121. Bench, The ( Bænken )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Per Fly
Actors: Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus, Sarah Boberg
Plot: The alcoholic Kaj visits The Bench every day. He spends his time with Stig spouting a steady stream of moans and complaints, waiting to die. Then Kaj is given a second chance, but has to face up to his dark past.
122. Angela's Ashes
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Ronnie Masterson
123. 28 Days
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Betty Thomas
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins, Azura Skye, Steve Buscemi
Plot: A newspaper columnist for a major city enters a rehab program after
ruining her sister's wedding, stealing a limo and crashing it into a
nearby home. Amongst the staff and other program attendees, she is forced
to face the decisions she has made in her life - and figure out maybe it's
a life worth changing for the better.
124. The Cell
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Weber, Dylan Baker, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Plot: Psychotherapist Catharine Deane is part of a new, revolutionary treatment that allows her to literally enter the mind of her patients. The FBI enters with a plea: they have notorious serial killer Carl Stargher in a coma and need her to enter his mind to locate his victim, who will die in 40 hours. The twisted mind of the killer has its own dangers.
125. Suzhou River ( Suzhou he )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ye Lou
Actors: Xun Zhou, Hongshen Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao, An Nai
Plot: This is an interesting re-imagining of Hitchcock's Vertigo. Set in modern-day Shanghai, it tells the story of a poor young man who falls in love with the daughter of a man who has hired him to transport her around the city. He pretends to kidnap her in order to get money from her father. The girl is upset by all this,and jumps from a bridge and disappears into the river.
The young man (and the audience) assume that the girl has died... but then he seems to see her. He follows a girl who looks just like her, and yet... is it her, or someone else?
126. What Lies Beneath
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar, Miranda Otto
Plot: A happily married couple turns sour when the professor's wife begins to
see glimpses of a murdered college girl.
127. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas Jahn
Actors: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu, Huub Stapel, Rutger Hauer
128. Michael Jordan to the Max
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Kempf, James D. Stern
Actors: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Bob Costas, Bill Murray, Laurence Fishburne, Doug Collins
Plot: A documentary on Michael Jordan that features his family background, global impact, dealing with press and his final NBA championship. It showcases one of the greatest basketball players of all time during his peak.
129. Small Time Crooks
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Jon Lovitz, Hugh Grant, Elaine Stritch
130. Homicide: The Movie
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Giancarlo Esposito
