Abandon (2002)

BradWesley123’s Movie Journal- May 2021 (35 movies items)

" HBO Max- 1hr. 38min. First Viewing Credit where credit's due; Abandon is a fairly nuanced take a well-worn genre. That doesn't mean it's satisfying (it isn't), but it's aspirations are loftier than most similarly themed films (pointing to other kinds of these films would spoil the ending, though I will say that their heyday was late-80s, early-90s). It wants to be an exploration of isolation, of adoration, of obsession. It comes closest exploring the first and third, but missing adoration means"

An average movie

“To be honest, since this movie has a rather lame reputation, I had some rather low expectations but since there was a really nice cast involved, I still wanted to check it out. Well, to my surprise, the beginning scenes were actually not bad at all. Indeed, Stephen Gaghan had started with a compelling view on college life with some believeable characters and the mood was also pretty neat.  Unfortunately, the whole thing never really took off and for at least one hour, nothing much really happened. Seriously, it has been a while since I have seen a movie going absolutely nowhere like this one. Basically, it was one of these thrillers focusing way too much on the mood instead of providing some substance. Then, at last, during the final act, this mystery was finally expained but it was just ” read more

The Evolution of Tony Goldwyn (75 movies items)

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