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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 6, 2003
Top Five Movies
1 Chicago -- The celebrated Broadway hit becomes a movie that really moves, full of co-creator Bob Fosse's sexy struts, a dynamic score and director Rob Marshall's ingenious methods of transferring the action from stage to screen. The best film of 2002.
2 The Pianist -- Roman Polanski's tragic story of a Jewish musician (Adrien Brody) escaping Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto concentrates on psychological terror rather than gruesome violence. One of the best films of 2002.
3 The Quiet American -- Michael Caine is superb as a weary journalist covering 1952 Vietnam politics, competing with an American visitor (Brendan Fraser) for the affections of a woman (Do Thi Hai Yen). One of the best films of 2002.
4 Adaptation -- Nicolas Cage plays a screenwriter suffering from writer's block on an arty project while his twin brother (also Cage) breezes through writing a cliched script. Spike Jonze's mind trip is even more dizzying than Being John Malkovich.
5 Talk to Her -- Director Pedro Almodovar spins a soapy yarn of obsessive love by two men for comatose women. Not as outrageous as some of the filmmaker's works, but just as concerned with making audiences cry as they cringe.
Feb. 14: Daredevil, Tully, The Jungle Book 2
Feb. 21: The Life of David Gale, Gods and Generals, Old School, Dark Blue
Feb. 28: Love Liza, Cradle 2 the Grave, The Guests