Advantages: Stellar Cast Disadvantages: Some of the cast slightly underused
...a rather hysterical reference to the sexual exploits of the former President Bill Clinton, this film follows the last years of an elderly man (Anthony Hopkins) who is accused of racism. When faced with the shocking accusation over the word "spook" he is forced to resign. Confronted by the stress of such a situation his wife is deftly dispatched by a heart attack within the first ten minutes of the film. He spends five years searching for justice, ... ...write the story of the injustice that led to the "murder" of his "great love". Through a poignant patch of his modern day affair with the sexy but mysterious Fuella (Kidman) and various flashbacks referring to his late mother and various other elements of his life, the story of the human stain begins to weave its magic.
Every character has a twist in their background. Hopkins character isn't all that he seems to be, and although never pretentious, ...
bilbob20 08.11.2004
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Advantages: Nicole Kidman bares all. Disadvantages: It just doesn't draw you in.
...husband on her trail. The introduction part of the film (Anthony Hopkins' youth); told in black and white is more interesting than the rest which seems far too bland and meandering. I quickly forgot what the point of this film was and found myself hopeing it would hurry up and come to an end. I know it probally shouldn't matter and I think the director angrily asked 'Well who would you have cast' to the many people pointing it out, but it is very ...
MrFraggles 10.09.2009
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