An average movie

To be honest, it is a rather obscure feature and it has been a while since I saw this flick. In fact, if I recall it correctly, I saw this movie in the movie theater when it was released. Anyway, the main reason I wanted to watch this flick is that it was Paul Auster’s directing debut. To be honest, at the time, even though I had heard about the guy, I wasn’t really familiar with his literary work (I would eventually read ‘Moon Palace’, ‘In the Country of Last Things’ and ‘The New York Trilogy’) but I really loved the movies he made with Wayne Wang (‘Smoke’ and ‘Blue in the Face’) and I was really wondering what he would manage to deliver on his own. Apparently, he enjoyed working with Harvey Keitel who was once again hired to play the lead and the guy delivered a fine performance. To play his love interest, you had also the charming Mira Sorvino. I have to admit it, even though she did manage to win an Academy Award at some point, Sorvino was never a really great actress but I always had a weak spot for her. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though it was decent watch, it wasn’t really amazing and even though Paul Auster is a great writer, he apparently still had some work to do as a director. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it was an interesting watch and it is worth a look.