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Intersection

Intersection

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Can't be explained
Review: A hard film experience to explain. Through most of my first viewing of the film I was intrigued by the weave of the lives all described in the flashback during Vincent's death.

I must admit though that the film didn't really grasp me like I had hoped it would. Until the end, that is. I don't want to give away the ending of this film, but I have to say that it is one of the best-scripted endings I have ever seen in a film. The solution is thoroughly satisfying, reasonable, and happy. The most amazing part of the ending is that this is done without even a touch of being cheesy or sappy.

On further viewing of the film I began to enjoy it more and more. The photography is superb creating a subtle intimate feeling of sharing the experiences with all involved. Photography, however, pales in comparison to the editing. For a story that is told through non-linear flashbacks, editing is everything and this film has it in spades.

Films about out own mortality affect different people in different ways. We all have decisions in our life where we are never sure what the right path to take is. Do not be confused, that is the Intersection referred to here.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Absorbing, haunting melodrama
Review: Atmospheric melodrama about a man who has flashbacks (after a severe crash) of how his life went wrong after having affairs with two women. Powerfully directed and acted, with some scenes truly unforgettable. Entirely familiar however.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Loved this movie
Review: I absolutely loved this movie. Totally feel that it did not get the acclaim it deserved. You fall head over heels with Lolita Davidovitch's character because she is so warm, loving, funny and human. Sharon Stone, while a bit of an ice queen, is the mother of Gere's child and still has a large part of his heart. My favorite part of the movie is the last scene with the women together. While they are miles apart in style and attitude, they both have an amazing amount of heart and class in their own unique way that comes through in the way neither chooses to hurt the other.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It's just a great movie..
Review: I cried when I was watching this movie.It;s realy one of the best movies I have ever seen..

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent movie.
Review: I have to believe that the only reason the critics didn't like this movie is because it hit too close to home. There is nothing not to like about this movie except that it isn't avialable on DVD!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Captivating
Review: I know what the reviewers want you to believe...that this film is awful and that you won't enjoy it. If you love lovestories then you will love this film. The actors and their relationships are simply captivating all the way up to the end of the film where you understand each motivation and each emotion as if it were your own. So ignore the reviewers! Enjoy this captivating film

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Intersection
Review: Interesting premise here. Sharon and Richard are divorced, sharing custody of a daughter who is flirting with an eating disorder. Through flashbacks, we're shown some of the factors that led to the demise of the marriage. Mmeanwhile, we see Davidivich and Gere who meet at an auction. They hit it off and she'd like their relationship to continue on to the next phase--moving in together.

Gere must chose between the family left behind, and rekindling an old passion, and moving forward with a new flame.

Sharon Stone does a terrific job, as does Gere and Davidivich. A common situation ends uncommonly. Making choices, regret, fate, and letting go are all addressed here. Not an Oscar winner, no, but worth watching.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Utterly mundane remake
Review: Intersection started with a disadvantage in that it's a remake of one of my favorite films, Les Choses de la Vie. The original uses a terrible car crash (one of the best ever filmed) as a starting point for a series of flashbacks and reflections on the turning point in an architects life, when the relationship that ended his marriage is in danger of self-destructing because of his inability to make an effort. But where the accident is that film's focal point, replayed in various different ways as a kind of inescapable destiny, in Intersection it is used almost as an afterthought to bring some resolution to a mundane soap opera about an indecisive man torn between his career-conscious wife and his more liberal lover.

It's not a case of not giving the film a chance - there have been interesting re-workings of European films by Hollywood before - or expecting a raunchfest because of Gere or Stone's presence. It's just that it's really not very good.

The result isn't exactly unwatchable, but it is overwritten, over scored and surprisingly uncinematic. Rydell gives the film plenty of gloss but few cinematic flourishes, concentrating on the seen-it-all-before romance in a way that seems more TV movie of the week than anything worth paying to see on the big screen. Sharon Stone is superb as the ex-wife and Davidovitch does well as the lover despite some unfortunate and unnecessary scenes towards the end that undermine her character to make Gere look good - which brings me to the film's major failing. Gere's character and performance. Gere can act and has done good work, but this is an especially shallow and by-the-numbers ego trip more than a performance. Aside from being the screen's most unconvincing architect (and that includes Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal), the smug, self, narcissistic performance here prevents us from ever caring about whether the character lives or dies. Even the film's one nearly successful scene at a post office when he can't decide whether to post an important letter is ultimately destroyed by his hammy grandstanding phone call at the end of it.

Not that the script is any help. Scenes are overwritten, achingly obvious and horribly predictable, with everything spelled out in broad strokes. Ultimately you're just left wandering from predictable scene to predictable scene with little interest. Slick, watchable, forgettable, the final insult is that the novel and Claude Sautet film this misfire is based on is only acknowledged at the very, very end of the credits when no-one is likely to spot it. That said, the filmmakers are probably grateful not to be associated with this one...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Probably Richard Gere's best movie
Review: It has been a long time since American Gigolo, but Richard Gere remains quite a ladies man. Yes, this movie is about complicated relationsships, but the concept has been exceptionally well executed. The scenery of the Pacific Northwest is just gorgeous with dramatic moods and camera perspectives. I thought that while Richard Gere was phenomenal in Primal Fear, Red Corner and in The Jackal, this movie, Intersection, makes him shine and brings out a lot of his superb acting qualities with all kinds of emotions.
It is probably because this movie doesn't have the typical blueprint Hollywood ending, that this flick has been overlooked and so far has never received any significant recognition, but the ending is definitely a surprise. There are a number of interesting twists throughout the film and like I said before, the director really captured the various moods and even created and expressed the right kind of emotions. And although the movie has an overall sad undertone to it as it shows the midlife crisis of architect Eastman (R. Gere), it's just one of these rare motion picture masterpieces which you will want to watch at least a few times every year. It's an excellent picture.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: WE NEED THIS MOVIE ON A DVD COPY
Review: It's awsome,nice plot,perfect actors i love richard gere and sharone stone they are really perfect you have to watch this movie if you are a big fan of richard or sharone they are really somethin' they are hot and good lookin' oooooh i love them and i loved the movie it's one of my favorite movies....but the problem is im waitin' for it on a dvd a dvd a dvd a dvd...come on guys im fed up from waitin' plz make this movie on a dvd copy plz plz plz plz plz it's a dream for me and i wish if it will come true cuz im a dvd collector..............Go guys and watch the movie but dont rent it BUY IT and u wont regret.....


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