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Summary: Super movie, overlooked and underrated! Gene Hackman
Review: I can't believe how much people focus on Paul Newman in this movie. Gene Hackman is great. 70 year old actors are more capable than younger actors. Susan Sarandon looks wonderful... Stockard Channing has a great chemistry with Paul Newman. This movie will take you away to a place where loyalty still means something and people care about each other. James Gardner plays his part well. I don't like to reveal too much with a mystery, the other supporting characters are good. This is a gritty, true to life mystery. Reese Witherspoon was very fortunate to have this as one of her first movies, anyone with any sense would have taken their clothes off to work with this cast! She plays the spoiled daughter well. It compares to LA Confidential in my experience...
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Summary: Killer Cast and a Killer Script
Review: It is a real surprise when Hollywood knocks out a film intended for intellects more advanced than the type which is usually found hanging around the milking shed.TWILIGHT is a brilliant, perhaps even a flawless film. The direction is quietly paced. The actors think before they speak. The snappy one liners seem to be thought out, before they are uttered, and they add to the depth of the characters who say them. These things alone make TWILIGHT well worth watching if you have a brain, and are over the age of thirty. The film though delivers more than that. The plot had me guessing to the last minute, and saddened me when all was revealed. The dim need not watch this film. Appreciators of magnificent acting, good scripts, believeable characters and quality fimmaking will get a very great deal of pleasure from this one. Very highly recommended.
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Summary: good acting but lacked spark and very easy to figure out.
Review: It was a ok movie. I like Newman movies but this movie lacked punch and to me there was no mystery--------i figured it out in the first 30 minutes.
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Summary: Not too bad...could've been better.
Review: Just look at all that talented acting. Sarandon, Newman, Hackman and Garner kind of wasted. They had the star-power, but it was wasted with the weak plot. The film just never reached its full potential. But had some good moments and is certainly good for a one-time view. Great for the murder/mystery/thriller buffs or if your a fan of one these fine actors then its worth it. Yes, Yes, Reese Witherspoon gets all naked, this alone makes the movie worth a rent :)
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Summary: Not too bad...could've been better.
Review: Just look at all that talented acting. Sarandon, Newman, Hackman and Garner kind of wasted. They had the star-power, but it was wasted with the weak plot. The film just never reached its full potential. But had some good moments and is certainly good for a one-time view. Great for the murder/mystery/thriller buffs or if your a fan of one these fine actors then its worth it. Yes, Yes, Reese Witherspoon gets all naked, this alone makes the movie worth a rent :)
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Summary: If you like detective stories...
Review: Normally, the main selling point of this movie would be an outstanding cast that includes none other than the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Hackman. However, in the case of this film, that factor is trumped by Reese Witherspoon waltzing around topless. While I have never been a huge fan of detective stories, this one was fairly entertaining. The narration is much like the famous ones from the 1940s / 1950s era. This was the first time I've seen James Garner surface in quite awhile. While he is pretty-much a one dimensional actor, he still possesses a decent screen-presence and keeps up with Newman and Hackman nicely. For those viewers who would be more interested in Witherspoon, this movie is a can't miss. To my knowledge, this is the only nude scene she has ever done. It also happens within the first 5 minutes of the film, so you don't have to wait too long in anticipation.
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Summary: If you like detective stories...
Review: Normally, the main selling point of this movie would be an outstanding cast that includes none other than the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Hackman. However, in the case of this film, that factor is trumped by Reese Witherspoon waltzing around topless. While I have never been a huge fan of detective stories, this one was fairly entertaining. The narration is much like the famous ones from the 1940s / 1950s era. This was the first time I've seen James Garner surface in quite awhile. While he is pretty-much a one dimensional actor, he still possesses a decent screen-presence and keeps up with Newman and Hackman nicely. For those viewers who would be more interested in Witherspoon, this movie is a can't miss. To my knowledge, this is the only nude scene she has ever done. It also happens within the first 5 minutes of the film, so you don't have to wait too long in anticipation.
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Summary: Old-fashioned noir still packs a punch
Review: Once again, director Robert Benton and novelist & screenwriter Richard Russo (who previously collaborated on the equally wonderful Nobody's Fool, based on Russo's novel) team up, this time for a mystery about the past coming back to haunt you. They don't make 'em like this anymore, but they should. Benton and Russo show up all the flashy, MTV and explosion-obsessed directors and in the process prove that good storytelling and good acting can still win out. And you don't have to take my word for it--John Simon, former film critic for National Review, waxed rhapsodic over this & he never likes *anything*. This film has a once-in-a-lifetime cast--naturally, Newman, Sarandon, and Hackman are of course brilliant, but so are James Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, and Giancarlo Esposito as a nervous cop. Add in the rich photography and you've a mystery as twisted as San Francisco's back streets. This is one old-fashioned, new-fangled noir you don't want to miss.
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Summary: No Plot
Review: Other than Reese Witherspoon's revealing scenes in the beginning of the movie the movie lacks any story that is worth watching!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Paul Newman plays a burned-out private eye and Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon are a movie-star couple with a long-buried dark secret. Too implausible, too many overdrawn secondary characters. A rental at best.
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