Circus of Follies

 

How little it takes to con our very own children! I absolutely detest reviewing low-quality movies – the effort of penning a few lines just does not seem to be worth it! With a mishmash of unattractive characters that form a circus cast winding their way across European cities, chased by gendarmes, and finding their bearings at long last, Madagascar 3 – Europe’s Most Wanted, is strictly children’s fare. And, by that, I mean fare for they-who-will-not-discern-poor-quality rather than a comment on well-produced children’s content. Off with the head of the producers of this one!

 8.5/20

The Longest of leaps

The ever so predictable Adam Sandler deviates ever so slightly from the familiar canned humor to produce a surprisingly balanced movie in The Longest Yard. On the face of it, the script does not sound particularly exciting – Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) the ex-football star, disgraced for shaving points in a big game, finds himself serving a three year prison sentence for theft and drunk driving. Riled by the domineering practices of the prison guards, Paul decides to make a football team out of the inmates that will be more than pushovers for the prison guards’ tune up game. With a small core team, and on the way, picks up a coach in Nate Scarborough (Burt Reynolds), and some valuable players on account of some personal bravado vis-à-vis the theatrically aggressive prison guards. And as the movie progresses towards the predictable climax in the nature of all sports movies, you realize that this is one movie that does balance humor, and old-fashioned inspiration, rather well

13/20