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AMAZINGReview created: 04/09/08
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KEVIN SPACEY IS OUT OF THIS WORLD IN THIS MOVIE, GRIPPING MOVIE THE WHOLE WAY
MUST SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MUST SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Spacey, as usual, is great in this. It's a pyschological warfare flick. Spacey plays a nasty manipulative bullying boss who pushes his new employee to the absolute limit with unpleasant mind games. Eventually this causes the new guy to snap and exact a brutal unexpected revenge.
It is tantamount to the acting skill in this film that means, whilst watching it, you come to abhore the bullying manipulative taskmaster and really root for the underdog to actually do something to stand up for himself, then, when he actually does, you turn tables and think 'well maybe that's a bit harsh' and you start to feel empathy towards the character that you previously disliked.
A good film. No action packed fast paced slugfest. A slow simple movie that's real strength lies in it's characterisation and the dialogue between the characters.
Well worh watching.
It is tantamount to the acting skill in this film that means, whilst watching it, you come to abhore the bullying manipulative taskmaster and really root for the underdog to actually do something to stand up for himself, then, when he actually does, you turn tables and think 'well maybe that's a bit harsh' and you start to feel empathy towards the character that you previously disliked.
A good film. No action packed fast paced slugfest. A slow simple movie that's real strength lies in it's characterisation and the dialogue between the characters.
Well worh watching.
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Swimming With Sharks (DVD 2004)Review created: 04/09/07
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
My husband who watched it thought it was boring. I myself didn't watch it because I thought it was actually about sharks, but that's my fault for not reading the item properly.
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Swimming With SharksReview created: 02/11/05
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Guy is an optimistic new kid starting work at a movie company for executive Buddy Ackerman. Replacing the previous assistant, Guy starts to realise that he is more than an assistant, but a slave. Still as the bullying Buddy seems to get worse, Guy has to hold on as he knows the benefits of staying with the big man.
When Dawn, a producer, appears with a script that Buddy cannot stand, she turns to Guy to help get the movie made. Guy has to go through hell and back to please the beautiful woman he has fallen in love with, but with a boss like Buddy, he is about to be pushed to limits, and its time for payback.
Most movies about Hollywood and the film-making process is usually concentrated on the actors, or the directors but never has the executives come under such a savage attack. This brutal black comedy is worth checking out for Kevin Spacey’s amazing performance as the vicious, bullying Buddy Ackerman. Every time he appears on screen the film lifts 100%. Spacey has created a screen villain that would make Hannibal Lector look like a pussy cat. He tortures that naïve Guy every chance he can. The scene in which Guy wants to go to the toilet, and Buddy sits slowly pouring water into a glass would make even the strongest bladders burst.
As the fresh-faced Guy, Frank Whaley does a good job, although I did have a problem with his hair. He manages to hold his own on the scenes that are without Spacey, but becomes engulfed and virtually disappears when the master is on screen. The other support from Michelle Forbes as Dawn, a cameo from Benicio Del Toro and Roy Dotrice are sufficient, but this is Spacey’s movie. Any film where you really hate the lead character and still stay watching cannot be all bad.
The dialogue feels like it wouldn’t look out of place on the stage, and writer/director George Huang handles the movie expertly. Having spent time at Columbia Pictures, it was Sin City director Robert Rodriguez who suggested that he make the film, after the two men spend a day passing stories about Hollywood life. It shows he knows his stuff. A good debut and even though it does have a slightly unsatisfactory ending, it doesn’t matter, as you have spent time with an acting master.
When Dawn, a producer, appears with a script that Buddy cannot stand, she turns to Guy to help get the movie made. Guy has to go through hell and back to please the beautiful woman he has fallen in love with, but with a boss like Buddy, he is about to be pushed to limits, and its time for payback.
Most movies about Hollywood and the film-making process is usually concentrated on the actors, or the directors but never has the executives come under such a savage attack. This brutal black comedy is worth checking out for Kevin Spacey’s amazing performance as the vicious, bullying Buddy Ackerman. Every time he appears on screen the film lifts 100%. Spacey has created a screen villain that would make Hannibal Lector look like a pussy cat. He tortures that naïve Guy every chance he can. The scene in which Guy wants to go to the toilet, and Buddy sits slowly pouring water into a glass would make even the strongest bladders burst.
As the fresh-faced Guy, Frank Whaley does a good job, although I did have a problem with his hair. He manages to hold his own on the scenes that are without Spacey, but becomes engulfed and virtually disappears when the master is on screen. The other support from Michelle Forbes as Dawn, a cameo from Benicio Del Toro and Roy Dotrice are sufficient, but this is Spacey’s movie. Any film where you really hate the lead character and still stay watching cannot be all bad.
The dialogue feels like it wouldn’t look out of place on the stage, and writer/director George Huang handles the movie expertly. Having spent time at Columbia Pictures, it was Sin City director Robert Rodriguez who suggested that he make the film, after the two men spend a day passing stories about Hollywood life. It shows he knows his stuff. A good debut and even though it does have a slightly unsatisfactory ending, it doesn’t matter, as you have spent time with an acting master.
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