Mob Rules

November, 2001

MoodMovieBlockbusterShrek (refugee cartoon characters foul the titular ogre's swamp; witty, with wicked snaps at Disney), Pearl Harbor (viewing tip: rewind the spectacularly staged attack and skip the lame wartime menage a trois).Period PieceMoulin Rouge (poet Ewan McGregor swoons for Nicole Kidman; Baz Luhrmann's audacious musical confection), The Golden Bowl (a widower and his daughter unwittingly marry ex-lovers; Henry James served well by Merchant-Ivory).FamilySpy Kids (they spring impossibl...