May 2003 Movies

Best Movies Released May 2003

Based on TV

The Lizzie McGuire Mov...

75%

3.7 / 5

Comedy

Bruce Almighty

88%

4 / 5

Crime

Owning Mahowny

1 / 5

Finding Nemo 3D

75%

4.5 / 5

Action

The Italian Job

92%

4 / 5

Action

X2: X-Men United

99%

4.5 / 5

Crime

Man on the Train

Comedy

Down with Love

67%

4.3 / 5

Crime

The Three Marias

25%

Comedy

Daddy Day Care

94%

4.4 / 5

Action

Pokemon Heroes

100%

4.6 / 5

Foreign

Marooned in Iraq

50%

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Graduating from junior high school, Lizzie McGuire (Hillary Duff) goes to Italy for her summer vacation. Lizzie's inner thoughts are represented on the screen in the form of an animated version of herself...

Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Jim Fall, Hallie Todd, Ashlie Brillaut, Yani Gellman, Brendan Kelly, Clayton Snyder

PG Comedy Teen

75% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

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1 / 5

(1)

Owning Mahowny

Polite, mild-mannered Dan Mahowny is an assistant bank manager with a head for numbers, a knack for making decisions, and a devastating appetite for gambling. Dan Mahowny is the unlikely hero who takes on two of the financial institutions everyone loves to hate, the bank and the casino, and, for a brief while, he wins.

Minnie Driver, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, Matthew Ferguson, Richard Kwietniowski, Maury Chaykin, Judi Embden, M.J. Kang

R Thriller Suspense

0% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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99%

4.5 / 5

(167)

X2: X-Men United

The X-Men have opponents new and old to face this time around. Magneto is back, but there is also a threat to Professor Xavier's school for mutants led by a human named Stryker, not to mention a vicious woman named Yuriko who has it in for Wolverine.

Alan Cumming, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Ray Park, Zak Penn, Anna Paquin, Ralph Winter, Ian McKellen

PG-13 Action Adventure

99% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

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50%

Marooned in Iraq

Set during the final days of the war between Iran and Iraq, this is the story of an elderly Iranian Kurd musician who ventures off with his two sons, also musicians, into the dangerous territory of Kurdish Iraq in search of his wife, Hanareh, a singer with an amazing voice, who they fear may be in danger there, after she ran away with the old man's best friend.

Bahman Ghobadi, Shahab Ebrahimi, Iran Ghobadi, Faegh Mohamadi, Allah-Morad Rashtian

War Foreign

50% WILL SEE

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The Dancer Upstairs

Investigator Augustin Rejas is attempting to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented largely by the indigenous people of an unnamed Latin American nation, a scene that Rejas left behind to pursue worldly ambitions. But now he is a man caught in a war and his choice to become policeman wears on him. So when he meets and is drawn to the teacher of his daughter's ballet class, Yolanda, it's a solace to the emptiness of his marriage and his frustration in the search for Ezequiel.

Juan Diego Botto, Javier Bardem, Luis Miguel Cintra, Laura Morante, Alexandra Lancastre

R Drama

0% WILL SEE

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Released Friday, May 9th

Man on the Train

At a deserted train station, a teacher and a gangster meet and realize that each might have been better suited to the other man's way of life. As a friendship of sorts develops between these opposite personalities, each starts to envy the other and by the week's end, everything will change for both of them.

Jean Rochefort, Charlie Nelson, Jean-François Stévenin, Alain Guellaff, Edith Scob, Riton Liebman, Elsa Duclot, Johnny Hallyday

R Drama Crime

0% WILL SEE

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80%

4 / 5

(2)

The Trip

In 1973, Alan Oakley, a 24 year old Republican journalist working for the Los Angeles Chronicle, has a promising future sure to make his military father proud. At the other end of the spectrum, certain to strike shame into conservatives everywhere is Tommy Ballenger, a 19 year old Texas native relocated to California to form "Out Loud", a gay civil rights group. When a chance meeting brings these opposites together, the attraction is obvious to everyone except Alan, who is desperately trying to stick to the program. Stumbling all the way, the neurotic Alan falls in love and the two form a loving relationship. A jealous lawyer publishes Alan's anti-gay book, however, which he wrote before meeting Tommy. This breaks up their relationship, but later they are reunited once again.

Steve Braun, Alexis Arquette, Sirena Irwin, Jill St. John, Miles Swain, Larry Sullivan, Ray Baker, Dennis Bailey

Drama Comedy

80% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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94%

4.4 / 5

(24)

Daddy Day Care

A father who loses his job, played by Eddie Murphy, decides to open a free-spirited daycare center with a friend (Jeff Garlin) and a computer geek (Steve Zahn). Anjelica Huston plays the evil owner of a rival daycare center.

Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn, Anjelica Huston, Lacey Chabert, Steve Carr, Jeff Garlin

PG Comedy Family

94% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

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Only the Strong Survive

This documentary examines the careers of the 1950s-1970s Stax Records and Motown soul and R&B singers who "kept on keeping on" right through (and after) the disco scene into today, through the use of interviews with and performance footage by such Motown luminaries as Isaac Hayes, the Chi-Lites, Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), Mary Wilson (of the Supremes) and others. The focus of the film is how these performers managed to keep thriving through the 30 years of change in the music industry since the heydays of classic R&B.

Isaac Hayes, William Bell, Jerry Butler, The Chi-Lites, Sam Moore, Ann Peebles, Wilson Pickett, Sir Mack Rice

PG-13 Musical Documentary

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Released Thursday, May 15th

93%

4.3 / 5

(26)

The Matrix: Reloaded

Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out of the matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion, the last real-world city and center of human resistance.

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Andy Wachowski, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Belluci, Matt McColm, Harold Perrineau Jr.

R Action Adventure

93% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

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Released Friday, May 16th

67%

4.3 / 5

(4)

Down with Love

Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor are the toast of the town in the most stylish romantic comedy of the year! From the producers of "American Beauty" and the director of "Bring It On" comes a teasing, tantalizing battle of the sexes that is "pure enchantment" ("Daily News"). When best-selling feminist author Barbara Novak (Zellweger) becomes the target of dashing playboy Catcher Block (McGregor), these sparring, would-be lovers generate enough sparks to fly you to the moon and back. In other words, the ultimate catch has just met his match!

Peyton Reed, Ewan McGregor, Bruce Cohen, Renée Zellweger, Melissa George, Eve Ahlert, Rachel Dratch, David Hyde Pierce

PG-13 Comedy Romance

67% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

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100%

4.6 / 5

(13)

Pokemon Heroes

Ash and Pikachu travel to the Water Capital of the world, Alto Mare, where they meet two new Pokemons, the brother/sister pair of birds called Latias and Latios who protect a treasure called the Droplet of the Heart, which is the target of a pair of thieves, Zanna and Rion. As the town gets accidentally flooded, the Droplet becomes endangered... can Ash save the day?

Rachael Lillis, Addie Blaustein, Veronica Taylor, Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama, Eric Stuart

G Action Sequel

100% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

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17%

1 / 5

(1)

Sweet Sixteen

Liam's mom, Jean, is in prison but is due to be released in time for his 16th birthday. This time Liam is determined that things will be different. He dreams of a family life he's never had, which means creating a safe haven beyond the reach of wasters like Jean's boyfriend Stan and his own mean-spirited grandfather. But first he's got to raise the cash - no mean feat for a skinny teenager. It's not long before Liam and his pals' crazy schemes lead them into all sorts of trouble. Finding himself dangerously out of his depth, Liam knows he should walk away. Only this time, he just can't let go.

William Ruane, Ken Loach, Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle Coulter, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee

R Drama

17% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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1 / 5

(1)

L'Auberge Espagnole

A young Frenchman moves into an apartment full of international students in Barcelona and discovers that mixing with students of many nationalities gives him a new perspective on life.

Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Cédric Klapisch, Cécile De France, Judith Godreche, Xavier De Guillebon

R Comedy Romance

0% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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Released Friday, May 23rd

88%

4 / 5

(70)

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, New York who is discontented with almost everything in life, despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). At the end of the worst day in his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God – and God responds. He appears in human form (Morgan Freeman) and, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job and see if he can do it any better.

Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Gary Barber, Steve Koren, Steve Carell, Eddie Jemison, Nora Dunn

PG-13 Comedy

88% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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Released Friday, May 30th

75%

4.5 / 5

(235)

Finding Nemo 3D

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The comedic and eventful journeys of two fish - Marlin and his son Nemo - who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly-but-forgetful fish named Dory, the overly cautious father embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic journey to rescue his son - who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.

Willem Dafoe, Barry Humphries, Brad Garrett, Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Allison Janney, Andrew Stanton

G Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 40 mins

75% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

92%

4 / 5

(64)

The Italian Job

A band of thieves, led by Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg), pulls off the ultimate heist by rigging the stoplights of the city of Los Angeles so that they can drive right out of the city with a carful of gold (in a safe that they're stealing back after Croker's double-crossing ex-partner, played by Edward Norton, stole it from Croker first), with nothing but greenlights, while everyone else gets redlights, thus keeping the roads plugged with the largest traffic jam in L.A. history, and the police from pursuing them. Aiding their escape is the fact that the bandits are driving BMW Mini Coopers (tiny cars), so they're able to use sidewalks and the subway system in addition to L.A.'s streets and highways. That, of course, is how it's *supposed* to work...

Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Mos Def, Seth Green, Christina Cabot, Franky G, Donald Sutherland

PG-13 Action Adventure

92% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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25%

The Three Marias

Focuses on Filomena Capadscio, the matriarch of a family who is abruptly visited by tragedy. Filomena's husband and two sons are brutally murdered by the sons of Firmino Santos Guerra. Thirty years earlier, Filomena had been engaged to Santos Guerra but left him before their wedding to marry his rival Borges Capadscio. The result of this union filled Santos Guerra with rage and promise to someday exact revenge on the newly married couple. Filomena buries her husband and sons and begins to set plans to have revenge against the Santos Guerra family. She brings together her three daughters (Maria Francisca, Maria Rosa and Maria Pia) and sends them off into the backlands of Brazil to locate and hire three ruthless killers. Maria Francisca has to find the gunman known as Zi das Cobras, who has not spoken to a woman since the death of his mother. Maria Rosa looks for Chief Tensrio, a backwoods cop who is also a knife specialist, and convince him to break the laws he defends. Maria Pia goes off in search of Jesulino Cruz, also known as "The Devil's Horse," but there is a slight obstacle in her path: this killer is locked up in prison."

Aluisio Abranches, Tuca Andrada, Cassiano Carneiro, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Wagner Moura, Marieta Severo, Enrique Díaz, Taveira Júnior

Drama Crime

25% WILL SEE

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