Absence of Malice Reviews

Since I have a weak spot for Sydney Pollack’s work and since I’m a huge fan of Paul Newman, I was really eager to check this flick. And, indeed, I thought it was pretty good. It is basically a decent journalistic thriller, quite reminiscent of ‘All The President’s men’, even though it never reaches the same level as this classic. As usual, Pollack delivered some solid directing and Paul Newman was just awesome, absolutely one of my favorite actors and I can’t believe I have seen only 15 of his movies. Sally Field (who was recently nominated at the Academy Awards for ‘Lincoln’) was also pretty good but the love affair between those two was definitely the weakest point in this flick. I mean, it was not that bad, but it was definitely a step down from the gritty realism provided by ‘All The President’s Men’ and a step forward romantic fantasy. Eventually, it all depends which one of those two genres you’d rather have. Still, even though it was nothing ground-breaking, it was still a solid and really entertaining thriller. To conclude, I really enjoyed this flicks and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.