MovieReview: "The Hulk"

title: "The Hulk"

starring: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte

genre: sci-fi action drama

Barring all the psychoanalytical babble that drowns "The Hulk," the jolly green monster himself is a chiseled piece of movie art. Bana, as Dr. Jekyll-ish Bruce Banner, and his Hyde-ful Hulk, is at times droning and depressingly ungleeful. His costar Connelly, as a daughter of an evil general bent on Banner's death, is woeful, nary a smile or flint of emotion. The only salvation besides Hulk smashing downtown San Francisco is Nick Nolte in the riveting role of Banner's secretive father. The fact that you can't even witness the monster until an hour into the movie will tire youngsters and drudge a mediocre script. There's benificiality though, in Ang Lee's accomplished vision of the Hulk; the movie plays out with split screens and adjoining action, reminiscent of a comic book page. Lee's look, just like on his blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," adds fluency and effects. After the second hour of the film, the Hulk becomes a repetition; I mean, how much can this guy really destroy? The addition of the aforementioned psychology of Banner's psyche is problematic; it drenches the film with scientific terminology and cringing meta-biological commentary. Hulk may smash the box office, but the color green may be more representative of the audience's nausea. Grade: B-

cool scenes: the Hulk moving through the air

look for: the nefarious Nolte

MPAA: PG-13

out there:

"Hollywood Homicide": D-

"Spellbound": A

"Finding Nemo": A-

"Bruce Almighty": A-

coming up:

"Charlie's Angel's: Full Throttle"

"T3: Rise of the Machines"

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