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Hoskins character not believable

posted 20 years ago by jescci
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Liked the movie very much, but found Hoskins character (not his acting) unbelievble. He is supposed to be this tough, middle-aged ex-con and yet is completely ignorant of the world of prostitution - what the women do, how brutal the pimps are, how perverted the johns can be. He's supposed to be a man of the world, yet walks blindly into the an unrequited and impossible love. The film's grittiness and realism and the actors' performances save the it for the most part, but this bugaboo costs it at least one rating point in my book.

It's amazing, Molly ... the love inside ... you take it with you ...

[–] Edward_de_Vere 11 years ago

I get the impression that George was a very low ranking errand boy for Mortwell who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and wound up being the fall guy and whipping boy (with the naive hope that Mortwell would protect and reward him for it in the end).

So it's quite possible that George wasn't exposed first hand to many of the seedier aspects of Mortwell's business.

[–] ChrisN12 9 years ago

There is a corny line in the film, when George says to Cathy Tyson's character "when you have sex with them do you then fall in love with them?" No-one, criminal or otherwise, would make such a naive comment.

The rest of the film isn't too bad but I think its main problem is that it tries too hard to be a British version of 'Taxi Driver'.