The Comfort of Strangers

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Neil F A film that never adds up to the sum of its parts. Excellent actors. Natasha Richardson is especially watchable. Excellent director. Good source material. But somehow it never jells. And is often tedious. The real star of the show, IMO, is the Venice apartment that the Christopher Walken character and his wife, Helen Mirren, live in. Wow! Forget the narrative and skip ahead to the scenes that take place in the apartment. Never has a set so upstaged its characters! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Mary C Terrible film, acting, and boring. Great actors but not in this film… terrible. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/06/24 Full Review Alec B Walken is perfectly cast here but I mostly liked watching this for the odd melding of McEwan's source material, Pinter's screenplay adaptation, and Schrader's direction. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Pragya Kirti R A beautiful film with a halfbaked plot and frivolous narration ! Schrader's use of lighting and art design (along with lavish locales of Venice) is brilliant and masterful. It gradually takes the film from a purposeless and confusing void to an echoed beauty and fascination, lurking in the mysterious alley of city unbeknownst to it until its very end. Screenplay is good but it does take support from the technical aspects of the film especially the finely shot and executed visuals and cinematography, and the soulfully charming score. Its theme is mysteriously terrifying, creepy, carnal and mostly beautiful. Christopher Walken stands out alone, He takes you in, welcomes you, tenders you and then he'll do something you would not see coming. His ability to terrify and charm the audience at the same time is amazing, He can bring chaos and terror without even raising a voice or a hand. That's the beauty of him, What a legend he is! But at length the film lacks purpose and that's why its ending is preposterous. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/15/23 Full Review Raymond A Been awhile since seeing it, but recall finding its different kinda intrigue unusual, unsettling. Fine cast where Walken plays his part with humor and intimidation. His reference to his father is both funny and scary. Anyway, cool to visit Venice for awhile. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/18/22 Full Review marc l I saw this movie when it was in theaters. I have regretted that for my entire life. It will stand as one of the worst films I have ever seen. Strangely, one of the others also starred Helen Mirren. If you are reading this because you are considering watching it, just don't. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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