Thursday, December 25, 2008
COURT OF LAST RESORT
Today's Paul Newman Fest film was also a NYTimes Best Film, Sydney Lumet's
This is really a great film.
It has Newman firmly in place as a character actor who can hold an entire project together. He is still improbably handsome but he transcends this and you see the entire person he is portraying.
As an attorney with a drinking problem, he has special resonance with me. He hits the exact right chords. I can identify with him inside and outside.
The script for this is by David Mamet and Newman has the support of James Mason as the villainous opposition, Jack Warden as a trusted friend and Charlotte Rampling as, well, see the movie.
I would love to see this again sometime. My third or fourth time.
I will give it a 5 out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films, film, films
