Understand this, it's
an almost flawless film, but it's predicated on a gimmick, and that gimmick is its main issue.
Not exact matches
First, an
almost flawless first time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic
film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.»
It is virtually
flawless in
almost every regard and it's a huge shame Video Capture was not supported as there are many moments I would have loved to have
filmed for they do deserve to live on forever.
Ben Kinglsley, Linda Fiorentino, Greg Kinnear, all of these are highly able actors that have given great performances in other
films, but none of these (and, yes, that includes the
almost always
flawless Kingsley) gave me anything to enjoy from here.
Hailed by the LA Times as an «implausible feat of sustained imagination,» and the Wall Street Journal as «an
almost perfect movie with
flawless performances,» Nancy Oliver's screenplay was nominated for an Oscar, while Gillespie's
film won numerous critics» awards and festival prizes.
He entered
film with small roles in features including Scent Of A Woman and Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight, but since his breakthrough role in Anderson's Boogie Nights, he's assembled a string of strong, memorable performances in
films including
Flawless, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, State And Main, Happiness,
Almost Famous, Punch - Drunk Love, and 25th Hour.
Mastered from the original 35 mm camera negative, it's
almost flawless (with a touch of fluctuating pixels in the neutral skies) and so clean that the hard vertical scratches 65 minutes into the
film — the only blemishes on the print — are jarring.