JGidusko

The voice-over by Cage at the beginning of the movie ran on and on and on and on... right there, I knew I was watching a loser! Most of the rest of the movie was just as boring, with the action in the last quarter of the movie spicing it up a little. My wife left the room after the first 10 minutes, just couldn't watch the rest of it. I wish I had left, too, but I had hopes something would happen and I did believe in giving it a chance. Realistic? C'mon now. Charlie Kaufman (Cage), a screen-writer doing a movie script from a book by Susan Orlean (Streep), finds her sexing it up and snorting dope with an orchid thief (Cooper), and she decides that he has to be killed because of it. Admittedly, the acting by all is first-rate, but the acting is just not enough to hold this thing together. I sometimes loan my movies to friends but not this one. Not this one. I'd give it a 2.

This movie grabs your attention, you can't walk away from it. Not that it is suspenseful, it just keeps you interested. I thought the acting was superb, particularly that of AMY ROBBINS. She and Julie Walters had the cockney accent down perfectly. I rate this movie 11 on a scale of 10. You won't waste your time with this one!

I don't BUY many movies, once you've seen them, then what? But this is one that I bought! This one I palm off on house guests that are bored with playing pinochle. And I have watched it over and over as other members of the family watch it, and I enjoy it just as much as the first time! Don Ameche did a wonderful job on this one, Selleck also, and both pulled the comedy off just right. Yes, I believe that a guy like Selleck could have that much bad luck in the movie! (We are asked to believe much more than that sometimes!) And I think Amache was hilarious with his Alzheimer's schtick! And I did have a grandfather that suffered with it, so climb off me on that point. It's like watching somebody take a pratfall... and who hasn't smiled at one of those?