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Northfork
(Reviewed July 24, 2003)
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I'll say it right upfront, so don't blame me if you see this movie on my recommendation but end up thinking it blows: This is a definite love-it-or-hate-it film. I liked it a lot, but if someone told me they hated
it like poison, I would have to say I could completely understand their feelings. It's unremittingly weird, it's slow and it has a few scenes that are just plain clunkers. Still, I was swept away by this
dreamlike story about a dying orphan, a town that is about to be flooded by a new dam, a bunch of black-clad federal agents who are moving out the last remaining residents, and a band of very eccentric
angels. Beautifully shot, and not like anything else you will see this year, with great performances by Nick Nolte and James Woods as two very different kinds of "men in black."
Back Row Grade: B
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