Review Freebird!

Review Freebird!

I still silently judge my inferior friend who said it "mehm" once.

I still silently judge my inferior friend who said it "mehm" once.

Yeah, fuck TV, and TV watchers.

Yeah, fuck TV, and TV watchers.

But it did feature a ridiculously implausible and laughably cheap-looking "tutor the terrorist's son" flashback.

But it did feature a ridiculously implausible and laughably cheap-looking "tutor the terrorist's son" flashback.

I found The Hour so mediocre that I struggled through 4 or 5 episodes and didn't even finish it.

I found The Hour so mediocre that I struggled through 4 or 5 episodes and didn't even finish it.

Which?  If it's casting, you'll find general agreement, except if you ask casting agents.

Which?  If it's casting, you'll find general agreement, except if you ask casting agents.

Hyperbole!

Hyperbole!

That is an inaccurate summation of the scene.  It's what the movie wants you to think at that point, but the girl is just trying to escape.

That is an inaccurate summation of the scene.  It's what the movie wants you to think at that point, but the girl is just trying to escape.

Figured?  You Roger Eberted it (though after twist 3 or 4, I don't blame you for not paying much attention anymore).  They explain in the end that the sister died when she was six, and then show Thieriot forced to dress up like her and be called Carrie-Ann, thus worsening/creating some of his psychoses.

Figured?  You Roger Eberted it (though after twist 3 or 4, I don't blame you for not paying much attention anymore).  They explain in the end that the sister died when she was six, and then show Thieriot forced to dress up like her and be called Carrie-Ann, thus worsening/creating some of his psychoses.

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