| State and Main Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| "State and Main" is smart, funny and lyrical and one wishes it were so much
more. Here's a movie that has a great idea - using a Rockwellian small town as
the setting for a Hollywood movie - and it comes up short in fulfilling
expectations. It's as if...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Hollywood invades small town New England when a film production company,
led by producer Walt Price (William H. Macy), comes to Waterford, Vermont
to shoot the film, "The Old Mill." The problem is the town's old mill
burned to the ground three decades...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by ChadPolenz AT aol DOT com |
| A Hollywood film crew invades the small town of Waterford, Vermont for its
authenticity of an old-fashioned small American town where everyone knows
each other's names, the firehouse is the same one used 100 years ago, and
they have an old water mill....more |
| State and Main Review |
| by ChadPolenz AT aol DOT com |
| A Hollywood film crew invades the small town of Waterford, Vermont for its
authenticity of an old-fashioned small American town where everyone knows
each other's names, the firehouse is the same one used 100 years ago, and
they have an old water mill....more |
| State and Main Review |
| by edwin jahiel |
| STATE AND MAIN *** 1/2 . Written and directed by David Mamet.
Photography, Oliver Stapleton. Editing, Barbar Tulliver. Production
design, Gemma Jackson. Producer Sarah Green. Music, Theodore Shapiro.
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning , Clark Gregg,...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: David Mamet has written a very
funny and very telling film about the making and
unmaking of a film. Like a madcap DAY FOR
NIGHT, the story has many of the film crew and
actors work out...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| STATE AND MAIN
(Fine Line)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Alec
Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Paymer, Julia Stiles, Clark Gregg.
Screenplay: David Mamet.
Producer: Sarah Green.
Director: David Mamet.
MPAA...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Bill Chambers |
| I've always found it odd that movies about moviemaking tend to come from
young directors, who haven't any perspective on the profession yet. To
point the camera back at Hollywood at all is an exercise in
self-indulgence, but the results are generally...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| After getting unceremoniously thrown out of the state of New Hampshire,
the Hollywood cast and crew of "The Old Mill" descend upon Waterford, Vermont,
largely on the merits of its authentic old mill and firehouse. Screenwriter
Joseph Turner White...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Films about filmmaking always seem to play well with critics, and State
and Main isn’t likely to be any different (for some reason, most critics
think they’re in The Business). David Mamet’s (The Winslow Boy) seventh
directorial effort is a scathing,...more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Fine Line Features
Director: David Mamet
Writer: David Mamet
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca
Pidgeon, Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Patti LuPone, Sarah
Jessica Parker, David Paymer, Julia Stiles more |
| State and Main Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| In a present that will be hard to top, STATE AND MAIN, by
writer/director David Mamet (THE WINSLOW BOY), is a wonderful gift to
moviegoers that comes to theaters this Christmas. Possessing some of
the same charm of an early Mamet film, the whimsical...more |
