Who is the target audience for Black Swan, a ballet movie with more grisly violence than Saw III? Older viewers who swooned over The Red Shoes and The Turning Point will be repelled by the slashings and gougings, whereas kids who groove to blood and gore will not automatically be drawn to a story filled with tutus and pirouettes. If Darren Aronofsky’s film accomplishes nothing else—and believe me, it accomplishes almost nothing else—perhaps it will …
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In most romantic comedies, there is one simple issue to be resolved: Will they or won’t they get together, and can the lovebirds overcome the fairly predictable obstacles to their climactic clinch? James L. Brooks’ How Do You Know is impressive first of all because there are so many other questions that enrich the romantic conundrum. The story begins when Lisa (Reese Witherspoon), who has devoted her whole life to sports, is cut from the …
