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Dante's Peak

1997, Movie, PG-13, 112 mins

Dante's Peak: Review

DANTE'S PEAK
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Set in and around a little resort town called Dante's Peak -- the sort of neighborly place where the mayor (Linda Hamilton) also owns and operates the local coffee bar -- this extremely educational disaster movie teaches the following lessons: 1) Kids and old ladies are a pain in the butt, always doing stupid things that require more sensible people to rescue them. 2) When a handsome devil like Pierce Brosnan says something terrible is going to happen, the fat guy who counsels "waiting and seeing" must be ignored. 3) It doesn't pay to be the first woman loved by a cocky daredevil with a few lessons to learn about humility -- death in the prologue is almost guaranteed. 4) It's stupid to live at the foot of a volcano. 5) Two hours is too long to imperil four characters (good mom Hamilton, her kids and Brosnan) to whom it is patently obvious nothing can happen. 6) Stick with the dog -- Scruffy will always be OK. These lessons are driven home via silly dialogue ("Her name was Marion and she loved volcanoes...") and painfully predictable plot complications, repeated often enough that there's no need to take notes, except for the benefit of friends who fall asleep. The special effects that were the saving grace of last summer's equally formulaic disaster picture, TWISTER, are surprisingly cheap-looking here. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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