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Peter Brunette, Film.com

  1. Billy Elliot 2000 Billy Elliot is a feel-good movie that you don't have to feel bad about feeling good about.
  2. Hamlet 2000 Ultimately, I don't think that Michael Almereyda's modern-day adaptation of Hamlet really works, but it's a lot of fun along the way.
  3. The Muse 1999 It's imaginative enough to provide a reliable, pleasurable stream of chuckles and midsized laughs.
  4. Ride with the Devil 1999 Ang Lee is amazing.
  5. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 1999 Even a fantasy, whoever it's for, has to have a plot that minimally makes sense, characters that make decisions based on coherent personalities, and a consistent tone. Unfortunately, Teaching Mrs. Tingle lacks all three.
  6. Psycho 1998 So much of Van Sant's 'new' version of the classic remains the same that you sit there shaking your head, mumbling, why, oh, why?
  7. Shakespeare in Love 1998 Occasionally profound and frequently hilarious!