Minnie Driver in Slow Burn (2000)

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This is a new release starring Minnie Driver. I looked at it because it was rated r for sexuality, and there are basically only four main actors in the movie, only one of whom is a woman, and that woman is Minnie Driver.

Big mistake on my part. No Minnie goodies. I actually watched this movie twice, because after it ended I thought "no, it couldn't have been that bad - I wasn't paying close attention, so I must have missed something".

When I watched it again, it really was that bad. When I looked up the writer/director, I understood. I wish I had done that before watching the movie. He's never directed a movie before, but he has written one with the same co-writer he used on this one. As Casey Kasem might say, guess which cinema classic is their earlier credit?... Kazaam. Kind of says it all, doesn't it?

A bunch of losers fight over diamonds in the Mexican desert. Period. Some arty direction, some philosophizing, some straightforward action/adventure elements. None of them much good. Minnie Driver does about 20 different accents - a different one in every scene, really.

It does feature kind of a humorous character portrayal from James Spader, evidencing much more talent than I thought he had. But his quirky character wasn't worth sitting through the movie for.

No IMDB Rating. Apollo scored it 68/100. I guess it went straight-to-video. It'll probably be in the discount bin next week, right next to Kazaam.

Written by: Scoopy …Scoopy.net