Critic wrangle: "Filth and Wisdom."

2008-10-17 21:00:01

Ah, it's been a while, By the way, did you hear Madonna made a movie? "Filth and Wisdom" came out of its premiere at Berlin this year with some of the expected scorching reviews and a few others that noted, with a shrug, that the movie wasn't actually so bad, which about reflects the reviews not that it's reached theaters. And why not? As Manohla Dargis notes at the New York Times, the film "is a ridiculously easy target, but it also creaks and strains with more ambition than most mainstream throwaways that just recycle the usual guns and poses," like, perhaps, the recent entry from Madonna's soon-to-be ex. "[I]t does keep you interested from scene to scene, which is a more generous compliment than it might seem." "Considering that everything she does is subject to tabloid scrutiny, I can't help but respect the courage it took for Madonna to...

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