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Summary: TIM ROTH IS BRILLIANT, 5 stars for him
Review: I cannot get over the natural talent that oooozes from Tim Roth. He can play any character and it is "him" all over. How does he do it? I really admire him.I felt the story could have been deeper (I give it 3 1/2 stars) But Tim Roth is soo amazing to watch that that makes up for it.
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Summary: A must see
Review: I had never heard of this movie until I had attempted to rent another movie and I came home with this by accident. I decided to watch it and was tremendously suprised in its quality. The relationship between Roth and Ormond is something we can all hope and strive for.
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Summary: Captives
Review: I have seen Julia Ormond in some good movies and she is a great actress. This is not one of them. Senseless subject. The audio is bad, or the language is not what I am used with, so I understood only half of what they said in the movie. Stay away from this one!
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Summary: An unusual love story, not for everyone....
Review: I have watched this movie about a zillion times, I really love it! I saw it at the video store one day and could not resist, Tim Roth is one of my favorites and he is so great in all his films, and very sexy and sensitive in this one. Most films Roth is in, he usually plays villains, he seems to able to tap into that very well. This film has a rather dark story and Julia Ormond is a dentist and had recently split from her husband who was cheating, she works at the prison Roth is finishing up his sentence in. They begin a very intense romance until things start to get complicated! Don't pass this movie up, british films are far better!!
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Summary: good flick
Review: I just saw this movie the other day and was
pleasantly surprised. Julia Ormond was fabulous.
Her face conveys so much emotion, it's amazing.
She made the movie. Overall a very watchable flick.
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Summary: Wearing out the tape rewatching this one!
Review: I love this movie! I was hoping I could order the DVD in case I wear my VHS tape out --even though I don't have a DVD player! This is *the* movie to watch if you've been thinking you might become a Tim Roth fan if you ever saw him playing a "nice guy". It sure worked for me! This movie provides an interesting mix of survival brutality and emotional vulnerability. The eroticism and tenderness is probably more appealing to women than to men. But don't worry about it being too racy. Although there is a sex scene, there is no nudity. This movie is about two people drawn together by mutual need and attraction and bonded together by adversity. The scenes between Roth and Ormond are hot enough to set the VCR on fire and that's just from the looks in their eyes! Hmmmm... I guess I'll be watching it again tonight... I sure hope they release a DVD version, I'll buy a DVD player for sure then!
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Summary: Captivating Even If Disturbing
Review: I never saw Tim Roth come off so sexy as this -- just loved it (especially the parts nearer the beginning when he is first talking to her across the tables in prison visitors room and then in diners). J.O. is beautiful and captivating on her own --very believable and much too vulnerable. I'm amazed to read other reviews here that saw Roth's character as being so sincere and in love. I did not see him that way. I saw him as short of being truly in love with her -- that he cared for her, probably, but deeply in love? I never got that. He was all too willing to put her in too much danger for one thing. Call me old-fashioned, but in my opinion a man that really cares for a woman wants to protect her. If that component is missing, give him three bright red flags! It's a good watch though. I found it frightening to see how J.O.'s character kept falling for everything about him, hook line and sinker, ignoring *huge* red flags. Example: She told her best friend early in her romance with Roth's character that she didn't want to ask Roth what he was doing time for, feeling it was invasive. My gosh, whatever happened to the idea of expecting that a man should honor the need for a woman to feel *safe* with him? If he is worth his salt, he won't mind you checking him out and will be glad you did -- because, if he really cares about you, he is going to respect a woman's need to learn important things about him -- especially convicts and people met through personal ads. I mean really! When she finally breaks her resolve and looks it up, she learns he is in for murder -- of his wife. She is quick to notice that court documents say it was a crime of passion because his wife had been cheating on him. Oh good, she seems to think to herself, "Jusitifiable homicide." HELLO-OOO-OO? Is anybody out there? I don't care what his wife did, violence and murdering her was NOT okay, and NEVER the answer and does NOT make him out to be a "deep, soulful, sensitive and passionate" lover of most women's dreams. It makes him *dangerous*. I'm not saying he can't reform and I'm not saying she can't forgive that about him when he does, but this movie did not touch that. It was as if it was just like OKAY that he murdered his wife. Pleeeeeez. Now, this does not make it a bad movie. In fact it makes it a very realistic movie, sadly, because a lot of us women keep falling for men who hurt us, and big-time. One shudders to think of how many women in America were beaten by their husbands or lovers this very hour today. To me this is not so much a movie about a tragic love affair as it is about some of the all-too-common vulnerabilities of a lot of women. Women with these vulnerabilities are women-at-risk. Roth was charismatic, sexy and captivating but I did not see him as a truly loving lover. I don't care how sensual and "deep" he is, when it's not true love it just ain't a love story. Too many things about the character he played showed that he did not (and was no doubt incapable of) truly loving her. It did not torment him what he was putting her through. I never saw him try to resist his desire for her so that she would not be put at risk. Simple caring was missing. Anyhow, I do think this movie is a fascinating character study -- both watching the film and reading the reviews of it. I suggest getting "True Romance" with Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who play it like genuine and romantic love in addition to this film so that you can watch a 5-star movie ("True Romance") even while you are in the mood for this genre of film. And besides, TR is one of my favorite movies of all time and never got the marketing that would have clearly taken it to the top of the heap. It's star-studded with so many "favorite" scenes in it that I like to mention it whenever I can and it's on-topic. If you can only get one movie? Get "True Romance" instead!
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Summary: Powerful performances by Roth and Ormond
Review: I stumbled upon this movie late Thanksgiving night and quite unexpectedly found myself glued to the TV. The performances of Tim Roth and Julia Ormond were quite powerful--their chemistry on screen made the movie quite believeable. Although I have seen Julia Ormond in romantic rolls before, this was a first for me with Tim Roth. I must say he was fabulous in the part, quite charming and charismatic. This is a five-star movie, but I give it a four-star rating because the ending was rushed and left me feeling that there should have been more. Perhaps I just wanted more of Tim Roth?
Rating:
Summary: Powerful performances by Roth and Ormond
Review: I stumbled upon this movie late Thanksgiving night and quite unexpectedly found myself glued to the TV. The performances of Tim Roth and Julia Ormond were quite powerful--their chemistry on screen made the movie quite believeable. Although I have seen Julia Ormond in romantic rolls before, this was a first for me with Tim Roth. I must say he was fabulous in the part, quite charming and charismatic. This is a five-star movie, but I give it a four-star rating because the ending was rushed and left me feeling that there should have been more. Perhaps I just wanted more of Tim Roth?
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Summary: good flick
Review: I stumbled upon this video very late one night about two weeks ago, quite by accident. I was drawn in immediately and held absolutely spellbound by the performances of both Tim Roth and Julia Ormond. Since then, I have purchased the video and rewatched it more times than I can count, each time loving the movie more. This is a love story against all odds, a tender, heart-wrenching, passionate love story, of two people drawn together by lonliness, need, and desire. I agree with one reviewer who said this was one of the most erotically charged films ever seen. I have never seen Roth portray this kind of character and, I must say, I have become an avid fan and only hope he will take on more roles of this nature. His performance was riveting, i.e., tender, sensitive, poignant, and very human. I certainly don't mean to downplay Ormond's performance, it was superb as well. The chemistry between the actors was incredibly real, both of whom conveyed so much feeling through their eyes, facial expressions and body language. Since discovering this gem, I have read a lot of the reviews, and I totally disagree with one movie critic who said Roth was miscast in the part. The fact that he does not look like Brad Pitt makes it even more believeable for me. Roth may not be handsome in the classic sense, but he has a unique look, very sexy, intense, charismatic and sensual. This movie touches me deeply, I only wish that the ending had not been so rushed. I would love to see this movie make it to DVD.
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