Paula Devicq Movies
- 2001
Oscar-winning director Sidney Lumet, who began his career during the "golden age" of live television, returned to his TV roots as creator, writer, and director of the gritty, one-hour drama series 100 Centre Street. The title refers to the address of New York's Criminal Court, presided over by such distinguished jurists as Judge Joe Rifkind (Alan Arkin and Judge Atallah Sims (LaTanya Richardson). Though diametrical opposites in terms of philosophy -- Rifkind tends towards lenient liberalism, while the by-the-book Sims is known far and wide as "Atallah the Hun" -- the two judges remain close friends. Many of the episodes deal with the ramifications of the judges' decisions: In the opener, for example, Rifkind had to wrestle with the fact that a defendant he set free immediately went out and committed a savage murder -- and the victim was the daughter of Rifkind's former law partner. Others in the cast are Joseph Lyle Taylor and Paula Devicq as Assistant DAs Bobby Esposito and Cynthia Bennington, Larry Pine as Cynthia's father Frank, Manny Perez as womanizing legal aide Ramon Rodriguez, Val Avery as Sal Gentile, and Armando Williams as Al Thompson. As realistic as possible within the strictures of basic cable, and doggedly refusing to take dramatic easy-outs or provide pat endings, 100 Centre Street is worthy of all the "hype" attending its January 15, 2001, debut on the A&E network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alan Arkin, La Tanya Richardson, (more)
Joseph Slotnick, Paula Devicq, and Brigitte Bako star in this romantic comedy about a woman who gives her fiancé his walking papers when she finds out he's still been seeing his ex-girlfriend. Saturday Night Live star Molly Shannon also appears in a supporting role. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joey Slotnick, Paula Devicq, (more)
- 1999
Premiering in the Midnight Movie section of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Kill the Man poses the question: "What would you do if you won $100,000 during a half-time basketball free-throw contest?" Stanley Luke Wilson and Bob Josh Malina decide to open a small copy center. The problem is that a large-chain copy store is right across the street, taking the lion's share of the business. So with absurd determination, they decide to declare their own comic brand of war on big business. Persuading his girlfriend Vicki to join in, Stanley must choose between his life of wreaking havoc on corporate America or taking a job from Vicki's dad Michael McKean. The answer may lie somewhere in the middle, as suddenly Stanley is in jeopardy of losing his own shop if he can't come up with the rent. Directors Tom Booker and Jon Kean use wacky characters and slapstick to cook up a David-and-Goliath story about the big guy versus the little guy, with a little rule-breaking irreverence on the side. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luke Wilson, Joshua Malina, (more)
- 1996
Having been ignominiously booted from the PhD program, Kirsten (Paula Devicq) takes a job as hostess at Salinger's--and quickly allows her depression to get the better of her, despite the herculean efforts by Charlie (Matthew Fox) to cheer her up. Elsewhere, when his sister Julia (Neve Campbell) begins to date his roommate Cooper (Harold Voight), Bailey (Scott Wolf) discreetly moves into a new place and picks up a new roomie in the form of the extremely high-spirited Callie Martel (Alexondra Lee in her first series appearance). And in her efforts to repair the plumbing in the family home, Claudia (Lacey Chabert) succeeds primarily in depleting the Salinger bank account. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Leaving Julia (Neve Campbell) in charge of the younger kids, Charlie (Matthew Fox) heads to Chicago for a surprise reunion with Kirsten (Paula Devicq), which does not meet with the approval of her troubled mother Ellie (Kathleen Noone). Before long, Kirsten is begging Charlie to take her away from all this. . .as far as San Francisco. Back at home, Julia is convinced that her pesky sister Claudia (Lacey Chabert) is feigning illness--until Claudia ends up in the hospital with appendictis. And in her efforts to find out why Bailey (Scott Wolf) is avoiding her, Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) finally learns the awful truth. Several awful truths, in fact. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Charlie (Matthew Fox) is outraged when the parents of his ex-fiancee Kirsten Bennett (Paula Devicq) storm into town after Claudia (Lacey Chabert) informs them of Kirsten's current emotional turmoil. Even worse, Mr. Bennett (Nicholas Pryor) holds Charlie completely responsible for the fact that Kirsten has lost her prestigious job and been booted from the PhD program--and he intends to take legal action against the Salingers. Elsewhere, Julia begins having second thoughts about attending Dartmouth; and while celebrating their "independence" from their families, roommates Bailey (Scott Wolf) and Callie (Alexondra Lee) drink a wee bit too much liquor...a "harmless" indulgence that will have negative repercussions in the weeks to come. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Bailey (Scott Wolf) gets jealous when his pal Will (Scott Grimes, in his last regular series appearance) bends over backward to be nice to his geeky new college roommate (Peter Simmons). Kirsten (Paula Devicq) decides to pursue her academic and professional career far from home, causing a rift between herself and Charlie (Matthew Fox). Griffin (Jeremy London) once again demonstrates his utter lack of financial responsibility, prompting a stern lecture from Julia (Neve Campbell)...who, as it turns out, is in no position to preach. And the romance between Claudia (Lacey Chabert) and her "summer love" Byron (Rider Strong) hits a snag when he evinces more interest in Julia. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Now that Bailey (Scott Wolf) has moved in with the terrifyingly vivacious Callie (Alexondra Lee), his former roommate Cooper (Harold Pruett) thinks the time is ripe to make the "big move" on Bailey's sister Julia (Neve Campbell)--leading to a nasty fight and a nastier breakup. As for Bailey himself, he finds that living with Callie can be treacherous indeed, especially when she makes some weird comments about his favorite teacher (and her former boyfriend) T.J. Digman (Larry Poindexter). And back at the Salinger household, Claudia (Lacey Chabert) worries that her best friend Jody (Maria Sokoloff) may have been molested by a "trusted" adult--and that the troubled Kirsten (Paula Devicq) is about to go completely off the deep end. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The sudden death of their parents forges a strong and impenetrable bond between the five Salinger children as the hour-long drama series Party of Five begins its first season. Appointed his siblings' legal guardian, 24-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox) works days as a carpenter and nights tending bar at the San Francisco restaurant once owned by his father, but now run by Joe Mangus (Tom Mason). Bailey Salinger (Scott Wolf), at 16 the second oldest member of the clan, appoints himself treasurer and troubleshooter of the Salinger household; 15-year-old Julia (Neve Campbell) is still traumatized by the loss of her parents; 11-year-old Claudia (Lacey Chabert) continues honing her skills as a violinist; and 1-year-old baby brother Owen (played by twins Brandon Porter and Taylor Porter) gurgles and goos, undoubtedly secure in the knowledge that his older brothers and sisters will always look after him. Hired as a nanny for the younger children, Berkeley graduate student Kirsten Bennett (Paula Devicq) begins dating Charlie, incurring Bailey's jealousy. Before the season is out, Kirsten's duties are taken over by a guy named Bill (David Burke) when she and Charlie become engaged. Meanwhile, Bailey dates such high school contemporaries as Kate Bishop (Jennifer Blanc) and Jill Holbrook (Megan Ward), whose addiction to cocaine yields tragic results in the season finale; and Julia starts going out with Justin Thompson (Michael Goorjian), a budding journalist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
As Season Two of Party of Five gets under way, 25-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox), senior member of the Salinger family and the legal guardian of his four orphaned siblings, has become engaged to Kirsten Bennett (Paula Devicq), who'd originally been hired as nanny for the youngest Salinger kids. Unfortunately, both Charlie and Kirsten chicken out, and they split up on the eve of their much-anticipated wedding. Charlie then enters into an affair with the hot-tempered Kathleen Eisely (Brenda Strong), who vengefully purchases the building housing the family's San Francisco restaurant and threatens to boot them out when Charlie breaks off the relationship. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) is torn between her Season One boyfriend Justin (Michael Goorjian) and the new man in her life, the troubled Griffin Holbrook (Jeremy London). At the same time, Julia's 17-year-old brother Bailey (Scott Wolf) is dating the mercurial Sarah Reeves (Jennifer Love Hewitt), former girlfriend of Bailey's best pal Will (Scott Grimes). Halfway through Season Two, the series gets some "older adult" relief with the arrival of the Salinger's crusty maternal grandfather Jacob Gordon (Carroll O'Connor). And none too soon: To stave off the vengeful Kathleen Eisely, Jacob conspires with the enterprising Bailey to buy back the Salingers' restaurant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
Season Three of Party of Five opens with the five orphaned Salinger siblings regaining control of their late parents' San Francisco restaurant, thanks to the last-minute intervention of their grandfather Jake (Carroll O'Connor). 26-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox), legal guardian of his younger siblings, is still holding down two jobs to make ends meet, but is no longer engage to the kids' nanny Kirsten (Paula Devicq), who after being booted from her new teaching job for accidentally plagiarizing her doctoral dissertation, has left for Chicago. Charlie's current amour is Grace Wilcox (Tamara Taylor), an African American girl who moves in with the Salingers when her own house is destroyed. Alas, Charlie and Grace are destined to break up on the eve of her election as a member of the San Frisco City Counsel. And as for 17-year-old Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell), after several months of juggling two boyfriends, she impulsively runs off to marry the troubled Griffin Holbrook (Jeremy London). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
- 1997
The most daunting development in Party of Five's fourth season centers around 28-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox), the legal guardian of his four orphaned siblings. After being the family's primary breadwinner since the deaths of his parents, Charlie is suddenly stopped in his tracks when he is diagnosed with Hodkin's disease. It now falls to Charlie's 19-year-old brother Bailey (Scott Wolf), the family's treasurer and chief problem-solver, to care for Charlie in the same selfless manner that Charlie has so long cared for him. This requires Bailey to drop out of college and assume ownership of the family's San Francisco restaurant; unfortunately, the pressures of his new responsibilities drives Bailey to drink. . .and drink. . .and drink. Ending up in Alcoholics Anonymous, Charlie meets and falls in love with the much-older Annie Mott (Paige Turco), who has a daughter named Natalie (Allison Bertolini). Eventually Annie will return to her boozing and run out on both Bailey and her daughter, whereupon Bailey's onetime girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) to take charge of Natalie. And by the time the season has ended and Bailey has become fulltime manager of Salinger's, he and Sarah are sweethearts again. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) likewise gives up college in order to support her new husband Griffin (Jeremy London) when his business goes belly-up; before long Julia and Griffin have moved back in with her siblings, and ultimately Julia is able to resume her education at Stanford. And elsewhere on the matrimonial front, the family's former nanny--and Charlie's former fiancée--Kirsten Bennett (Paul Devicq) returns to San Francisco with her new husband, Dr. Paul Thomas (Tim Dekay), in tow. The good news at season's end is that Charlie has been cured of his disease. The bad news is that his current girlfriend, the troublesome Daphne Jablonski (Jennifer Aspen), is pregnant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
- 1998
Season Five of Party of Five marks the fifth birthday of Owen Salinger, youngest member of the orphaned Salinger clan. Having been previously played by twin infants Brandon Porter and Taylor Porter, Owen is now portrayed by a single child actor, Jacob Smith--and, unfortunately, has also been revealed to have a learning disability. Elsewhere in the San Francisco-based Salinger household, 29-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox), legal guardian of his younger siblings, is left to raise his baby daughter Diana alone when his irresponsible girlfriend Daphne (Jennifer Aspen) takes a powder. Charlie and his 20-year-old brother Bailey (Scott Wolf) later engage in a nasty custody battle over little Owen, but eventually Charlie allows Owen to live with Bailey and his girl friend Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Meanwhile, although 19-year-old Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) is still the wife of Griffin Holbrook (Jeremy London), she enters into an affair with Ned Grayson (Scott Bairstow), the violent-tempered boyfriend of Julia's Stanford roommate Maggie (Heather McComb). And musically gifted 15-year-old Claudia Salinger (Lacey Chabert) is busily cooking up strategies to break out of boarding school and return home. As the season draws to a close, Charlie moves in with his former fiancée Kirsten (Paula Devicq), whose marriage to Dr. Paul Thomas (Tim Dekay) is on the rocks; and, balking at the notion of marrying her live-in boyfriend Bailey, Sarah prepares to leave for New York. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
- 1999
At long, long last, 30-year-old Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox), legal guardian of his four younger siblings, has tied the matrimonial knot with his erstwhile sweetheart Kirsten Bennett (Paula Devicq), who had come into the lives of the Salingers when she was hired as nanny for the younger children during Season One of Party of Five. By the time that the series' sixth and final season has run its course, Charlie and Kirsten will have become parents. Alas, the relationship between Charlie's 21-year-old brother Bailey (Scott Wolf) and his live-in girlfriend Sarah Reeves is a thing of the past--principally because actress Jennifer Love Hewitt) has transferred her characterization of Sarah to the spinoff series Time of Your Life. Nor is this the end of Bailey's woes; having hired his late dad's former partner Joe Magnus (Tom Mason) to manage the family's San Francisco restaurant, Bailey has his trust betrayed when Joe embezzles the profits and plunges the establishment into financial ruin. With all these setbacks, Bailey returns to his drinking habit--big time! In another development, 20-year-old Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) is studying for a literary career at CalArts, while her marriage to Griffin (Jeremy London) further disintegrates. Suddenly, Julia's high school sweetheart Justin Thompson (Michael Goorjian), who hasn't been seen since Season Three, returns to San Francisco, reeling from an unhappy marriage of his own. Inevitably, Julia and Justin rediscover one another, and the old romantic spark roars back into flame. Elsewhere, Bailey's lifelong buddy Will (Scott McCorkle), who'd once gone steady with the departed Sarah, lands a good job in sports management; and the redoubtable Daphne Jablonski (Jennifer Aspen), the mother of Charlie's daughter Natalie, finds work at a strip club--and also finds time to begin an affair with Julia's hubby Griffin; and 16-year-old Claudia Salinger (Lacey Chabert) is able to graduate from high school a year early and fulfill her life's dream of enrolling at Julliard. As the series winds down, Bailey sells the family restaurant to finance Charlie's purchase of his own furniture business, and at the same time goes "cold turkey" and re-enrolls in college. And perhaps inevitably, Charlie decides that it is time to move his family out of their familiar lodgings and into more economical digs, thereby setting up the opportunity for extended flashbacks to the Salinger's fondest memories of the past six years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, (more)
- 1996
Thanks to the bad influence of his new college pals, the normally levelheaded Bailey (Scott Wolf) is torn between knuckling down to his schoolwork and taking "short cuts" in order to have a good time. High school seniors Julia (Neve Campbell), Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Justin (Michael Goorjian) compete in a writing contest, with Justin overstepping all bounds of taste and propriety by penning a tell-all piece about Julia. And Charlie (Matthew Fox) makes a shocking discovery about his troubled ex-fiancee Kirsten (Paula Devicq). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
The good news at the outset of Party of Five's third season is that the Salinger family has regained full control of the restaurant owned by their late parents. The bad news is that the much-anticipated marriage between eldest son Charlie Salinger (Matthew Fox) and the younger kids' ex-nanny Kirsten Bennett (Paula Devicq) has been scuttled in a spectacular fashion (Charlie and Kirsten are still together, but they've given up all plans for marriage--or at least think they have). In the season opener, Kirsten is coldly unsympathetic to the marital woes of her mother Ellie (Kathleen Noone); Charlie's brother Bailey (Scott Wolf), his girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and his best pal Will (Scott Grimes) are stranded in Mexico when their car is stolen; and Bailey's sister Julia (Neve Campbell) angrily confronts her returning ex-flame Griffin (Jeremy Holbrook)--who mollifies her with a surprise revelation. Finally, no one believes the youngest Salinger daughter Claudia (Lacey Chabert) when she announces that she's found her true love at summer camp. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
Upon learning that her wealthy father has suffered a severe stroke, an independent, willful and successful Wall Street accountant leaves her high-powered job and heads down to her family's Texas ranch in hopes of guaranteeing her inheritance. While back home, the woman feels a strange stirring in her heart and begins remembering how much she once loved the land. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paula Devicq, Stuart Whitman, (more)
