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Movie Reviews of Spider
Movie Review: A very slow paced puzzle !
Summary: 5 Stars
David Cronenberg - at last - has made his masterpiece . He has made an overwhelming and carefully designed work in which every frame has been thought with any hole all along the story .
The miserable and painful introspectivity of that misterious man will be revealed with shots who reminds to Bergman style (Wild strawberries , The hour of the wolf and Fanny and Alexander) and some reflects of the best German expressionism making a colossal color employement, a delicate art direction and the use of the narrative elipsis to show the living memories linking past and present age .
Our disturbed man will show his terrible childhood incident , and told with supreme maestry and artistic honesty . Fiennes as always gives a towering performance, Miranda Richardson is superb too and a special recognizement to Gabriel Byrne as the merciless and unscrupulous father .
A winner in Cannes and a new classic film .
Movie Review: A daring and brilliant psychological study
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie, by Canadian director David Cronenberg, fulfills the earlier promise of his tragicomic reprise, The Fly. Get the connection? I just wish Rod Serling ("Hollywood's a great place to live - if you're a grapefruit") were alive to appeciate "Spider" - he would have loved it, as would the great French crime writer Georges Simenon, who loved to explore the psyche behind the crime.This is a thinking person's story, superbly filmed in chameleonic tones of gray, with a pace that makes a laughing stock of the entire Hollywood production culture, and with an absolutely dedicated cast. I needed to watch it twice just to begin to appreciate Cronenberg's "spin" on the story. You can get penicillin from spiders' webs, and from this brilliant movie you can unexpectedly find a cure for some of your darkest thoughts.
Movie Review: Master Muffett ........
Summary: 5 Stars
INDEED! master Michael Powell would applaud loudly since this cream-de-la-creame work by David Cronenberg fits snugly next to his "Peeping Tom" [with a vague echo of "10 Rillington Place"].Performances are superb - Ralph Fiennes [very Kafka here another nod inthe right direction] Gabriel Byrne as the 'tortured' father, John Neville as an 'inmate' and Lynnie Redgrave as the Caretaker! Quite superlative BUT -
MIRANDA RICHARDSON! Gem of a performance as the mousy "Mum", the bleach-blonde and leopard skinned Diana Dors clone, and the almost sexy Caretaker 2 ...... great work afoot here.
Costume design? Spot on - where did they find nylons with seams and heels these days?
Quite a glum but fascinating journey through this boys mind - also a close clone to "Young Poisoner's Handbook".
Movie Review: Great work of ART-no story details revealed here:
Summary: 5 Stars
Spider is a fantastic film of a man's return to the place of his childhood and its momentous event, beautifully directed, acted and shot. I found the story highly interesting, and David Cronenberg's creation of a man's mind in present day London to be mesmerizing. Without giving anything away-you may have to read another review for details-Spider turns out to be a fascinating puzzle brilliantly fashioned by several great artists.
Take the time to pay attention and you will hopefully recognize the depth and mystery of this story.
After which I would highly recommend watching the three featurettes in the DVD's extras. It is very rare to hear a director and actors speak frankly and technically about the process of creating, and watching David Cronenberg is a terrific lesson.
Movie Review: dont listen to the bad reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is great. one of the best of 2002. but the bad reviews given to this film do not understand the movie. people who dont understand the film should not write reviews. this film was a masterpiece. the people who did the lighting and music did lord of the rings. the acting so wonderful. you will understand everything when it ends. it is a great peice of work about a kid who goes to a mental institution. but then later he returns on a island and he wants to find his past. this is a great movie to start your dvd collection if you would be smart get this movie. 5/5 deserves every point.