So as not to simply give the poster a snarky brush-off, it’s worth noting what it’s able to accomplish, however unwittingly.
As rigorous and stimulating as its thematic inquiries are, A Dangerous Method ultimately rests as much on its performances.
An insurmountable amount of extras comes second only to New Line’s stunning visual and audio transfer of Peter Jackson’s exhilarating and exhausting epic.
A muddled vision, but one anchored by fiercely convicted performances by Viggo Mortensen and Robert Duvall.
We lamely present you with a carbon copy of the SAG’s own nominees for Best Actor.
For the most part, I found myself almost mechanically checking off the major scenes as they happened.
The set pieces largely convey the same feelings as the novel’s, but screenwriter Joe Penhall’s adaptation has a patronizing way of spelling out their significance.
Vicente Amorim’s film is literally and dramatically bloodless.
The film could be summed up in one word that would surely stump its protagonist: “Lugubrious.”
Yes, we know Daniel Day-Lewis has this one in the bag.
This is the only one of the four acting categories that seems to have a lot of play left to work with.
The movie dramatizes Cronenberg’s preoccupations more, well, organically than his his other collaboration with Viggo Mortensen.
David Cronenberg’s contemplation of codes of masculine honor is deliciously transgressive.
In its own way, the film is just as stylized a take on the crime genre as something like Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy.
Leave it to a Canadian filmmaker to attempt dissecting the shape of rage that lies underneath small town America.
This Hidalgo DVD scores a big zero in the features department, but wait ‘til you take a look at the image and sound quality.
Remember: the definitive, extended DVD edition of the film is a few months away.
For a film named Hidalgo, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for more than a Mr. Ed retread.
Throughout, Peter Jackson’s majestic longshots and extreme close-ups will make you swoon.
Start as soon as possible or you’ll still be watching the extras here by the time The Return of the King hits theaters.