Drama > P Drama > Hopkins, Anthony > 12 years and over

Advantages: Brad Pitt
Disadvantages: bit of a wierd ending!!!

...the one where they first meet and its like love at first site!!!!!!!!!! I really liked this bit because it was sweet and the people were really nice to eachother!, I also think the bit where he gets killed is quite clever. The middle i found a bit boring at times as it was just alot of flirting and stuff but istill love it! I thought the endin could have beeen better coz i dint really get what was goin to happen after when brad pitt turned back ... Read review

Advantages: Deep plot with twists, complicated characters
Disadvantages: Main character not likeable

...story takes place in 1954, all over Lousianna. It happens to run the course of Sean Penn's Political career from lowly origins up to the day the Louisanna Legislature attempts to Impeach him from the Governership. Some might say this story is told about his charachter since it was an extroadinary story, being voted in by the lower class and despised by everyone with power and money there. However, the story revolves around Jude Law's character, a ...
...named, this film shuffles around all these pawns on Penn's chessboard, and you never really know if you love Penn's charachter or hate him... There's something not quite right about him, and it's facinating. The one thing I am sure of after the movie is over is that I don't like Jude's character, who we root for more than once in the movie, and is clearly the viewpoint of the story... So all in all, I have to say I feel a bit let down. It's almost ... Read review

Advantages: A great cast.
Disadvantages: Poorly written, subject to heavy handed metaphors and an overpowering score

...one for trying my patience. All the elements are here; a heavyweight cast, a universal story with contemporary parallels, an ominous score… But Zaillian goes completely over-the-top, smothering the film in clumsy visual metaphors (you know three people are going to die because he zooms in on three crosses at the side of the road). He signposts everything – characters play constantly with guns or gaze at each other in a meaningful way. He’s too fond ...
...air conditioning and it becomes all about damage control. You never see how the honest politician becomes slippery snake-oil salesman. It damages the dramatic impetus of the film, making the otherwise reasonable two-hour running time drag interminably, so every revelation and twist feels like hard work. Zaillian’s screenplay makes the fatal error of focussing on Jack Burden rather than Willie Stark’s fall from grace. Sadly this makes for a far less ... Read review

Advantages: Decent Cast
Disadvantages: A bit boring, feels tied to it's stage roots

...pain in the ass. Proof is a film that definitely shows it's stage roots, as a lot of it doesn't have any cinematic feel. The scenes just serve as verbal sparring between characters. As a drama it's well acted and perfectly serviceable if you go in for that kind of thing. Anthony Hopkins is his usual reliable self, Paltrow just sulks throughout the entire film. Jake Gyllenhaal appears in what must be his 500th film in the last year, as a maths student ...
...about Proof. It just doesn't feel like a movie, it doesn't enthrall, isn't particularly engrossing and isn't really worth recommending as a cinema visit. By all means check it out , but Proof is proof that some plays should stay on the boards and not on the screen. ... Read review

Advantages: Can be tense, shocking and unpredictable
Disadvantages: Appears to be a typical chick-flick on the surface

My reason for purchasing Match Point in the first instance was quite simple, Jonathon Rhys Myers was in it and for me that was as good an excuse as any to buy a new film. I'm so glad however that I did buy this film because not only does Rhys Myers play a fantastic part and look extremely handsome for the main but the film has become a firm favourite of mine. Chris (Jonathon Rhys Meyers) is an Irish tennis coach who after coaching Tom, the son of ...
..."There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can go either forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose." This line sums up the double-edged sword that the film is, as on more than one occasion the ball may go forward and Chris may uphold the life he has dreamed of but just as easily it may fall backwards and the world he has come to love may ... Read review