will-75
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This is a first rate film.
Rarely are so many top actors seen together in one production.
What the director did was to take an Agatha Christy murder mystery and sparkle it with humour and dry wit. Maggie Smith is absolutely priceless and her bitching with Diana Rigg is reminiscent of Wilde`s importance of being Earnest. Each of the actors look as though they had a terrific time throughout the production as they camp up the roles but still manage to keep the serious side of the plot going.
A must see.
Rarely are so many top actors seen together in one production.
What the director did was to take an Agatha Christy murder mystery and sparkle it with humour and dry wit. Maggie Smith is absolutely priceless and her bitching with Diana Rigg is reminiscent of Wilde`s importance of being Earnest. Each of the actors look as though they had a terrific time throughout the production as they camp up the roles but still manage to keep the serious side of the plot going.
A must see.
I thought that Lock stock was superb and expected the same from Snatch. However, the film`s editing which worked so well in Lock stock doesn`t quite have the same effect here. Also, the violence here is gratuitous and leaves one a bit sick after a while. I was left wondering just what is going on in the director`s head to be able to think up such things.
Acting by Brad Pitt is excellent.
Acting by Brad Pitt is excellent.
If you have seen Wilde as portrayed by Peter Finch in `The Trial of Oscar Wilde' (1960) then Stephen Fry will seem very wooden indeed.
Fry's only saving grace is that he looks the part but his acting is that of an overweight pudding. The rest of the film looks just like one of those tedious BBC costume dramas. Queensbury`s ridiculous stick on sideburns typify the quality of the wardrobe department.
I suspect that the character of Bosie (played extremely well by Jude Law,) was entirely based on the performance by John Frazer in the 1960 Finch film
This film is the result you can expect when a production is based around a single actor's (Fry,) desire to do the part rather than a competent director's vision.
Fry's only saving grace is that he looks the part but his acting is that of an overweight pudding. The rest of the film looks just like one of those tedious BBC costume dramas. Queensbury`s ridiculous stick on sideburns typify the quality of the wardrobe department.
I suspect that the character of Bosie (played extremely well by Jude Law,) was entirely based on the performance by John Frazer in the 1960 Finch film
This film is the result you can expect when a production is based around a single actor's (Fry,) desire to do the part rather than a competent director's vision.