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Release Date: 14 October, 2003 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $8.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Complete Cast (17 total) |
D.O.A. Reviews
NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL
This is a remake of the 1949 movie of the same name that was superior in every way. It goes for a Hitchcockian style of mystery but the directors are not nearly as skilled. It does have a fairly fast pace to it which lifts it to a three star rating however.
The always likable Randy Quaid is Dexter Cornell, an English Professor and author who is generally a beaten down wretch of a man. He's a borderline alcoholic, his wife is leaving him and one of his students apparently commits suicide by jumping from a window. He drinks himself into a stupor and when he feels especially terrible he learns that somehow he had been poisoned and has only 24 hours(give or take) to live and find out who poisoned him. He enlists the aid of one of his students, Sydney Fuller (Meg Ryan). Enlists isn't the right word. He puts superglue on his hand and grabs her wrist, locking them together. I guess the handcuffs of the original was a bit too mundane.
I like Randy Quaid but found his portrayal just to be way too melodramatic in this film, far moreso than Edmund O'Brien's in the original. And Meg Ryan just comes off as ditzy and a little too old to be playing a college student. I know she has that young, fresh face but she was 27 at the time of this film and it strained credibility. Add to that this film has a very annoying musical score througout that seems wildy inappropriate for this type of film.
Some good things are the style in which it was filmed. There's some interesting angles and subtle things going on that makes it a cut above average. Not bad but not great.
excellent film
This film rocks! it has a great story,great acting and a cool tone. Im not a fan of films that tell you how it ends at the start,but this is a sly @ stylish exception.It has fine camera work and direction.quaid and ryan are dynamite.
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