Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Ashton Holmes

Rating:

Viggo Mortensen seems to have some serious manhood problems as he is always on the run competing with Robin Hood’s & Rambo’s… You are a man Viggo, we get it! I never had such a hesitant view about him as we all saluted his acting milestone when he swept the to-die-for lead role as Aragon in The Lords of The Ring trilogy. But as he is a fan of sweeping titles… the ‘Straight-Faced’ would suit him most in this motion picture.

The movie opened in an ultra slow disposition with two outlaws dragging its events in a less than ordinary monotone until the familiar outlaws get to appear again where you stop hovering, straighten up, and put off texting your friend; I won’t tell you what happens next… because nothing significant will!

Among the long list of pointless attributes; Acting is a major factor and Maria Bello tops the list by translating one and only one impression… utter dullness. She made us feel like she was handed the script half an hour before shooting and had to improvise the rest where it could have been doable by any other proper actor. Alongside Maria’s super hasty acting was her co-star and son-in-acting, Ashton Holmes, whose catch up lines and facial expressions were misleading in every way possible… I couldn’t get the feelings he was translating, understand what he was trying to imply, or forget the fact that he is an acting failure.

The acting was so bad that I thought it was intended to be so for some reason… facial expressions and dialogue tones made me interpret all different scenarios except for the one planned…

In a perfect world, such mischief’s cannot waste the influential acting lead by the portrayal’s of Mortensen’s absurdity, Harris’s Wittiness, and Hurt’s Manipulation. But the fact that in real world, such greatness can dissolve in the occurrence of one single disappointment which pretty much describe the feel of this movie.

The movie’s reputation happened to be one of finest based on global professional and personal reviews and ironically William Hurt got nominated for a Best Supporting Actor for a total of eight-minutes-appearance. However, for what it’s worth… he had a thing for this role; an eccentric personality indeed.

Some considered the movie to be one of the best viewed in years, and Viggo’s role to be the best of his career. The movie collected endless number of awards and won the appreciation of critics and the admiration of viewers…

I salute the trio for their effort; but still, broken acting was all over…

I congratulate Hurt’s ability to compete against his fellow nominees for a “scene” in a movie; but still, Best Supporting Actors are for the likes of Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects…

I understand that views can be contradicting; but still, I’d rather skip this one…

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