solymr

I went to see a hidden pretpremiere in my cinema, and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised when I realized what I was going to watch.

The movie starts with an shocking intro, which put me on the edge of my seat, where I remained for the duration of the movie. The acting is superb, Penn and Kidman are at their best, the shots that were made in the UN building add to the realism (none of those flashy super non-existent high-tech stuff that are usually in films). And Pollack was very close to recreate the atmosphere of his earlier movies (p.e. Three Days Of The Kondor)

When the movie was finally over, I had a feeling that something was missing in the hole movie, although I can't put my finger on it...

This movie reminds me of the romantic screwball comedies from the 30's, 40's and 50's. The movie succeeds in following the humor, witty dialogs and great pace witch made the romantic comedies of old so great. That is, until the ending. The entire ending is ruined, copy-pasted from every other average romantic comedy today (they split up, the guilty one realizes his/her fault and runs to his/her lover and spills his/her guts out... and they live happily ever after). It is not the director's fault, he even tried his best to make the ending not so sleazy (aka the excellent wedding scene). Pierce Brosnan is great, in some scenes even better then Moore, reminds me of Cary Grant, James Stewart in their best work (Bringing up Baby, The Philadelphia Story...). Brosnan is actually becoming a much better actor than he was 6-7 years before. Julianne Moore is, as always, excellent. The supporting is actually also great, from Sheen, Posey, Fisher, Dunn to the locals in the Irish village. All in all a great screwball comedy which has not been made in years, if the ending were any better...