Witness

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Audience Member It’s Peter Weir’s directorial debut, I didn’t know he was Australian for so long As it is this understood the English culture and the rural Amish subculture simultaneously being filmed in Lancaster County Works both as a hard boiled thriller as well as a sexy romance 40 years old and this is truly a solid film starring Harrison Ford in one of his finest roles He co-stars with Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, a young Viggo Mortensen, and Lukas Haas It molds together Philadelphia and Amish culture but also understanding how they differ After the funeral of Rachel Lapp’s husband she only has her father and her son, Samuel They decide to take a trip to Baltimore but at the train station Samuel witnesses a murder taking place in a bathroom Philadelphia police officer John Book is assigned to the case wondering if Samuel can identify one of the culprits It turns out to be a narcotics officer involving $22 million dollars worth of product of illegal drugs Unfortunately the dirty officer tries to kill John and locate the boy so John decides to take him into protective custody along with his mother into their Amish home John spends time with Rachel and Samuel and starts to grow attached to their community and way of life Rachel even acknowledges the way tourists stare at them making them seem quaint but it is their way given its a religious community living by non violence Now it’ll be harder to one day say goodbye to all of it since they share an essence The movie is very solid in every way; the direction, the synthesizer score, the actors, the romance, and the melding of two genres Granted when this opened it was on the heels of a controversy from scholars, the community, and even tourism officials saying there was misrepresentation and exploiting Yet this keeps enough authenticity as far as the collective ness of its peoples putting those views on the back burner since the film was met with great recognition even earning 8 academy award nominations winning best original screenplay and best film editing One of my father’s favorites growing up as well as my own ‘Witness’ still managed to portray the Amish community in a positive light with such insight despite all the naysayers with such understated human emotion in a crime thriller therefore it holds up greatly to this day Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Jonathan O Witness is a true masterpiece of crime cinema is really a edge of your seat thrills and exciting and really powerful performance by Harrison Ford we've love his performance in Indiana Jones and Han Solo but this is Harrison's true acting career and really marvelous screenplay about two worlds and to experience their culture and understanding the people of Amish. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Cesar Q Unusual setting, great story and performances. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review Zach B Deeply satisfying crime drama set in Pennsylvania's Amish country. Worlds collide, tensions mount, and contrasts abound as the audience waits to see if John Book (Ford) and Rachel Lapp (McGillis) consummate their growing romance as their hunters draw near. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review Joseph C Ford should've won an oscar here for his performance as John Book. It's simply one of Harrison's career tour de force performances. I think Witness is one of the best Harrison Ford movies you'll ever see. It just happens to be one of those rare movies that i'd like to watch once a year on Ford's birthday Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review KB B It's a very enjoyable movie with great acting and storyline. It's definitely worth the watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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