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A good movie

Posted : 12 years, 10 months ago on 25 May 2011 01:49

To be honest, I have nothing against Barbra Streisand but I have never been interested in her work, either in the movie industry or in the music industry but since I always had a weak spot for Nick Nolte, I was still curious about this flick. Eventually, it is a rather odd mix between a pedestrian and rather underwhelming romance and a rather spellbinding portrait of a mentally disturbed man. Indeed, I must say I was quite blown away by Nick Nolte. What a perfomance! It was full of anger, frustration, mayhem and psychological turmoil and it was really nothing short of amazing. Unfortunately, like I mentionned before, the rest of movie was not really good and it even seemed to come from a cheap TV movie. Indeed, the whole romance angle about the psychiatrist falling in love with her patient is so overdone and, honestly, Iโ€™m pretty sure the movie would have worked fine without the love story. It is as if they didnโ€™t trust their viewers so they added a romance to make sure they could swallow the more psychological stuff. Still, in spite of its flaws, and above all thanks to Nolte, there remains something fascinating about it and the whole thing is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Barbra Streisandโ€™s work.


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