The Leading Man
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Movie Reviews of The Leading Man
Movie Review: Pleasantly Surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
I have seen Jon Bon Jovi in a few movies before and he has always impressed. However this movie is at the start of his acting career and he is "The leading man".So it was lucky that he had a smart script, excellent support actors and talent to burn.
The story revolves around an american actor who is to star in a play in London and his relationship with the writer, his mistress and his wife.
Take it seriously, its a good movie.
Movie Review: Jon Bon Jovi is HOT!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
To all of the devoted fans of Bon Jovi - this movie is a MUST!!! I've been a fan of the band since they started and it was a whole new fan experience to watch him in this movie. His acting is great, but to watch him seduce the 2 women in this film just takes your breath away. It is a wonderful addition to any fan's collection.Movie Review: The Leading Man Is A Must -See Film!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those movies I've found that once you watch, you want to own it...Jon not only did a fantastic job, but was also very believable as Robin Grange...There truly are not enough stars that you can give this movie on here, but if you don't own this one, you should buy it.Movie Review: A wife's sweetheart, a husband's lover
Summary: 4 Stars
Successful playwright Felix Webb (Lambert Wilson) has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey (Barry Humphries), it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary (Thandie Newton), a beautiful, feisty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family his wife Elena (Anna Galiena) and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'.Enter Robin Grange (Jon Bon Jovi), a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, set about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self-respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings. Initially Felix is outraged but as the tension mounts with Hilary, reluctant to continue as the second woman in his life, he succumbs. Watching in horror as Elena responds to Robin's perfectly plotted seduction, and tormented with suspicions that Hilary has also fallen under Robin's spell, Felix spirals towards a kind of madness. Desperate to regain control of his life, he indulges in a grand theatrical gesture, but fate intervenes, and both Felix and Robin learn that real life doesn't always allow the script.
Movie Review: A sharp little gem, shame it didn't get better distribution
Summary: 4 Stars
I admit, I first watched this movie just because I knew JBJ was in it, and I knew there were some steamy scenes. ;) I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find an intelligent thriller with amazing character development and plot twists on multiple levels... it's one of those things you have to watch more than once to catch all the subtle meanings. It's definitely a "chick flick"; the plot development rests almost solely on the evolving interactions between the characters and there's not a lot of action. Cerebral, I guess you'd call it. If you're into that sort of thing, it's a great flick. And the gratuitous shirtless scenes with Jon don't hurt either. ;)