The last ones

Here are the rest of our Sundance reviews – six more!

Waitress – WHEW, what a hard movie to get into! It initially had only two Park City screenings and we missed them both, so we were ecstatic to hear they added a screening of it later in the week. The film was really cute. Keri Russell plays a southern waitress unhappily pregnant by her jerk of a husband (Jeremy Sisto). But, the girl’s got a hottie obstetrician and a heart full of dreams….

Life Support stars Queen Latifah and will air on HBO sometime soon. It’s the true story of a Brooklyn woman living with AIDS and the good work she does in her community as well as the impact the disease has on her already taxed family. It was okay. Kind of long and not super fast moving, but the performances were great.

The Ten – we got in! It was showing at the Holiday, which is the smallest theater (150) seats). But Matt and Tim helped us find tickets, so we finally got to see it after failing in our attempts to attend the premiere earlier in the fest. The movie was pretty dumb. Huge cast, but eh – just silly. I guess that was the point? It was very random, which I did appreciate. But, eh.

On the last day of the festival, they play primarily the award winners, which are announced on Saturday night. Surprisingly enough, after seeing over 40 movies, we still hadn’t seen many of the films that were singled out by the Sundance jury. So, we were lucky enough to check out the following films yesterday (the last day of the fest):

Hot House – This is a documentary that stepped into the prisons in Israel that house Palestinian terrorists. Wow – this was scary stuff. It was also pretty well done in that the film didn’t take a huge stance on either side. There were some pretty militant people in there, and I was happy to learn even more about what’s going on there.

Joshua – Holy Creepy movie!!! This was about a wealthy Manhattan couple whose lives began to unravel, seemingly at the hands of their twisted, evil 9 year old son. The score was so effective for this one. Freeeaky. Another film that reminded me why Vera Farmiga is a force to be reckoned with.

Hear and Now – this one won the Audience Award for Documentary. And for good reason! It follows director Irene Taylor-Brodsky’s hearing-impaired parents as they make the decision at 65 years of age to get cochlear implants which may give them the ability to hear after spending their lives in silence. Shiri says it’s her favorite of the festival. I agreed that it was quite moving and beautifully made. It will air on HBO in 2008 so make a mental note to catch it in a year or so.