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Different people have different tastes but I'm genuinely surprised that
Proof of Life has had such mixed reviews. I consider myself a fairly critical movie-goer yet I was thoroughly engaged by this well-made, well-acted and well-plotted piece of work. The film is an intelligent balance between realistic action sequences (a welcome change from the kind of nonsense witnessed in MI2 or Charlie's Angels) and believable drama (which broadly avoided the crass melodrama usually favoured by Hollywood). One has a clear sense that here we have a pretty successful attempt to 'tell it like it is' without compromising the need for dramatic tension. The reviewer who said that PoL steers clear of both Hollywoodisation and Political Correctness is spot on - many mainstream films are loaded with both. Here's a film where you can say to yourself "Hey, this is probably pretty close to what it's really like." There are no cartoon villains (with inevitable cut-glass English accents). Nor is the rescue mission led by a gay quadraplegic. Crowe is suberb. He radiates the kind of quiet authority required by his role. Meg Ryan is good too. She doesn't give off the "I'm such a saintly martyr" vibe that Hollywood often demands of its female leads. I'd welcome a more sophisticated and challenging critique of PoL from those who really didn't like it (rather than "it was boring") because - for me - it is miles ahead of 90% of what hits our cinemas. A proper night out at the movies.. alkhidr watch Wondrous Oblivion movie
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OK - passes a couple of hours satisfactorily
Proof Of Life is a satisfactory drama.
It starts out as a suspense thriller and ends up as an action thriller, taking a little too long to get there. Along the way it winds in a not altogether convincing almost-romance subplot. Russell Crowe is excellent, as is David Morse (as always). Meg Ryan comes across as cold, however: even when there are tears and emotional moments, she never made me believe that she was actually feeling anything. A shame, because a warmer performance would have added immeasurably to the movie. Most of the supporting players are fine. There is an awful lot of un-subtitled Spanish. I suppose that this is to drive home the utter isolation experienced by David Morse's character, but there were times when I would have welcomed knowing what was being said: it wasn't me who was kidnapped, after all. A decent enough movie, but without anything to single it out as being special.. |
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