The Laramie Project
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Movie Reviews of The Laramie Project
Movie Review: astounding, both play and video
Summary: 5 Stars
I am currently participating in a production of Laramie and watched the movie with my cast and director as a research tool. Despite trying to keep a distance from the emotions that I had already experienced through the wording in the play and trying to only analyze the characters, I still wound up sobbing, along with the rest of my cast.This movie and play both tap into a part of the human spirit that I can't quite put my finger on. I feel that anyone who has had any kind of loss or sorrow in their life cannot help but be moved and affected by this movie. I myself have had very little, but the unbridled emotional power that arises from the words and dialogue gets me every time. "Go home and hug your kids, and don't let a day go by without telling them you love them." Just from tyipng that and having it running through my head, I almost have a tear running down my eye.
I felt that this movie was also well-casted. I've read that people thought that the character of Jedidiah or of a few others were not played well. I didn't feel that way. All the characters were well-portrayed and beautifully done.
Get this movie, or at the very least rent it and watch it. It is a powerful and possibly life-changing experience.
Movie Review: a sad and important story to tell
Summary: 5 Stars
As a resident of Ft. Collins, CO, the city where Matthew Shepard died, I feel a level of sadness and outrage over his death because it is so close to home and his death was so sickening. The movie does a wonderful job showing both sides of the story. At one point, one of the interviewers breaks down for letting someone say something very blatantly and hurtfully anti-gay, but I admire her courage and that of her coworkers for traveling down from NYC to Laramie, Wyoming and to interview some extremely homophobic people. The Reverend Phelps makes an appearance that is absolutely sickening in the movie as well. How people can honestly thank God for AIDS because it kills homosexuals is disguisting to me, and there was a very touching scene revolving around Phelp's attendance and the pain a friend of Shepard feels and what she does about it. I was first introduced to this story at my school's GSA, but I still remember the vigils held for him in Ft. Collins and around the country. This is an extremely important story regarding the homophobic nature of much of our country. It should be watched by anyone and everyone. This is why there should be laws regarding hate crimes.Movie Review: A powerful and uplifting movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent film! I really urge everyone to put this film at the top of their list of must-sees. I thought the acting and the direction were absolutely incredible and the movie has really stayed with me. It is a very unique kind of film because it uses actual interviews from real people as its script. I was skeptical when I first heard about it as I really didn't want to see a violent, graphic movie depicting or re-enacting a hate crime, but so many different people were telling me I HAD to see it that I decided to risk it. Whether you remember or don't remember the details of the killing of gay university student Matthew Shepard it doesn't matter. The movie is not really about the crime itself but with how the people of Laramie, WY dealt with it. In the end the movie is totally inspiring and uplifting, with humor and thought-provoking scenes throughout. It is really about where America is today. I put it in my all-time top ten!Movie Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a really hard thing to translate a theatre piece into film without losing the immediacy and the emotion, particularly when celebrity casting is involved. This film manages it brilliantly. Even the most recognisable faces cease to become 'stars' and masterfully become these characters.
The whole film is shot in an almost documentary-like style, and so none of the sadness, or the importance, of this chapter of modern American history is either underplayed of overwrought. It's told with simplicity and honesty and, like all great art, leaves the audience not with answers but with more questions.
All the performances are outstanding, with no exceptions. But Laura Linney in one five-minute scene manages seamlessly and brilliantly to convey the entire message and theme of this film in a single monologue. It is extraordinary.
See this film. It's amazing.
Movie Review: Nice, powerful movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Shepard was severely beaten and left for dead, and he dies a couple of days later. After that, a theater group comes to Laramie, Wyoming and talks to the local people and tries to give us a feel of what happened and what people's emotions and feelings were.
Shepard's case got national attention because it was a hate crime against gays. The message this movie gives us is that we need to get hate out of us - and ignorance.
All the people in this movie are actors; it is a retelling of the actual interviews that happened. I liked this movie and I recommend showing it to other people to create awareness and tolerance of the gay community. No human being should live in fear of being discriminated against, beaten up or killed just because of his or her sexual preference.