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Summary: Intriguing Love Story
Review: Enjoyable watch. Great love story and Joseph Fiennes is wonderful!
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Summary: twisted love
Review: Fiennes is great as the man who is obsessed and in love with Gretchen Mol(id like to tap that ass) who is married to the awesome Ray Liotta(who is good as always). good suspense/romantic story with a gripping premise. theres also a nude scene. watch it and enjoy
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Summary: Unlikely love story...
Review: Gretchen Mol falls for cabana boy Joseph Fiennes and fools around with him while hubby, Ray Liotta, is too busy with politics. Liotta finds out, takes revenge and that is that...or is it? No action here, pretty sappy. The only thing that could sell this is for the Mol fans...lots of skin...
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Summary: what was Joseph thinking?
Review: I assume the script may have looked good to Joseph on paper and that's why he decided to do the movie. I love Joseph Fiennes, so I won't hold it against him, but he is so much better than this. It's a shame that his talents were wasted on this ridiculous film. Forever Mine is definatly on my top 5 list of the worst movies I have ever seen. Sitting through it was torturous. The only times I wasn't groaning with bordem was when my friend and I were laughing histarically (too bad its suppose to be an intense drama). When Ray Liotta says his "do the math" line, we burst out in uncontrolable laughter. The only reason it was bearable to watch was because of Joseph, but I desparatly missed his English accent and half the time couldn't figure out what accent he was using. I'm thinking he should just stick to his original accent from now on. I am surprised to find that there are people out there that actually liked this film, but I'm glad there are because at least they didn't have to feel the sore disappointment and complete waste of time and money that I did. Another few hours of my life wasted away....so sad. I should have just opted for The Very Thought of You or Shakespeare in Love where Joseph is at his best- not his worst.
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Summary: Very Good Love Story
Review: I enjoy writer-director Paul Schrader's work in general and many people do not. This film was no exception. It is a love story with Joseph Fiennes's character in love with corrupt Ray Liotta's character's wife. This is not "Body Heat" though. It is not a who-done-it. It is solely a love story and the hell the two characters go through as Liotta does everything possible to stop Fiennes in his tracks. Fiennes is seen in two guises, as a young, attractive cabana boy who first sees the wife on the beach and years later as a shadowy powerful figure in his own right who has come back to even some scores. There is a Catholic sensibility to all of Schrader's work and that is true of this one. I suppose since I am a lapsed Catholic that is a big part of his appeal to me. Guilt, obsession, revenge, and forgiveness permeate all of his work, including this film.
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Summary: It could have been great; still Fiennes saves it
Review: I first saw this film because I am a major Joe Fiennes fan, having seen all his films and some of his plays. And I can understand why he wanted to make this film, because it must have looked like a great project on paper. The final result didn't live up to my expectations, but the actors are not to be held responsible for it. In 'Forever Mine', we have Joe Fiennes doing accents, both American and Latino. He plays Alan Ripley, a cabana boy in a fancy hotel in Miami. Alan is pretty much the 'good boy' type, and very good-looking too. One day he sees one if the guests coming out from the sea, Ella, a young woman played by Gretchen Mol. It is like a thunderbolt, because he falls for her at first sight. The thing is, Ella is married to Mark, a dangerous politician without any scruples played by Ray Liotta. She is not happy with her marriage and happens to fall for Alan too. While Mark is on a business cruise, Ella and Alan become lovers. When Mark gets back and the couple goes home to New York, Alan tries to follow her. Ella confesses to her husband that she had an affair with Alan, the cabana boy in Miami, and Mark decides to have Alan arrested, then shot in the face. When he thinks Alan is dead, he leaves the body alone, but it turns out that Alan was alive. He will return 14 years later, rich, with a deformed face and a latino accent, under the name Manuel Esquema. The problem in this film is a series of clichés and bad lines that the actors have to deliver, along with a surrealistic makeup for Joseph Fiennes as Manuel. I couldn't help missing his English accent (not that he doesn't sound convincing as an American; he does, but I couldn't help it). It is difficult to understand how Paul Schrader, who has written good screenplays in the past, could have such a lack of imagination. Especially when it could have been great, because he had everything to make it so. Joe Fiennes plays a likable Alan/Manuel and gives a virtuoso and very passionate performance; Gretchen Mol does a good job, Ray Liotta makes you hate his character and so on. The love scenes are good, meaning the chemistry worked well between Fiennes and Gretchen Mol. Now, I'm not putting the film down: I am getting the DVD and I recommend watching it. Opinions vary, and some critics have described 'Forever Mine' as a delighful romance. It's not that I disagree with them, I just think that Fiennes deserved a much better material to work on, better lines. So did the other actors. I suppose this is one of those films you have to see and form your own opinion. I have heard people say they liked it a lot, others not so much. If anything, it is worth seeing for Joseph Fiennes, whose talent never disappoints.
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Summary: IMPASSIONATE PASSION
Review: I have felt that Paul Schrader is one of those artsy directors who critics love, but his movies rarely approach classic status, with the exception of "Taxi Driver." In FOREVER MINE, which is indeed reminiscent of oldies like BACK STREET or MADAME X, Joseph Fiennes plays a cabana man, a beach boy, who finds himself madly in love with the lovely Gretchen Mol. His reason for falling in love so quickly extends from seeing her come out of the ocean in a white bathing suit (Bo Derek in 10?). Mol, of course, is recently married to her boss, the slimy Ray Liotta. Their steamy affair sparks the first half of the movie, and then we flash forward about 14 years and we meet Fiennes again on an airplane, a new identity, heading for New York. He wants revenge on Liotta, who after Mol confesses of her affair, had Fiennes killed, or so he thought.
This movie is filmed nicely and Mol does a job worthy of Lana Turner or Susan Hayward, but Fiennes is less passionate than a John Gavin, and Liotta is just wasted in a poorly written role. That's the main problem with this movie---for a passionate film, it has no passion or soul. How can we really care about Fiennes or even Mol, for that matter? He is more in lust, and she is dumb enough to stay with Liotta, even after knowing what he did to Fiennes.
FOREVER MINE is a soap opera for sure, but it doesn't have a lot of bubbles.
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Summary: IMPASSIONATE PASSION
Review: I have felt that Paul Schrader is one of those artsy directors who critics love, but his movies rarely approach classic status, with the exception of "Taxi Driver." In FOREVER MINE, which is indeed reminiscent of oldies like BACK STREET or MADAME X, Joseph Fiennes plays a cabana man, a beach boy, who finds himself madly in love with the lovely Gretchen Mol. His reason for falling in love so quickly extends from seeing her come out of the ocean in a white bathing suit (Bo Derek in 10?). Mol, of course, is recently married to her boss, the slimy Ray Liotta. Their steamy affair sparks the first half of the movie, and then we flash forward about 14 years and we meet Fiennes again on an airplane, a new identity, heading for New York. He wants revenge on Liotta, who after Mol confesses of her affair, had Fiennes killed, or so he thought.
This movie is filmed nicely and Mol does a job worthy of Lana Turner or Susan Hayward, but Fiennes is less passionate than a John Gavin, and Liotta is just wasted in a poorly written role. That's the main problem with this movie---for a passionate film, it has no passion or soul. How can we really care about Fiennes or even Mol, for that matter? He is more in lust, and she is dumb enough to stay with Liotta, even after knowing what he did to Fiennes.
FOREVER MINE is a soap opera for sure, but it doesn't have a lot of bubbles.
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Summary: MY ALL TIME "SECOND" FAVORITE MOVIE!
Review: I say this is my second favorite movie because my very favorite is an old classic "An Imitation Of Life". I'm a pretty hard sell on movies, but I'm hooked on this one. I've tried in vain to find the soundtrack, namely, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, that is played at the end of the movie.....Roberta Flack, eat your heart out! I can't remember the name of the person who played Joseph Finnes sidekick but, they were equally Awesome!!. The only downside to this movie was the young lady who played the love interest, she just didn't do it for me acting-wise. And that is the "ONLY" downside to this movie. I Loved it, I Highly Recommend it!...Enjoy!!
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Summary: MY ALL TIME "SECOND" FAVORITE MOVIE!
Review: I say this is my second favorite movie because my very favorite is an old classic "An Imitation Of Life". I'm a pretty hard sell on movies, but I'm hooked on this one. I've tried in vain to find the soundtrack, namely, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, that is played at the end of the movie.....Roberta Flack, eat your heart out! I can't remember the name of the person who played Joseph Finnes sidekick but, they were equally Awesome!!. The only downside to this movie was the young lady who played the love interest, she just didn't do it for me acting-wise. And that is the "ONLY" downside to this movie. I Loved it, I Highly Recommend it!...Enjoy!!
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