New in Theaters
Uma Thurman sees 'The Life Before Her Eyes' flash past after a Columbine-like school massacre; Morgan Spurlock goes looking for the world's most wanted fugitive in 'Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?'
from the April 18, 2008 edition
The Life Before Her Eyes (R)
Director: Vadim Perelman. With Uma Thurman, Rachel Evan Wood. (90 min.)
This moody, dreamlike drama conflates a Columbine massacrelike narrative with the story of a woman who apparently survived the shooting as a teenager and must now cope with the emotional consequences. Director Vadim Perelman ("House of Sand and Fog") is big on slo-mo lyrical effects and confusing time shifts, making the movie unnecessarily arty and detracting from what could have been a searing psychological study. Based on a novel by Laura Kasischke. – Peter Rainer
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (PG-13)
Director: Morgan Spurlock. With Morgan Spurlock. (93 min.)
Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") is a jokester politico in the Michael Moore vein, and his latest documentary is a low concept posing as a high concept. He films his "search" for Osama bin Laden in a trek that takes him to Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Everywhere he goes he asks if anybody knows bin Laden's whereabouts – as if anybody is going to tell him! Why should we accompany him on his self-aggrandizing trip?– P.R.
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