Sommersby

Rating:
Summary: COMPELLING, ROMANTIC
Review: Yes, yes, yes, The Return of Martin Guerre is richer, more textured, more...believable. But what is up with the criticism of this beautiful commercial Hollywood-ized version? The characters portrayed by Jodie Foster and Richard Gere, as - perhaps - strangers, or -- husband and wife -- circa Civil War era has the gloss and emotion of a four-hankie 40s melodrama. The performances of all of the players are superb, and the tense, romantic, suspensful build-up to the truthful revelations, which include salvation and love, is handled with taste and beauty. The musical score provides one of those old-fashioned, almost bombastic themes that signals heartbreak, and there are many of them in this movie. If you love to cry at the movies, you will love this film.