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Hoo! Better clip a clothes-pin to your nose!

posted 19 years ago by sneakyclevermongols
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ROFL sorry. :)

Let me elucidate. There are thrillers that keep you riveted to the edge of your seat for two entire hours. That excite your intellect as you try to stay on top of multiple plot twists, and that STILL delightfully blindside you, just when you think you've guessed the ending.

This is not one of those thrillers.

It seems to be firmly convinced that it IS, but it's grossly mistaken.

I found this movie painfully, atrociously, horribly bad. About 20 minutes in, I stopped giving a @$!!! about any of the characters, or where the next ludicrous plot twist would lead.

I like Bill Pullman, and felt sorry for him. He had this lost, "God, WHY haven't the credits rolled yet?" expression on his face throughout the entire film. Alec Baldwin, I would happily watch being processed into pig-feed. Nicole Kidman? Her nude shots had to be the only reason this film even got released.

Released? I meant to say it "escaped."

Wow. I am amazed I did not perceive the stink-lines radiating from the cassette when I picked it up. Two hours were sucked out of my soul, AND I WILL NEVER GET THEM BACK!

But if you liked it that's OK too.

[–] camrit 19 years ago

I thought that the writer/director couldnt make up their mind on where the story should be heading. It was like they started off on this wrong foot, with the serial killer thingy and then changed their mind every 5 minutes during the course of the movie..you could almost end the movie anytime after the first 1 hour. This movie was far worse than many regional movies I have seen from Bollywood.

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[–] davcamp2 18 years ago

I actually thought it was original in the way it made you think it was one story (the killer who murdered Gwen), then used that story to show a second twist. I thought it was unbelievable, but hey, it kept my interest. Pullman does play a doh-boy everyman a little too well. I can't see him being revenge-full, if that is a word. Casting could have been a littl better in his role. Baldwin, as always, nailed it.

[–] williamonthefloor 13 years ago

I agree with you on Baldwin. His boardroom speech on how he WAS God was the equal of his speech in the later Glengarry Glen Ross.

of all the actors in the movie, the one I feel most sorry for is one you probably don't even remember, she had such a nothing part. She played the lawyers secretary (Peter Galagher played the lawyer, Brenda Strong played the secretary). Her only failing is that she is six feet tall. She is SO GODDAMNED HOT! She has been on my A-list of fantasies ever since I first saw her in that Marcia Mason, Dan Castellenata sitcom of several years ago.

It's a knife in the heart...

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[–] selfademus 17 years ago

i like it.

[–] slipmahoney416 17 years ago

You poor dear.

And your poor soul!

Go away, kid. You bother me.

[–] Doom 17 years ago

I love this film. Always have. Always will. Saw it SIX TIMES in the theatre. It's an EXCELLENT suspense thriller with OUTSTANDING performances. A lot of those who don't "like it" just don't "get it". But to each their own.

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Wait a minute... who am I here?

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[–] Hezzer_Wezzer 14 years ago

Two hours were sucked out of my soul, AND I WILL NEVER GET THEM BACK!

Yet you cared enough to waste more time by writing a fairly substantial post about wasting your time watching the movie? Odd.

[–] whitecats 13 years ago

Know your Trolls.

[–] residentevil6901 7 years ago

It sounds to me like you only like chick flicks and you should stick to those.

[–] SteveRes (474) 5 years ago

I agree with the OP. Ludicrous film. It passed me by in the 90s but I've seen the clip of Baldwin saying his "God" speech so many times I thought I'd finally see what the fuss is about. The first half was pretty decent, Baldwin was excellent playing the narcissistic surgeon, but the second half was shockingly bad. The final act is hilarious, I actually burst out laughing when they revealed the CPR dummy at the keyboard, especially when a few shots later it was gazing at Kidman with a cracked face over the staircase.

Kidman was miscast. Her attempt at some psycho badass was hysterically funny. Pullman's character was so wet and wooden I wasn't sure whether I wanted him to bring his cheating wife down or die horribly at her hands. The convoluted plan she and Baldwin hatched was absurd, and whoever scored the film needs to find a new job, the music was awful, loud and intrusive. In fact the whole film looked cheap.