Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Liam Neeson | ... | Michael | |
Maria Bello | ... | Theresa | |
Mila Kunis | ... | Julia | |
Kim Basinger | ... | Elaine | |
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Michele Melega | ... | Giorgio |
Adrien Brody | ... | Scott | |
Gianni Franco | ... | Taxi Driver (Rome) | |
Marius Bizau | ... | Taxi Driver (Paris) | |
Olivia Wilde | ... | Anna | |
Katy Louise Saunders | ... | Gina | |
James Franco | ... | Rick | |
Loan Chabanol | ... | Sam | |
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Oliver Crouch | ... | Jesse |
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Valentina Gaia | ... | News Reader |
Riccardo Scamarcio | ... | Marco |
Michael (Liam Neeson) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite in Paris to finish his latest book. He recently left his wife, Elaine (Kim Basinger), and is having a tempestuous affair with Anna (Olivia Wilde), an ambitious young journalist who wants to write and publish fiction. At the same time, Scott (Adrien Brody), a shady American businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating everything Italian, Scott wanders into the Café American" in search of something familiar to eat. There, he meets Monika (Moran Atias), a beautiful Roma woman, who is about to be reunited with her young daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her daughter's smuggler is stolen, Scott feels compelled to help. They take off together for a dangerous town in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he is the patsy in an elaborate con game. Julia (Mila Kunis), an ex-soap opera actress, is caught in a custody battle for her 6 ... Written by Sony Pictures Classics
Paul Haggis did it again. At least for me he did. Obviously judging by the low rating, it hasn't had the same effect on others here. I really loved the movie, the intricacies, the connections and of course the "resolution". There might be a better word for the ending, but one thing is for sure: The movie demands more than one viewing. You can watch it with different eyes (your own, just a matter of speaking) and see things in a new light.
There's also trademark Haggis dialog, pointing in one direction, making fun of it, by almost straying away, than going full throttle on the first assumption you made. You may or may not like that, but it's what Haggis can do very good. And he has the actors to pull anything off, he gives them. It's a great movie with little hints here and there, that make sense in the end. Even if you don't get everything the first time around, it is a rewarding (viewing) experience