The wellspring of much of the humor is in the byplay between the corruptness of the film people and the "purity" of the locals, who turn out to be as rotten as some of the Hollywood crowd. The story concerns a film production crew, running out of money, who blows into the quaint provincial town of Waterford, Vermont on a location shoot after getting run out of New Hampshire (for reasons that are very hush-hush). The rhythm and pace is more like a sitcom than a feature film, sharply edited and light on its feet and with a sort of whitebread jazz motif loitering in the background, but the cast is certainly above average, and Mamet's screenplay is very charming punctuated with some funny sub-plots and a few very good (maybe even great) one-liners. In the pantheon of David Mamet's films, I'd say State and Main ranks somewhere in the middle, but it's a good middle. Reviewed by rcraig62 7 / 10 Goodhearted, light fun
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Watch this movie if you want to think and be entertained, and if that doesn't sound appealing, please go find another movie to watch.
Mamet pulls no punches making fun of Hollywood by comparing it to small town America or more importantly Hollywood "values" to small town American values. The film may be too smart for it's own good and may have overshot the general movie audience, but makes for a gem of a movie to watch. This is like one of those classic novels that can be dissected in every way for symbolism and thought, which is quite rare in today's cinema. I like the way "The Old Mill" mirrors the actions of the actual film and how deep the film goes. Everything else also flows so well and the credit for that has to be given to Mamet's directing and writing ability. This can only occur with a director that knows the script but since the script was written by the director, the point becomes moot. The perceived fast pace is created by the actors saying their lines so quickly and crisply. The movie seems to last 15 minutes because it is that interesting and fast paced.
He emits this sense of control as everything falls apart around him and delivers some excellent lines.īaldwin gives a better than average performance, as does Durning and Hoffman and the rest of the cast is quite good. His performance is on par with his Fargo performance. The other person that deserves high praise is William H. She is the heart of the film and deserves praise for being able to perform that well. Rebecca Pidgeon, Mamet's wife, plays the matter-of-fact-talking girl perfectly. There is not one wasted word in the script. Each line is crucial to the script either as a story/plot building device or as a joke building device or both. If you aren't listening to every line of dialogue, you will miss jokes, it is that simple. It's just funny, but you have to pay attention. The writing is unquestionably the best comedy screenplay since those early Brooks films. This basic comedy technique works on an early Mel Brooks type level and makes for a movie that should be watched many times in order to pick up everything, but is still (maybe even more) enjoyable after each viewing. You must pay attention to this movie to get the jokes, because most of them are running (as in recurring) jokes that pick up on items that may have been just mentioned once ("Go you Huskies!") and again and again and again and then are explained later as a tag-on in the dialogue. The reviews of this film seem to be mixed and I am confused on how that can be? This is one of my favorite movies ever and may be the best (not slapstick, Chris Farley-esque comedy, but smart) comedy. Reviewed by Dave-330 10 / 10 PLEASE PAY ATTENTION BEFORE POSTING
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