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Actors: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about U Turn |
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U TURN is a movie directed by Oliver Stone in 1997.
Superior, Arizona. Bobbie, a gambler on his way to California to escape unhappy partners, waits for Billy Bob Thornton to repair his car. But Bobbie's stay in this town lost in the desert will soon turn into a nightmare. He is hired by Nick Nolte to kill his wife, the beautiful Jennifer Lopez, who has tried to seduce him ever since he has entered the town. A few hours later, Jennifer asks Bobbie to kill the same Nick Nolte. The couple has developed an incestuous relation and a strong love/hate syndrome over the years. But when Jennifer tells Bobbie that Nolte is hiding a great deal of money under his bed, Bobbie makes his choice : he'll help Jennifer to kill her husband and hit the jackpot. But things are not so simple as they appear to be. Even Jon Voight, the blind bum, seems to be aware of what's going on in town.
A film that will become a cult movie in a few years.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of U Turn |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- criminals killing each other
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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