Amistad
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Pete Postlethwaite
Plot: 1839 - the slave ship Amistad is on its way from Cuba to the U.S. when there is an uprising led by a former African tribal leader. Landing in America, instead of freedom, they are once again captured and bound - but an abolitionist lawyer takes their case - arguing they are not slaves, but free citizens from another country. The outcome will not be decided until it reaches the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams presides.
Boys, The ( boys, Les )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Saïa
Actors: Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, Michel Barrette, Paul Houde
Deconstructing Harry
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Richard Benjamin, Bob Balaban, Elisabeth Shue
For Richer or Poorer
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Spicer
Actors: Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner, Wayne Knight, Larry Miller
Plot: Brad and Caroline Sexton are an upper class couple, yet miserable in love.
When they run afoul of the IRS they flee New York to Amish country where
they try their best to fit in while finding themselves falling back in
love.
Home Alone III
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen, David Thornton, Scarlett Johansson
Hugo Pool
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Actors: Alyssa Milano, Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Patrick Dempsey
Scream 2
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf
Plot: Two years after the horrifying murders in Woodsboro, Sidney Prescott is haunted once again by tragedy when she sets off for college. A film version of her life is being made while a new killer begins to terrorize her and her friends.
cousin, Le
Theatrical Release Date: 12/10/1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Corneau
Actors: Patrick Timsit, Alain Chabat, Samuel Le Bihan, Caroline Proust, Mehdi El Glaoui, Christophe Peyroux
Other Side of the Tracks, The ( l'autre côté du périph, De )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/07/1997
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bertrand Tavernier, Nils Tavernier
