A good movie

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep and since Jonathan Demme is a fine director, I thought I should give it a try. 10 years after ‘Philadelphia’, Washington and Demme were working together and even though I didn’t care much about ‘Philadelphia’, I actually liked this thriller a lot. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the original version starring Frank Sinatra and, I have to admit it, it looks better and it is always rather unfortunate when you watch first the remake. Still, I thought it was a solid thriller. Indeed, there was a really interesting cast (Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep,Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Dean Stockwell, Bruno Ganz) and they all delivered some solid performances, especially Meryl Streep who was just great as usual and seemed to have a lot of fun playing the villain for a change. Furthermore, the directing by Jonathan Demme was also pretty solid and the whole plot was quite spellbinding. Of course, since you are dealing with an American thriller, it had to end with some rather preposterous twist but it is inherent to the genre and, this time, it didn’t bother me that much. To conclude, in my opinion, it is a pretty good thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10