The first telling sign about this film was that in Act One I fell asleep only to be awakened by Sean Penn ranting to a crowd at a fair grounds as he stamps across the stage-with all of things: the crowd mesmerized by his speech! Sorry, but as we move ahead to the "Bush years" and perhaps the cynicism of American politics today, this film hit me in the face with Penn and his false promises, scenes with "fat political cats" set against the gentility of the old south.
Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Baker were simply terrific in their roles in this dark and very dreary drama. For some reason I kept thinking about Law's role in THE ROAD TO PERDITION and yet In KING'S MEN he's really a sap.
Locations, costumes and lighting were wonderful and watching the black Cadillacs and Packards on screen roar down country roads and highways added an element of interest to a simply boring film. And, as for the ending, well, can anything be more "Hollywood studio" than this film? I think not.
Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Baker were simply terrific in their roles in this dark and very dreary drama. For some reason I kept thinking about Law's role in THE ROAD TO PERDITION and yet In KING'S MEN he's really a sap.
Locations, costumes and lighting were wonderful and watching the black Cadillacs and Packards on screen roar down country roads and highways added an element of interest to a simply boring film. And, as for the ending, well, can anything be more "Hollywood studio" than this film? I think not.