half of her severed body was found in a bag at the train station .
the other half was discovered in a trunk at the harbor authority , miles away .
the police duo of braxton ( chris penn ) and kennesaw ( michael rooker ) are strapped for leads .
at the moment , they have only one possible suspect : wayland ( tim roth ) , a wealthy , unemployed genius who graduated summa cum laude from princeton and appears to be the least likely character to commit such a heinous act .
that 's the premise for deceiver , a new thriller from the pate brothers , jonas and josh , who made their mark on the film world two years ago at sundance with the movie the grave .
deceiver plays out like a mind game between the intellectually superior wayland and the two not- so - bright cops ( captions early in the proceedings
let us know that wayland 's iq is 151
; by contrast , kennesaw 's is 122 and braxton 's is 102 ) .
the setting is a police interrogation room where a lie detector test is about to be administered .
over three days , as wayland returns to answer more questions , the drama and tension among these three characters gradually escalates until , inevitably , it boils over .
other plot elements are thrown in for good measure .
wayland suffers from a peculiar kind of epilepsy that can , in stressful situations , render him virtually catatonic or extremely violent .
braxton , a compulsive gambler , is deep in debt to a local syndicate .
and kennesaw is haunted by a dark , abusive side that delights in terrorizing women , especially his wife ( rosanna arquette ) , whom he suspects of being unfaithful .
the foibles and failings of these three are brought into the open as the mystery around elizabeth 's death deepens and it becomes unclear who has the upper hand :
the suspect or his questioners .
deceiver , which mostly transpires in a dimly - lit room and involves a lot of smart dialogue , has the feel of a david mamet play : edgy , claustrophobic , and tense .
the atmosphere is explosive , and some of pivotal moments of confrontation are riveting .
deceiver has the power to grab an audience .
unfortunately , in the end , it succumbs to the need to throw in one last , unexpected twist , and this is its undoing .
for , while this surprise will certainly shock most viewers , it also stretches our credulity too much , and raises more questions than it answers .
it 's only an effective wrap - up if you do n't think too carefully about its full implications .
of course , the film as a whole plays fast and loose with reality and logic .
police procedure is totally ignored and it 's almost impossible to accept that any criminal investigation would or could proceed in this manner .
but the real focus in deceiver is on character interaction , not plot details .
deceiver only occasionally gets out of the police station , and those instances occur primarily during flashbacks featuring the prostitute .
the pates employ a number of interesting techniques to present vignettes from elizabeth 's final days and hours .
the most intriguing of these is to use an unreliable narrator while underlining the discrepancies in his voice - over by visually showing what really happened .
moments like this are too effective to be dismissed as gimmicks .
the movie , obviously fashioned in the manner of classic film noir , drips atmosphere .
there are some fascinating stylistic touches ; for example , although the setting is contemporary , all of the telephones are old - fashioned , rotary models .
cinematographer bill butler is given an opportunity to use unconventional camera work to liven up deceiver 's look .
some of the things he tries ( mostly those that involve the contrast between light and shadow ) work exceptionally well , while others ( like any of several lazy susan shots ) seem more like unnecessary visual tricks .
as wayland , tim roth gives the film 's top performance , despite occasionally treading the tightrope between acting and overacting .
roth makes us believe that wayland is both as brilliant and as troubled as he 's supposed to be .
the other two leads , chris penn and michael rooker , are n't as effective .
both play their characters like familiar types .
penn 's performance is uninspired ; rooker 's lacks subtlety .
some of the best work is turned in by the supporting actors .
renee zellweger , in a role that 's miles away from her star - making turn in jerry maguire , brings a note of vulnerability and humanity to a part that could easily have become a caricature .
rosanna arquette is solid as kennesaw 's wife , and michael parks delivers several wonderful scenes as a psychiatrist who 's entrusted with evaluating wayland 's condition .
one of the best things about deceiver is that it never talks down to the audience .
plot points are n't hammered home , and , although the ending has its weaknesses , everything is n't spelled out in bold letters .
the pates give audience members credit for having brains , which is an increasingly rare characteristic for film makers .
occasionally gripping and never uninteresting , deceiver is a fine noir effort .

P