Laurel Canyon: Directed by Lisa Cholodenko. With Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone. When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyo
LAUREL CANYON (Movie)Reviews the motion picture 'Laurel Canyon,' directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Frances McDormand, Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale.McCarthy, ToddVariety
“Laurel Canyon” is not a successful movie–it’s too stilted and pre-programmed to come alive–but in the center of it McDormand occupies a place for her character and makes that place into a brilliant movie of its own. There is nothing wrong with who she is and what she does, alth...