The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 23

This week I watched When the Game Stands Tall, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The November Man.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

When the Game Stands Tall - The inspirational high school football film.

When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
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Written by: Scott Marshall Smith (screenplay), Scott Marshall Smith and David Zelon (story), Neil Hayes (book)
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis, Clancy Brown, Laura Dern 
Rated: PG

Plot:
Coach Ladouceur has won one-hundred and fifty straight games for the De La Salle high school football team. No streak continues forever, how do the coach and team recover after the streak has ended?

Review:
It's the usual sports story of overcoming long odds. The structure is unique, seeing the team at their peak and then failing. There are a few over-dramatized parts that seemed unnecessary and distracting. Typically in the genre, the big game against Poly Tech would be the end of the movie. In this, it was the middle. It was a nice sequence that drove the point of the movie home. With the biggest impact in the middle, it felt like the movie trailed off at the end.
It depends.

 

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin are fabulous.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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Written by: Dale Launer and Stanley Shapiro & Paul Hennin
Directed by: Frank Oz
Starring: Michael Caine, Steve Martin
Rated: PG

Plot:
Two con men develop a wager and select a mark to determine which is better.

Review:
good set up caine and martin do a great job. great comedy. solid movie. the comedy isn't slapstick, but it is physical. steve martin and michael caine are a great pair. solid ending as well.
Watch it.

The November Man -You've seen worse.

The November Man (2014)
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Written by: Michael Finch & Karl Gajdusek (screenplay), Bill Granger (book)
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko
Rated: R

Plot:
Pierce Brosnan plays a former CIA agent who returns from retirement to rescue a Russian operative. Events unfold pitting him against a former protege as he tries to stop a Russian general.

Review:
It's not a bad movie, but there is nothing stand out. It's a fun ride of cat and mouse with spies.
It depends.