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Movie Reviews of Spider
Movie Review: Spider And Flies...
Summary: 5 Stars
David Cronenberg has never been all that subtle. So, I was expecting another sledgehammer to my brain with SPIDER. WOW! I was totally wrong. SPIDER concerns a man of the same name (Ralph Fiennes) who returns to his childhood neighborhood after spending most of his life in a mental institution. SPIDER spends most of his time wandering the empty streets, mumbling to himself. To any sane person, he looks like a nut without purpose or direction. However, he is actually a detective, in search of the clues that will help him solve the mystery of his own life. We get to tag along with SPIDER on his mission and see things through his eyes, feel as he feels. We get a reality that only exists in SPIDER's mind. Pretty soon, I personally found myself lost in SPIDER's way of looking at things. I was able to accept and enjoy the story on it's own terms. Miranda Richardson is excellent in her dual role (actually 3 roles) as Spider's mother and the "other" woman who replaces her. Gabriel Byrne is SPIDER's father, who is seen as both an evil drunkard, and a calm, loving man in SPIDER's head. In the sticky web of SPIDER's shattered psyche, memories are just dead husks, bearing some vague resemblance to the original events. SPIDER must discover the truth within the reality he's fashioned for himself. We go with him as he investigates the darkest corners of his past. Things are not as they appear and we're in for a surprise. Bleak and disturbing, yet I found this movie to have a warmth and light of it's own. Inventive and haunting. Highly recommended...Movie Review: Cronenberg's Most Emotional Film
Summary: 5 Stars
David Cronenberg is one of the greatest Sci-Fi/Horror directors of all time. His disturbing look into the twisted ways of society are some of the most disturbing and eye-opening films ever made. Spider takes a different direction in Cronenberg's filmmaking. The film is a character study of man with schitsophrenia trying to relive his childhood but all of his memories of it are wrong.
The film is about "Spider" Cleg, a man who has extreme schitsophrenia. After needing to leave the asylum that he was being kept at, he returns to his neighborhood of his youth to live in a halfway house. He moves in to the house, which is run by Mrs. Wilkinson, and tries to mix with the others living in the household. He begins to relive his childhood in his mind. The only problem is, all the memories he has are wrong.
The movie is slow, but it really helps to pull the viewer into what he is watching and helps them to identify with Spider. The film's score is a sad slow score that helps to show how Spider is feeling.
Spider is a great film and character study. The usual fans of Cronenberg's other films like Dead Ringers and Videodrome might find it strange and boring, but it is truely one of his greatest films. Definately a must see.
Movie Review: A Mind Blowing Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a film that you need to sit down and watch from begining to end without interuption. It completely messes with the idea of the narrative because the story is told in the perspective of Ralph Fiennes's character, who was just released from an asylum. As the story goes forth, the narrator confuses the audience by recognizing his mother (Miranda Richardson) with almost every other female character in the film. The plot of the film ends up being completely different from the story in the end, leaving the viewer utterly speechless, but in contemplation. I'll admit I only watched this film for Miranda Richardson, and this was probably one of the best performances I have seen her deliver. A lot of reviewers state that she plays three different characters, when in fact she plays two and a half, because the last character she takes on has already been established. This character has followed the story before Richardson steps into her shoes, but the viewer will notice that this final female is actually a mixture of the mistress and the housekeeper together. Brilliant acting from all the actors, interesting and insightful cinematography.Movie Review: Itsy bitsy Spider
Summary: 5 Stars
Spider marks the triumphant return to form for director David Cronenberg after the lightweight and screwball eXistenZ. Like much of his most heartfelt work - The Dead Zone, The Fly & Dead Ringers to name a few -, Spider is a tragic tale of an afflicted and alienated man. We first meet Spider - beautifully played by Ralph Fiennes - as he takes up residence in a halfway house, a dismal limbo between institution and the real world. One look at him and we know in our bones he will never take that next step. This is a man without a future and whos present is overwhelmed by his past. What unfolds is a tale of memory and madness as seen subjectively through the eyes of a shattered personality. Cronenberg's direction is brilliantly assured and deceptively economical. And as good as Ralph Fiennes is - and he is good -, it is Miranda Richardson who delivers the most impressive performance in the film. She will no doubt be overlooked but certainly does deserve a Best Supporting Actress nomination. David Cronenberg's Spider is a small, sad and beautiful film and one of the best of 2003.Movie Review: Itsy bitsy Spider
Summary: 5 Stars
Spider marks a triumphant return to form for director David Cronenberg after the lightweight and screwball eXistenZ. Like much of his most heartfelt work - The Dead Zone, The Fly and Dead Ringers to name a few - Spider is a tragic tale of an alienated and afflicted man. We first meet Spider - beautifully played by Ralph Fiennes - as he takes up residence in a halfway house, a dismal limbo between institution and the real world. One look at him and we know in our bones he will never take that next step. He is a man without a future and whos present is overwhelmed by his past. What unfolds is a story of memory and madness as seen subjectively through the eyes of a shattered personality. Cronenberg's direction is brilliantly assured and deceptively economical. And as good as Fiennes is, and he is good, its Miranda Richardson who delivers the films most impressive performance. She will no doubt be overlooked but certainly deserves a Best Supporting Actress nomination. David Cronenberg's Spider is a small, sad and beautiful film and one of the best of 2003.