I had two big reasons to see this movie the first one was Philip Baker Hall, when I saw him playing Bookman on Seinfeld I said to myself "This guy is the man". The other reason was Paul Thomas Anderson I did like Boogie nights a lot and I wanted to see previous movies from him and Hard eight looked just great.
If you liked Boogie nights then see it again because Hard eight has nothing to do with it for good. Hard eight is a slow movie and there's not too many things happening on it though. Even so, there's a well-created atmosphere and some very amusing characters that made of Hard eight a tremendous movie. I can't have enough Philip Baker Hall he's a magnificent actor and it seems Sidney's role were made just for him; He's tough but pretty gentle at the same time, he's disturbed and quiet but he seems able to manage any situation no matter how difficult it can be. Sidney is a big reason not to considerate this movie as a slow David Mamet movie-wanna-be but a great movie about a very particular man and the though way he deals with life under the shinning neon lights of Reno.
The rest of the cast is superb Boogie nights' John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson.
I would give it a 9,3.
If you liked Boogie nights then see it again because Hard eight has nothing to do with it for good. Hard eight is a slow movie and there's not too many things happening on it though. Even so, there's a well-created atmosphere and some very amusing characters that made of Hard eight a tremendous movie. I can't have enough Philip Baker Hall he's a magnificent actor and it seems Sidney's role were made just for him; He's tough but pretty gentle at the same time, he's disturbed and quiet but he seems able to manage any situation no matter how difficult it can be. Sidney is a big reason not to considerate this movie as a slow David Mamet movie-wanna-be but a great movie about a very particular man and the though way he deals with life under the shinning neon lights of Reno.
The rest of the cast is superb Boogie nights' John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson.
I would give it a 9,3.