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Don't let the title fool you:
f1i The Sleeping Dictionary
f0i0 is the most seductive argument for foreign-language education a boy ever had. Hugh Dancy is a young and idealistic colonial official posted to Britain's deep-jungle Sarawak outpost in 1939, and Jessica Alba (
f1i Dark Angel
f0i0 ) is the "sleeping dictionary," a sexy tutor who proves that the fastest way to learn a language is through lovemaking. Guy Jenkin trades in old clich'8es for new ones in his revision of the exotic old melodramas of forbidden love between handsome colonial men and gorgeous, guileless native girls. Alba's accent slips and slides but she's a sweet, sexy, and beguiling presence, while Bob Hoskins and Brenda Blethyn uphold the all-important appearance of British morality. If you can overlook the contrivances, it makes for a lush romantic fantasy about the triumph of love over the hypocrisy of so-called civilized society.
f1i --Sean Axmaker
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| uuid: |
126F7B84-817B-11D9-A8AB-000A959D0BD2" |
| upc: |
794043627026 |
| title: |
The Sleeping Dictionary |
| theatricalDate: |
01-01-2002 |
| purchase date: |
17-02-2005 |
| publisher: |
New Line Home Entertainment |
| published: |
18-02-2003 |
| price: |
$26.98 |
| net Rating: |
3.97 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| last lookup time: |
130402960 |
| genre: |
Feature Film-drama |
| edition: |
DVD |
| director: |
Guy Jenkin |
| currentValue: |
$22.49 |
| created: |
130402960 |
| aspect: |
Widescreen
Dolby
DTS Surround Sound |
| asin: |
B00007LB4B
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