This movie was so poorly written that events that would never happen if any of the characters were given the right to act as any human would have.......It felt as if the actors knew the script sucked, but went ahead and acted their hearts out hoping it would make up for the really bad decisions Chap Taylor, the writer, made them say and do! Ben really was great in showing all the emotions that any guy in his position probably would go through given a situation that just gets more and more far fetched as the movie goes on............ Samuel L. Jackson was more than engrossing in his role as the man losing everything in his life and fighting alcoholism at the same time....... Toni Collette is another of the absolutely wonderful actors to come from Down Under and play with the big boys in Hollywood as if she were one of them! I could just feel her angst and sorrow in her position at the law firm and in Banek's life........And although I've only seen Kim Staunton in one other (small) role in Dragonfly, I hope to see her in upcoming films! Her portrayal of Gipson's wife is poignant, moving, and deserving of extreme praise - she also took the script she was given - no matter how ridiculous and made the character work! Sydney Pollack was good - but he played the same thing he always plays, so I don't think he deserves any credit - he shows no emotion and in a movie like this, given the script that he was given, that's all he could have done to save this character - so I wasn't impressed....but the others were SO good, that they overshadowed him and the awful turns and stupid decisions these characters are forced to make by the writer!
I'm not sure how they did this - I've never had a movie work like this for me - normally, I would just say I didn't like it - but these actors were so good that they deserve attention and praise while I must say that I will steer clear of any Chap Taylor written movie in the future!
POSSIBLE SPOILER - NOT REALLY, BUT FIGURED I'D WARN of the possibility****************************
And I won't give anything away - but I will say that the ending did give some redemption to the writing - I was pleasantly surprised with it and really glad how it ends - it's almost as if Taylor saved all the truly human actions in the writing to the end..........
I gave it a 7 out of 10............If it just had been written with more realistic and more true to human response to situations this movie could have been a contender!
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