UNLESS YOU LOVE BILLY BOB, HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Critic 'PEOPLE DON'T WANT quirky, odd Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. movies.'' Or so said an unnamed Miramax executive (Mark Gill, perhaps?) in a Washington Post article in February. Clearly, the folks at Miramax don't seem to particularly want quirky, odd Billy Bob Thornton movies since they've delayed one of them, ``Waking Up in Reno,'' five times since it was scheduled for release in April 2001. The filmmakers behind ``Reno'' should consider themselves lucky: Thornton made ``Daddy and Them,'' another quirky and odd number, for Miramax before ``Reno'' and that movie still hasn't seen the light of day. I saw ``Waking Up in Reno'' more than a year ago back when Miramax had it down for an Aug. 31, 2001, release. Sure enough, I found it to be quirky and odd, but not altogether unlikable. Just unremarkable. Put it somewhere between ``Sling Blade'' and ``South of Heaven, West of Hell'' in the pantheon of Billy Bob's Billy Bob's Texas is a popular country & western nightclub on the outskirts of the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk" with 127,000 square feet (12,000 m²). body of work. Thornton plays Lonnie Earl, cheapskate cheap·skate n. Slang A stingy person; a miser. cheapskate Noun Informal a miserly person Noun 1. car dealer and clearly the worse half in his marriage to the well-meaning Darlene (Natasha Richardson). When Lonnie Earl and Darlene take a road trip to Reno with their mismatched best pals Roy (Patrick Swayze) and Candy (Charlize Theron), it has all the makings of an interstate nightmare given that Lonnie Earl and Candy have, unknown to their partners, taken a tumble or two in the sack. The revelations and drama play out rather predictably and the laughs are about as subtle as the monster truck A monster truck is an automobile, typically a pickup truck, which has been modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension. They are used for popular entertainment and in some cases they are featured alongside Motocross races, mud bogging, tractor pulls and show that's the pot of gold at the end of the jaunt to Reno. The film's pleasures come from watching Thornton and Theron transcend the movie's low-rent trappings and turn in performances that make for goofy Goofy bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] See : Awkwardness , if inconsequential, fun. Thornton, in particular, chews up the scenery, playing a tasteless taste·less adj. 1. Lacking flavor; insipid. 2. Not having or showing good taste. taste  less·ly adv. two- timer who glibly glib adj. glib·ber, glib·best 1. a. Performed with a natural, offhand ease: glib conversation. b. defends wife swapping Wife Swapping is an episode of the American television sitcom Yes, Dear. Plot After Kim is home sick and Jimmy breaks his leg. Greg & Christine go to the supermarket and a coffee shop as well. as having the built-in practicality of a used-car trade-in. Quirky? Yes. Odd? To be sure. But there are people who like Thornton in these types of movies and, if you're one of them, you could do worse. WAKING UP IN RENO - Two stars (R: language and sexual content) Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson. Director: Jordan Brady. Running time: 1 hr. 30 min. Playing: Selected theaters. In a nutshell: Quirky, odd movie about two couples who take a road trip to Reno. Inoffensive and inconsequential. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Natasha Richardson and Billy Bob Thornton star in the oft-delayed ``Waking Up in Reno.'' |
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