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: Miramax
: Drama
: 106 min.
: English, French
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For his first film since 1998's Twilight, acclaimed director Robert Benton helmed this tense drama written by Fatal Attraction co-scribe Nicholas Meyer and based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late '90s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, The Human Stain stars Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk, a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman (Gary Sinise), a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeper and deeper into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when an affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman) is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming public. Ed Harris, who previously worked with Benton in 1984's Places in the Heart, also stars. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Behind-the-scenes Special
- "A Tribute to Jean Yves Escoffier" Cinematographer
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| Stained
by talltale
July 31, 2004 - 7:42 AM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| THE HUMAN STAIN comes across as dead on its feet: tired and obvious, with so-so performances from Anthony Hopkins (never thought I'd say that) and Kidman (expected). Gary Sinese is interesting, and Wentworth Miller as the younger Coleman is quite a find (we'll be seeing more of him). I didn't read the Roth novel on which the film is based; surely it had more weight, zip and subtlety than this? |
| Good cast
by eifert
July 26, 2004 - 10:21 AM PDT
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1 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| I can see why some people were against the casting of Hopkins. However, the movie is smart and does a good job pointing out how crazy political correctness has become. PC witch hunts like the one in this movie can ruin a good man. Hopkins is fine in this- only one of a long list of good movies. Kidman continues to be a good picker of films and she's showing why she's far and away smarter than any of the recent female Oscar winners. Worth the rental. |
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