Rating of
2/4
Wants to tug the heart strings quite hard.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/30/09
A film that tries everything to hit the heart strings and is manipulative in every single way possible, with flash backs, scenes of overly evil characters, and over sentimentality over and over again. It could be even more over the head with things but it is still pretty hard over the head in what it is telling. I thought all the characters could have used more development except maybe Denzel Washington's and the court scenes go on auto pilot very quickly. There also are many shots that focus on faces that are more annoying looking than genius a lot of things could have been better done such as Hanks' character needed more scenes actually and needed more to him. A film can try to be like this but It actually needs to be more natural and it should not try as hard.
Oscar Win Best Actor Tom Hanks 1/5- I did not like Hanks portrayal in this and thought he made strange moves. He mostly just does sick actions for his performance and mostly is a make up job and did not think he did anything special. Also he seemed to be more of supporting and Washington lead. I did not like his performance and felt it to be very weak.
