7/10
Romantic and Classic Style Film
3 April 2003
This film is a lovely portrait of a love story from the 40's. Based on the age of the Director and the fact it's a remake that's understandable. However, I feel it could have been better if someone wrote dialog to fit the stars. Keanu Reeves, who is good in this role, sometimes seems to recite dialog rather then say it. That may be his failing of that the dialog needed to be updated or adapted..not sure which. Visually the film is a series of oil painting like shots...lovely and somewhat unrealistic at times, but beautiful. All performances seemed strong and of course Anthony Quinn is a classic himself. Keanu Reeves always amazes me that he will take such a role as this, then do a completely different one...brave actor not just doing the same thing time after time like so many other actors..albeit their same role films are often financially better.
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