Keyword: daughter
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Mulan
Tony Bancroft isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Mulan — released in 1998 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t…
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Amélie
Every so often a comedy film comes along that refuses to be filed away neatly, and Amélie is exactly that kind of stubborn, memorable outlier. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “She’ll change your life.” gives away the game in the best way. At its core, the plot goes…
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Oldboy
Park Chan-wook isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Oldboy — released in 2003 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. The film’s own tagline — “15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. At its core,…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
If you’ve never given Kill Bill: Vol. 2 a fair shot, 2004 is as good a year as any to fix that — Quentin Tarantino’s film has aged into something like a cult favorite. The film’s own tagline — “The bride is back for the final cut.” — tells you almost everything about the tone…
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Hereditary
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “Hereditary” from 2018 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. It does not take long to understand why people keep bringing it up. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “Every family tree hides…
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The Wrestler
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “The Wrestler” from 2008 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. “Love. Pain. Glory.” That is the tagline, and it does a surprisingly honest job…