Meet The Fockers - 2004 - Ben Stiller - Robert DeNiro - Dustin 
Hoffman - Barbra Streisand.  This is a sequel to Meet the Parents.  
Hoffman and Streisand play Stiller's hippy parents and the future 
"in-laws" get a chance to make one big happy family.  Some funny 
scenes but slow in parts.  Still, very enjoyable. 8

Mr. 3000 - Bernie Mac.  Mac plays a ballplayer who hits his 3,000 
base hit in the 90's and walks out on the team.  He felt that he 
had made it into the Hall Of Fame and didn't need to play anymore.  
After a few years, when he is eligible, he is not voted in, and 
that keeps happening.  Then he finds out that a mistake has been 
made and he really only has 2,997 hits.  So, nine years after 
walking away from baseball, he goes through hell to get in shape 
and play again.  Actually, it is not a bad movie.  8

The Human Stain - 2004 - Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman.  The movie 
was fairly true to the book but I think it was mis-cast.  Hopkins is 
a fine actor but not for this role, and Kidman is not at all 
believable as a cleaning woman who is having an affair with Hopkins. 6

Matchstick Men - 2004 - Nicholas Cage.  Cage plays a grifter who gets 
involved with a young lady who claims to be his daughter.  He winds up 
teaching her how to con the public with less than satisfying results. 8

Finding Neverland - 2004 - Johnny Depp.  Depp gave a fine performance as 
James Barrie, the man who wrote Peter Pan, but the movie was slow and 
very boring.  4

The Heffalump Movie - 2005 - Animated.  We took Daniel to see this fine 
animated children's movie about the Heffalump and how the baby found his 
voice.  Perfect entertainment for a four year old. 9

The Winslow Boy - English.  This is a period movie about England at the 
turn of the century.  A young boy is expelled from the military academy 
that he attends and he claims his innocence.  His father believes him 
and takes the matter to court at great expense to his entire family.  
The movie is about how the battle affects everyone's life.  Very well done. 8

Million Dollar Baby - 2004 - Clint Eastwood - Hilary Swank - Morgan Freeman.  
Eastwood is an old boxing trainer who agrees to work with Swank and takes 
her to the Championship Fight.  Freeman is an ex boxer who works at Eastwoods 
gym.  Excellent film about much more than boxing. 10

The Wedding Date - 2005 -  Debra Messing - Dermat Mulroney.  Kat hires a 
professional escort to be her date at her half-sisters wedding in England.  
She pays him $6,000 plus expenses (airfare) so that she doesn't have to go 
without a date.  Of course, in the process, they fall for each other, he 
gives her back the money, quits his business and starts dating her for real.  
Silly but fun. 8

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - 2005 - ensemble cast.  Four school 
girls separate for the summer and send a pair of pants around the world so 
that they each can wear them for a while.  Cute chick flick. 7

Friday Night Lights - 2004 - Billy Bob Thornton.  High school football in 
West Texas.  Good sports flick. 8

The Closer - 2004 - Julia Roberts - Jude Law - Natalie Portman - Clive Owen.  
Not a great movie but for one brief moment you get to see Natalies tush. 7

Spanglish - 2004 - Adam Sandler. Cute date movie - very enjoyable. 8

Mr. and Mrs. Smith - 2005 - Brad Pitt - Angelina Jolie.  These two mega 
stars play professional "hit" persons who wind up married to each other 
without knowing about each others occupation.  I thought it may very 
well be the stupidest movie ever made. 6

The Constant Gardener - 2005 - Ralph Fiennes - Rachel Weisz.  From the 
book by John Lecarre about the British involvement in Kenya and Sudan 
and the drug companies using the population of these countries for 
drug testing.  The movie is "non-linear" in that it jumps around quite 
a bit - but the performances are strong and the message is important. 8

Just Like Heaven - Reese Witherspoon - Mark Ruffalo - 2005.  Witherspoon 
plays a doctor who is in a car accident and then is in a coma for three 
months.  Ruffalo sub-lets her apartment and she winds up haunting him.  
This is actually a pretty nice movie that we enjoyed - it got poor reviews 
but didn't deserve them. 8

In Her Shoes - Cameron Diaz - Shirley MacLaine - 2005.  This movie was 
advertised as a comedy but it was really a very well done movie about 
a Jewish family and the trouble that one daughter had finding her way 
in the world.  It was very enjoyable. 9

Dreamer - 2005 - Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning.  A delightful movie about 
a horse that gets hurt and is nursed back to health and in turn helps to 
bring a family back together. 9 

ROman Holiday - Cary Grant - Audrey Hepburn - 1944?  We were watching tv 
in our cabin on the Brilliance of the Seas and this movie was shown on 
Turner Classic Movies.  We watched it from start to finish and it was 
wonderful. 10 

Fever Pitch - Drew Barrymore - Jimmy Fallon - 2005. A story about the 
2004 world championship Boston Red SOx and a fan who fell in love in 
spite of baseball. 8

March of the Penguins - 2005 - documentary.  Narrated by Morgan Freeman, 
the movie documents the life cycle of the Empire Penguin and the process 
by which they return to their breeding ground every year - this is an 
incredible movie. 10

What's Cooking.  Four families in Los Angeles plan and prepare a 
Thanksgiving dinner.  A Jewish, Asian, Black, and Latino family who 
happen to live very close to each other go through the trials and 
tribulations of life.  Interesting if not compelling. 8

Cinderella Man - 2005 - Russell Crowe - Rene Zellweger.  The story of 
James J. Braddock, a boxer who became a champion during the depression.  
The movie is long but very well done - good performances and well 
paced - directed by Ron Howard. 8

The Family Stone - 2005 - Craig T. Nelson, Diane Keaton, Clare Danes, 
Sarah Jessica Parker.  A family gathers for Christmas and the children 
find that they have to reconcile their lives and their mothers illness.  
Good movie. 9
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