| U-Turn Review |
| by James Sanford |
| It's a telling sign that "U-Turn" is identified in the opening credits
as "An Oliver Stone Movie" rather than "An Oliver Stone Film." This is
Stone in an apolitcal, even -- dare we say it -- lighthearted
mood. But this time out his bag of tricks is...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Ted Prigge |
| Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: John Ridley (based on his novel "Stray Dogs")
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Claire
Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voigt, Julie Haggerty,
Abraham Benrudi, Laurie Metcalf,...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Jason Overbeck |
| There are two ways you can go with U Turn. You can state that it has no
pont and is contrived, or you can see it as a nice change of pace for a
great director. That director is Oliver Stone, I have liked everyone of
his film - except Natural Born...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| U TURN 1997
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon
8 :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( for reaching the point of no return more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Shane R. Burridge |
| All I need to make me see something at the movies is a reason. If,
for example, somebody told me that a new film of the Arthurian legends
had just opened, I wouldn't be interested in going to see it. If
however I learned that it was directed by, say,...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Chris Webb |
| Imagine yourself being placed in a world where you have lost all
control, cannot trust anyone, and where all roads lead to nowhere. You
find yourself facing self-centered and self-serving people who seem to
only know two things: how to survive...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Larry Mcgillicuddy |
**1/2 (out of 4)
Directed by Oliver Stone
Starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob
Thornton, Joaquin Phoeniz, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by V.B. Daniel |
| Okay, here's the deal. I'll be the first one to grant that everybody
needs a day off now and then. I'll even go so far as to say that a
vacation is a necessary part of doing any job well. I mean, hey, I've
been known to stretch a weekend into a three-day...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| The words "An Oliver Stone Film" have come to signify a big, bombastic
political statement by the controversial director, so at the opening of
U-Turn, his moderately-budgeted, statement-free thriller, in place of those
words are "An Oliver Stone Movie."...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| When director Oliver Stone made his 1994 statement 'Natural Born Killers', it
was to illustrate a point. Violent criminals were made out to be celebrities
and heroes by not only the tabloid but mainstream media. That film was
misunderstood by most who...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Oliver Stone. Let's get it right up front and out of the way. That's what this
film is about. Oh, it may pretend that it has something to do with a
down-on-his-luck small time gambler running into the weirdest characters this
side of the Pecos, but this...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Oliver Stone gives us a story that
would have been good had it not followed RED ROCK
WEST and LONE STAR. This film might have made a
decent low-budget film with a nothing cast.
Instead it...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Nick Schaden |
| Oliver Stone is an expert filmmaker that for years has loved probing
deep political and social questions into the audience's mind. Amazingly,
"U-Turn" has no deep message, and at its core is little more than a well
made noir-style thriller....more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Oliver Stone, one of our most visceral directors, rarely makes
anything but engaging films. He received Oscars for his hard-hitting
PLATOON and BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, but even his films like JFK,
which are nothing less than balderdash, are...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| U-TURN
By Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
TriStar
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: John Ridley
Cast: Sean Penn, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe,
Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
Oliver Stone must have decided he was getting too serious,
dealing with...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by David Sunga |
| A movie review by David Sunga
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars Debatable
2.5 stars Some people may like it
3.0 stars I liked it
3.5 stars I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars The movie has personal impact or...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| TriStar / 2:05 / 1997 / R (language, explicit violence, sex, brief nudity)
Cast: Sean Penn; Jennifer Lopez; Nick Nolte; Powers Boothe; Claire Danes; Jon Voight;
Billy Bob Thornton; Joaquin Phoenix; Julie Hagerty; Laurie Metcalf
Director: Oliver Stone...more |
| U-Turn Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| United States, 1997
U.S. Release Date: 10/3/97 (wide)
Running Length: 2:07
MPAA Classification: R (Violence, profanity, sexual situations)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 more |
