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Show The Casual Critic by Daryl Austin " 1 1 1 y i . ii .ii in m i was green lit for our entertainment. entertain-ment. But did the gamble pay off? We've yet to tell how it fares at the box office, but I don't think the world would be worse off if this film had never been made. Nevertheless, for avid moviegoers and entertainment-seekers entertainment-seekers like myself, I found "The Tourist" 'to be entertaining entertain-ing enough and at times, even downright enjoyable. The story centers around a mysterious woman (Jolie) named Elise, who travels from Paris to Venice to reunite with an old flame. The problem with this man of hers though, is that he is wanted by both a notoriously notori-ously evil gangster and Scotland Yard. In order to elude his pursuers, pur-suers, this unseen man instructs Elise to randomly choose a tourist tour-ist (Depp) on a Venice-bound train, who can later be used as a pawn to help them escape together. to-gether. "The Tourist" worked for me because the story stayed light and moved fast. I was actually ac-tually surprised by the simplicity simplic-ity of the central plot. Jolie and Depp weren't tasked with very much, having such significant talent for such insignificant roles. Nevertheless, they both did everything they could with the roles they had, and the result is fun and entertaining. The only real problem I had with this movie was that Depp and Jolie totally lacked any kind of chemistry chem-istry together. Individually they were great, but together they were very blah. The end result is a meal made up of all the right ingredients, but lacks any real flavor. Content: Rated PG-13 for two uses of the "f ' word as well as mild sensuality, moderate violence, vi-olence, and moderate language. Other Opinions: 665 "Average "Av-erage Joes" give The Tourist a score of 6.9 out of 10 while 102 professional film critics slaughter slaugh-ter it with an average score of 20 out of 100. Should you see it? I think most people would enjoy it for the entertainment value alone, but with so many other superior movies at the theater right now, I'd wait for the DVD. For more reviews by The Casual Critic please visit www. casualcriticmovies.com. The Tourist Casual Critic Score: 7 out of 10 Release Date: December 10, 2010 Rating: PG-13 Length: 103 minutes Genre: Drama, Thriller One of the most fascinating draws of motion pictures today, is that most every production is a true David-and-Goliath story. "The Tourist" is a great example, exam-ple, as it was a movie that was never going to be made because no Hollywood studio was willing will-ing to fund the project. That is to say, until Angelina Jolie (Wanted, Salt) got her hands on the script and talked a director she respected, Florian Henckel von Donnersmark (The Lives of Others), into directing the story. Then came along a well-known producer who happened to be working with Johnny Depp on the newest of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and he talked talk-ed Depp into playing the part opposite Jolie. With a respected director, producer, and two A-list stars, Hollywood changed their tune quickly, and soon another film |