No Such Thing
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Movie Reviews of No Such Thing
Movie Review: the trouble with satire
Summary: 5 Stars
is that it needs a sophisticated, well-informed audience, able to make connections without large neon arrows, and aware of nuance. intelligence helps. i originally watched this film because it was set in iceland. i watched it a second time, and am buying the dvd, because of all the subtle, quiet bits of staging, the wonderful dialogue, its absurdity, the quality of the performances, and the density of meaning and references--not only the obvious, but possibly the obscure: does this scene reference morality plays? does the movie satirize quest legends?
this film reminds me of a review the author dick francis once got--the reviewer said that francis leaves much unsaid but nothing unexpressed.
if you prefer to actively participate in a performance, to have your mind as well as your emotions engaged, this is a film you will enjoy. if every motivation and action has to be explained to you by several minutes of dialogue, look somewhere else.
Movie Review: What it says on the back
Summary: 5 Stars
Good and evil, love and hate collide in this captivating adventure from award-winning writer/director Hal Hartley. Starring Sarah Polley ('The Claim'), Robert John Burke ('Robocop 3', Academy Award nominee Helen Mirren ('Gosford Park', and Academy Award winner Julie Christie ('Dr. Zhivago'), No Such Thing is a thoughtful, provocative film that will change the way you look at the world. New York journalist (Polley) travels to Iceland to find a monster (Burke) believed to have killed her fiance. Once she meets the beast, he opens her eyes to the horror of his once solitary existence. Moved to help him, Beatrice takes the monster to New York. But when a media firestorm erupts, Beatrice realizes her monster is more than he appears to be . . . and the world may not be ready for the truth.Movie Review: Magically engaging
Summary: 5 Stars
Why this film is magic to me is unclear. It may be that it is about Iceland and I love Iceland. It may be that it is tactile, almost silky in its cinematography. It may be its playful sarcasm. It may be that I find Sarah Polley to be unbelievably beautiful and her short quiet devastating retorts to the inane characters around her to be perfectly delivered. It may be something that I can't put my finger on. Maybe that is what magic is.Movie Review: best character I have seen...in a long...long...time!
Summary: 5 Stars
You know, the new Star Wars movies did not have a character that could hold my interest, but the monster in this movie does. Mr. Burke, had to wear skin to play this part, but he played it with more than the skin, with his eyes, expressions, his voice. I have not seen a more unique character than this one. My favorite character in books is from 'Le Miserables', and from movies, this monster. Watch it you'll be surprised.Movie Review: Hartley's stunning epic
Summary: 5 Stars
No Such Thing is my favorite of several favorite Hal Hartley films. I find Dante's Divine Comedy under the surface of this epic wherein Beatrice and the monster journey through the Inferno of contemporary America and climb up to Paradise and the divinity of pure love at the ending. It's a brilliant film: hilarious and tragic, dark, mythic, and deep.