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I finally got around to watching this 90ies classic mystery romance with a young Brad Pitt and an Anthony Hopkins who appears not to have aged a day in the intervening decades. The premises of the film was interesting, but I felt the execution was poor. The script was meandering and contained so many unnecessary scenes, leading to a bloated runtime of 3 hours! This story could have easily been fitted into under 2. Also, it was not quite clear how Susan knew who Joe was and what he was there for… some bad writing, even though the actress portrayed it flawlessly, leaving no doubt as to what was going on in her character’s head despite the lack of explanation.
Kudos also to the two leading men: Brad Pitt’s performance was flawless – combining child-like innocence with frightening coldness to bring this supernatural being to life. He truly inhabited his character. Anthony Hopkins did a brilliant job at portraying a genuinely good guy with unshakeable integrity. It was very easy to like him. All the supporting roles were well-cast too.
There is not much to say about the technical execution other than that the editing could have been a lot more efficient. The score by Thomas Newman was breathtaking, but didn’t really fit the film at all.
Overall, an ok film but enduring the extreme runtime does not seem like a fair trade-off. 3/5
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