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The Heist
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Life as a House
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The One
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Jurassic Park III
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Planet of the Apes
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Pearl Harbor
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The Score
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Rush Hour 2
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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Laura Croft: Tomb Radier
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Swordfish
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DR2 (Doctor Doolittle 2)
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The Animal
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Bridget Jones's Diary
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The Tailor of Panama
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Driven
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The Mummy Returns
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A Knights Tale
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TomCats
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Blow
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Enemy at the Gates
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Heartbreakers
PG-13 ... 2-1/2
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Road to Redemption
PG ... 2-1/2
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The Mexican
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Recess: School's Out
G ... 2
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3000 Miles to Graceland
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Traffic
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The Pledge
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The Wedding Planner
PG-13 ... 2
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Valentine
R ... 1-1/2
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Hannibal
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Thirteen Days
PG-13 ... 3
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A Family Man
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Quills
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Thirteen Days
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Mercy Streets Recommended Viewing
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102 Dalmations
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What Women Want
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The Vertical Limit
PG-13 ... 3
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Into the Arms of Starngers
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Men of Honor
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Little Nicky
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Red Planet
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The 6th Day
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Charlie's Angels
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Book of Shadows Blair Witch Project 2
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Bedazzled
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Pay it Forward
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Lost Souls
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The Exorcist
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The Little Vampire
R ... 1-1/2
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Lucky Numbers
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Goya in Bordeaux
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Luminous Motion
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The Contender
R ... 1-1/2
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Luminarias
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Get Carter
R ... 1-1/2
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Meet the Parents
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Shower
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Love and Sex
R ... 2-1/2
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The Exorcist
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Remember the Titans
R ... 2-1/2
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Almost Famous
R ... 2-1/2
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An Affair of Love
R ... 2
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Urban Legends
R ... 1
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Woman On Top
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Duet
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Bait
R ... 1-1/2
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The Interview
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Committed
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Nurse Betty
R ... 2-1/2
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Five Senses
R ... 2-1/2
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The Watcher
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Highlander End Game
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Godzilla2000
PG ... 2
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The Crew
PG-13 ... 2-1/2
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Art of War
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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
NR ... 3-1/2
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Bless the child
R ... 3-1/2
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Butterfly
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The Cell
R ... 1-1/2
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Space Cowboys
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The Patriot
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Coyote Ugly
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Hollow Man
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The Replacements
PG-13 ... 3
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Rocky and Bullwinkle
PG ... 2-1/2
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The Perfect Storm
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Me, Myself and Irene
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Chicken Run
G ... 3-1/2
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad
G ... 3
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What Lies Beneath
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Nutty Professor II The Klumps
PG-13 ...1-1/2
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Dinosaur
PG ... 2-1/2
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Titan A.E.
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Sunshine
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Shaft 2
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Shanghai Noon
PG-13 ... 2
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Big Momma's House
PG-13 ... 1
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Gone in 60 Seconds
PG-13 ... 2
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Mission Impossible 2
PG-13 ... 2-1/2
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The Basket
PG ... 2-1/2
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Battlefield Earth
PG-13 ... 1/2
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I Dreamed of Africa
PG-13 ... 2
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Gladiator
R ... 3
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Where the Heart Is
PG-13 ... 2
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Frequency
PG-13 ... 2-1/2
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Keeping the Faith
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U-571
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FIVE SENSES     2   1/2
    Rated R
(partly in French with subtitles)
Website:    www.fivesensesmovie.com

    What an interesting idea for a film!  Have people who have stronger
abilities with a particular sense become involved  (actually without knowing
it) in the same project.  "Five Senses" by director/writer Jeremy Podeswa
tries this theme and almost makes it work.  What aids the film is beautiful
lighting by cinematographer Gregory Middleton and music by Alexina Louie and
Alex Pauk.

    "Five Senses" centers on a teenager (Nadia Litz) who lives with her
masseuse mother (Gabrielle Rose.)  Nadia is a withdrawn girl and the bain of
her Mom's existence.  One of Mom's clients is Nadia's former teacher (Molly
Parker).   Sharing the business premise with Gabrielle is a professional
cleaner (Daniel MacIvor), while just down the hall is a doctor's office
(Philippe Volter).  Daniel's friend and business partner is a cake decorator
(Mary-Louise Parker).  The stage is now set for the theme of the movie, which
is finding the teacher's daughter.

    While the teacher is getting her back kneaded, Nadia is asked to baby-sit
the teacher's child.  Nadia takes her to the park, looks away for a few
minutes, comes back and the child is gone.  The search begins with guilt
everywhere.  The child's mother and Nadia's mother are distraught.  Nadia is
so numb she doesn't react too much at all.  As the search widens, the other
characters are brought into it.  We see that the doctor is losing his hearing
and going through a personal crisis.  The cleaner is gay and can't seem to
find love.  The cake decorator doesn't know if her new Italian boyfriend
likes her for herself or just to stay in this continent, and Nadia finds
attention with a young man her age.

    This is the kind of movie where you sit back and let the storyline take
you by the hand.  I enjoyed this, plus meeting the characters (casting is
wonderful) and seeing their lives.  The decorator deals with taste, the
cleaner with smell, the masseuse with touch, the doctor with hearing and
Nadia with sight.  She stands back and observes the world before entering it.
A cake decorator who makes beautiful designs but bad tasting cakes.   A
cleaning man who revisits his old loves trying to find "the scent of love." 
However, the abrupt ending is a downer. It certainly jars the audience.  What
happened?

    The best performances are by Nadia Litz as the teen who seems
otherworldly but has adult insight, and Philippe Volter as the doctor who
treasures every sound as a precious gem.  Nadia's character is  unusual.  Her
story would make an interesting film.

    Be aware of brief nudity and profanity.
                Copyright 2000.  Marie Asner