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www.cinemaspeak.com - : But I gotta tell you, if you like slow movies with Irish accents galore and rhetorical questions, then this is your flick. Allow me to explain myself about the rhetorical question comment. Burns took the improvisational approach to dialogue, which has normally been good to him in the past. It's his style, and if pulled off correctly, it works (Brothers McMullen, Sidewalks of New York). But let me tell you, when it doesn't work, and the only ad-libbing you can do is just to come back with a smart-ass rhetorical question, you might want to read straight from the script and ditch the improv act. Example, ''Francis, what are you doing tonight?'' Typical response in this movie: ''What's it look like I'm doing? What do you mean what I am doing tonight?'' Mix a few four-letter words in and you basically have 80% of all the dialogue in Ash Wednesday. And it's sad to say that I'm not exaggerating -- okay, maybe I am a little. Now this movie's running time is just over 90 minutes. But if you take out all the rhetorical questions -- let me do some calculating -- carry the four move it over a couple decimal points okay, got it. According to my calculations: Ash Wednesday, without the rhetorical questions, would be a seven-minute short. more...
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