10. "The Ref" (1994): If you've
seen Kevin Spacey's "Saturday Night Live" appearances, you know
the guy is funny. So why he doesn't attempt comedy more often is a mystery --
he's a complete natural and wonderfully gifted. Proof positive lies in Ted
Demme's "The Ref," a movie
... more in which criminal Denis Leary makes the regrettable decision of taking a
squabbling couple (Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage in their own home. Dragged into the
middle of the bitter pair's feuds, Leary endures Spacey's hilarious wrath, with
lines that make you wince and laugh: "I'd love to run around and take classes
and play with my inner self! I'd love the freedom to be some pissed-off criminal
with no responsibilities, except I don't have the time! But you don't see me
with a gun. And you don't see me sleeping with someone else. You think my life
turned out the way I wanted because I live in this house? You think every
morning I wake up, look in the mirror and say, 'Gee, I'm glad I'm me and not
some 19-year-old billionaire rock star with the body of an athlete and a 24-hour
erection!' No, I don't! So just excuse the s--- out of me!" Brilliant.
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