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15 October 2010
Thrilling thriller
What really grabs me about this is the characters: John Cusack's charm and likeability, Gene Hackman's dangerousness, Rachel Weisz's mysteriousness and Dustin Hoffman's honesty. Most thrillers you can sort of guess how they are going to end but this one keeps you guessing to the end.
And it's the only film in which you can get to see two giants of cinema - Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman - acting together. There is no other film which has both of these double Oscar winners. It's worth watching just for that.
But I think the film is just brilliant!
21 October 2010
Incredible gangster movie
Always had a great reputation and it really lives up to it. Brilliant performances from everyone - Sean Connery got an Oscar from it (and many say that if he hadn't won, Robert De Niro would have won from his performance in the film). It contains one of the best scenes in any film ever. I don't know any film that builds tension as successfully as this. Had me hooked from start to finish
21 October 2010
Better than its predecessor
Although it was made by the same team as the hugely successful A Fish Called Wanda (but all playing different characters), it was never really very popular. But I thinks it really outshines it. It is a really funny, farcical comedy with some great comic performances. Was really good to see Ronnie Corbett make an appearance. Kevin Kline does have to be applauded for his role playing both parts of a father and son duo. And then, when the father dies, the son pretends to be the father. Very good. But my favourite performance does have to be Michael Palin. Just hilarious.