Malice
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Movie Reviews of Malice
Movie Review: I like it more each time I see it. You gotta pay some close attention though.
Summary: 3 Stars
I remember when this movie came out it got panned pretty good. I actually think I watched Siskel and Ebert do their original review with mixed reactions. And that's understandable. This movie can be confusing. I understand it more with each viewing. Some may say they pack too much in this movie for it to be comprehensible. That too isn't unfair. But this movie falls into the "the more you watch it" category- you definitely realize more with each viewing. That's not how a movie should be I realize. But in some of my favorites it is. I've gone from 50/50 on this movie initially, to an 8 or 9 out of 10 scale. I think Baldwin is at his best as is Kidman. Bebe Neuwirth isn't utilized so much, and this surely isn't the fetching Bebe that I adore so much either. And there are some spectacular small performances by Peter Ghallager (Hollywood's perpetual attorney), George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft and Tobin Bell. A pretty loaded cast along with Pullman, Kidman and Baldwin. Though the most shining moments are from Baldwin and Kidman, playing the passionate conspirators, Bancroft makes the most of about a 10 minute scene that not only explains a lot, but is reminiscent of Geraldine Page's scene stealer in "The Pope of Greenwich Village". The ending was satisfying in many ways also. I tell you, I know this isn't time capsule celluloid, but I like this movie a lot. It entertained me, made me think, kept me guessing, and gave me an acceptable pay-off. Try it, but bear in mind, you can miss a lot on a the quickest of bathroom breaks.Movie Review: Easy going thriller without the violence
Summary: 3 Stars
Axtually it really shouldn't even get 3 stars because the story in effect has more holes in it than swiss cheese .... but .... I find it pretty hard to give any movie with the stellar cast of Baldwin and Kidmann anything less than three ....
Both of them play their roles perectly, Baldwin the 'I believe I'm god' doctor and Kidmann as the sceeming (I hope one day Amazon puts a spell checker into this screen!) young housewife.
Certainly the kind of movie you will watch and probably a few years later youll buy or rent it again cause you'll have forgotten the film .... ;(
Movie Review: "a loose remake"
Summary: 3 Stars
MALICE is ok, but the original (a 1990 TV movie called BODILY HARM) is better. THE OPERATION was the original title.
Bodily Harm