And they came out about evens. Helped along by Harold Perrineau in the first half of the film. Suspenseful throughout, this is a good character study in which Hopkins as usual is excellent, and Alec Baldwin is in the best rôle I have seen him in. Fabulous scenery, supposedly in Alaska but I have some doubts. Anybody know for sure? I do not like them putting at the end of films `Filmed on Location': why can't they tell us exactly where that location is? It's very good for the local tourist industry!
The second viewing of this film recently did not bore me one little bit, as the two main characters play their parts with great conviction, helped along by Mamet's dialogues which at times sounded more like a playwrite than a cinematographic script.
The other great actor is Bart. Sorry to see that he has since died, poor fellow, but at least he can be held up as one of the best animal actors of all time. And he is not even credited in IMDb!
Mercifully, Elle MacPherson only had a very small part to play, so she does not spoil anything. Cannot for the life of me understand why some film-makers are so bent on putting top models in their films, when, obviously, most of these unarguably beautiful women are limited to posing in front of cameras suitably dressed (or not) in sexy attire and smiling alluringly.
The IMDb voting average of 6.8 is just about right.
The second viewing of this film recently did not bore me one little bit, as the two main characters play their parts with great conviction, helped along by Mamet's dialogues which at times sounded more like a playwrite than a cinematographic script.
The other great actor is Bart. Sorry to see that he has since died, poor fellow, but at least he can be held up as one of the best animal actors of all time. And he is not even credited in IMDb!
Mercifully, Elle MacPherson only had a very small part to play, so she does not spoil anything. Cannot for the life of me understand why some film-makers are so bent on putting top models in their films, when, obviously, most of these unarguably beautiful women are limited to posing in front of cameras suitably dressed (or not) in sexy attire and smiling alluringly.
The IMDb voting average of 6.8 is just about right.