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The premise of this film sounds interesting. Young Holmes meets Watson, when both are schoolboys and get involved in their first big case. It involves a group of Egyptian cult members, doing horrible things to people with hallucinogenic drugs.Sounds promising, but the story loses momentum after the first fifteen minutes. The Victorian atmosphere and the jarring Oscar-nominated special effects are about the only things this has going for it. The movie also attempts to be an Indiana Jones type story, but the Indiana Jones series generated much more excitement than this film with the famed Conan Doyle detective.
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One of the most talked about films of 1991, this enthralling detective-horror story follows the tale of FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), as she attempts to track a serial killer. She seeks help from another psychotic killer, Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, in a stunning performance). She enters into a psychotic "head-shrinking" session with the good doctor, hoping to find out who the killer is, while at the same time confronting her own hidden fear.Stellar performances by the two leads, wonderful direction, a script with plenty of plot twists and a nerve-jangling pace that keeps up through the entire film, make this a true masterpiece. Hopkins' role will go down as one of the best screen villains ever to grace us with his menacing presence. Foster holds her own quite well, playing a woman who is smart, quick-witted and courageous. She makes what could have been the typical FBI robot stereotype into something truly magnificent. The thing I loved most was the love story between Hopkins and Foster. Love story? Yes, if you pay attention, you will find that they are attracted in some way to each other. It's a bizarre love story, but a love story none the less. A must-see movie!
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Gus Van Sant's first film since his critically panned Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, this very funny black comedy follows the life of an amateur newscaster (wickedly portrayed by Nicole Kidman), who'll do anything to get to the top. However, she feels her husband (Matt Dillon) is getting in the way of her rise to stardom, so she decides to have her teenage lover (Joaquin Phoenix, River's brother) kill her husband.A scathing look at the media and the stuff that attracts people to it. Kidman is sensational as the cold-blooded newscaster and Phoenix is hilariously dumb as the young killer. The film tends to lag near the very end, but other than that, it's a pretty good movie. Let's hope Van Sant can keep it up.
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Now for the bomb of the week. This so-called "comedy" follows an extremely weird family and their misadventures on both sides of the Atlantic. Rob Lowe portrays one of the elder males of the family, trying to find the one he truly loves. Beau Bridges plays his ambitious father, Jodie Foster is his sister, who may have something other than sisterly love for him and Nastassja Kinski portrays "Susie the Bear", an odd Austrian girl in a bear suit.An adaptation of John Irving's comic novel, this is visual proof of what you shouldn't do with an adaptation of a popular novel. It's a shame to see a great cast, wasted in unsympathetic parts. You'd also think that this was a high-budget movie, but the bad cinematography seems to show otherwise. Such topics as suicide, homosexuality, rape and incest are not handled well by the so-called scriptwriters. Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) has done much better than this eyesore. There! I think I've just saved you about two hours.
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