I just watched The Gingerbread Man and managed to get all the way
through. Niner was right. Wow, did this movie suck. If you feel
compelled to see this piece of crap, wait until it hits the $2
rental shelf -- then you won't feel so bad about wasting your
money.
Was there a single good performance in this film? Maybe Famke
Janssen's tiny part, certainly the cat. Maybe even Duvall, but
his part is so over-the-top it's hard to say. Embeth Davidtz must
be taking expression lessons from Steven Seagal, but she is way
more boring. Robert Downey Jr. is wasted, taken any way you look
at it. Lucky Tom Berenger is unrecognizable. Darryl Hannah is
playing plain, again, in an incredibly insulting role, you know
the one where the intelligent woman is noble, classy and saving
herself until the man of her dreams (?) turns his life around and
sees the light? My wife was *not* happy about that role. Kenneth
Branaugh, sheesh. First, shave that damn prissy beard off. Then
get back to the stage, quickly, and remember that you aren't the
greatest gift to the acting world. In fact, the entire cast
looked as if they were about to drift off to sleep any minute.
What an uninspired bunch. Y'all were right about the accents,
right up there with "Good Will Hunting" for bad
accents.
Has Altman ever directed a chase scene? This movie has one of the
most boring chase sequences I've ever watched. The metaphor with
the storm (Hurricane Geraldo, how appropriate) and the "plot
twists" were so obvious.
Isn't this the story that Grisham held onto for years, until just
the right film could be made from it? Hard to see why. One to
miss.
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