The Score is yet another heist movie, interesting this time because it is set in Montreal, but otherwise formulaic. If you haven’t seen many robbery movies, this is a good one to see, but probably you’ve seen enough.
New Waterford Girl is a movie I did not want to see, until I noticed that the few critics who bothered to review this Canadian film loved it. But who wants to watch an hour and a half of a pouty, 15-year old who thinks she is too good for her small Cape Breton town? Then when I started watching the movie I realized that it had a strong anti-male element: The kid’s new-found friend, a tough chic from New York, goes around punching guys who, supposedly, have done something wrong to some teenage girl. But the movie, listed as a comedy, does not take itself too seriously. The protagonist, nicknamed Moonie for good reason, is more eccentric and interesting and trying than most teenagers. Although the movie makes no effort to expand its outsider theme, I think that anyone who has not fit in somewhere can identify with the dilemmas.