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Minghella's ham-fisted direction of the egregiously gory and shrill overly-episodic odyssey is one of the many missteps of this "civil-war love story".
This is a racist, homophobic piece of garbage that plods along for a good 1hr and 22mins with absolutely no direction.
Dialogue without a plausible thought, plot without a point, staging without skill, directing without direction, and acting without the worth of some backwater high school's freshman class play.
The real problem, however, is the aimless, pointless, nearly plot less story and the leaden, paceless direction.
The script was hard to follow, the story was non-sensical, and scenes were random and lacked direction.
Shot on video it appears, with a bad script and bad direction, one would think it would also have horrible production value.
I don't know if this exceptionally dull movie was intended as an unofficial sequel to 'The French Connection", but it does have many of the same drawbacks: the script is so confusing that the viewer remains uninvolved and feels left out of the picture, and the direction is so cold, so lacking in energy, that even the great chase sequence can't liven things up.
The direction, screenplay, acting , and editing work together to repel your eyes from the screen.
What saves this film from becoming a Hallmark spectacle and debacle of the usual sort, whenever films about serial killers are concerned, is the direction, which is a double-edged sword; director Scott L. Flynn sheds focus enough upon the b-actors not to let their flaws shine through too much, but at the same times created a truly dull and stereotypical view of the American police through the King-angle.
The acting's bad and the direction is even worse.
Filming, editing, direction, dialogue, sets, makeup, writing, casting (especially the young girl and imposter child psychiatrist), and the story all were just the worst.
The direction, editing, sound are not up to par, but that still does not matter, because the actors more than make up for that part.
The direction is restrained and the performances are nuanced - like SYMPATHY FOR MR.
However, under the sure-handed direction of Frankenheimer, the film is a sensitive portrayal of teenage and parental dynamics.
The directing by Joshua Leonard, the acting of Kelli Garner and Lukas Haas, the art direction, the cinematography, the score -- every element was true to the bone.
But Hitchcock's direction is superb, and the performances weren't that bad.
Life seems to run in the same direction instead of creating a new river bed running up hill.
Excellent direction and camera.
OK, so it owes Pulp Fiction, but in my opinion has it's own voice and identity mainly because of the music-video direction style, sketch-like narrative and great performances.
Dead straight dialogues, blunt treatment of the subject, brilliant direction, and superb performances (even by those with little job to do in the movie).
As far as the direction, I had no idea Franklin J. Schaffner was the director until I read the review in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide(this was the last film he ever made).
The other actors are also fine,particularly Christine Ebersoll as Tessie.Also good is Peter Riegert;his portrayal of Herbie is acted with great style and believability.The direction of this movie is very,very good.There isn't a false note or gaffe in the entire production.This film is a vast improvement over the Roz Russell version filmed in 1962.Since viewing it again,I can state that the three greatest Mama Roses are:Ethel Merman,Bette Midler,and Angela Lansbury.
This low budget movie was shot total guerrilla-style with no permits for any locations and no big stars but has what a lot of huge budget films don't have which is a clever script and creative direction.
Great characters and plot, and the direction and editing was smooth, visually beautiful, and interesting.
From the excellent cast (one would never know Eugene Hutz was not a pro actor) to the cinematographer (some beautiful shots) the music (bought the CD when exiting the theater) and of course the two "D's" (direction and the DOG).
Neil Labute's terrific casting and cynical direction keeps this film from becoming too sentimental while Renée Zellweger and Morgan Freeman's authentic performances give it a soul.
The acting is dreadful, the direction non existent, but the hair, clothes, rotten pre disco music and the general out and out sleaziness of the story are mind boggling.
Regardless of what the credits say on their films, real "stooge-philes" know that they had a lot of input on lines and direction.
It was a pretty good screenplay and Bridges's direction was solid and suitable.
Either man, had he continued in the singular direction they were headed, would have forever been keyholed in in specific role and guaranteed the brevity of their careers...
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