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alerter 2012-05-26 02:06:43

a rare American remake that doesn't dishonor or diminish the original -- by being every bit as good

Consider yourself an every day type of person? If you're married, howwell do you really know your spouse? Beyond every shadow of any doubt?And just far would you go to save her/him from a gross miscarriage ofjustice, after every legal recourse has failed? Could you forsake allof your worldly possessions? Would you be willing to leave behind yourone and only old child, a six year old, as part of the price offreedom? Willing to risk being shot on sight? What about alwayswondering if law enforcement is going to kick down your door in themiddle of the night? Going on the run requires money and money alwaysruns out when on the run.Can you live with *all* of that? If you can't...All of the above fueled the well received 2008 French crime thriller,Anything for Her, the directorial debut of screenwriter Fred Cavayé.Paul Haggis' The Next Three Days is the American remake, tradingParis/Europe for Pittsburgh/North America -- and Cavayé is very pleasedby all of that.Three years. That's the time interval over which Russell Crowe'ssheepish, straight arrow, community college English lit professor, JohnBrennan, has to reckon with his wife Lara's (Elizabeth Banks) suddenarrest and quick conviction for the brutal parking lot murder of herboss. In the absence of new evidence, every viable avenue of appeal isnow exhausted. The pace of the film in this section is deliberatelyslow, like a wet fuse that threatens to quit with every sputter,provoking the patience of some audience members, in the same way thatthese three years have worn down John, Lara and their six year old sonLuke.Three weeks. Facing life in prison without possibility of parole, Laraattempts suicide. Failing that, she chides John for never once havingasked her if she committed the crime, strongly implying that hissteadfast belief in her innocence is wrong. It's a startling,hardboiled moment. John rocks Lara to the verge of tears with afiercely gentle insistence that he knows her far better than that. Thenhe calmly promises her that the rest of her life won't be spent inprison. John means it and that ignites a second, measured fuse ofsearching, plotting, tinkering and flailing to get her out, by anymeans necessary.Three days. Seventy-two hours notice is given that Lara is to be movedout of county lockup to a remote state prison. All of John'ssite-specific preparations to spring Lara are about to go up in smoke.Heaping measures of white-hot desperation and sheer dumb luck fuel anow go-for-broke, chutes-and-ladders prison break action/thriller. Obtaining run money, forged passports, drivers licenses andcredit-worthy stolen identities are beyond the grasp of mild manners.There's no more time for any more half-measures. Will they or won'tthey beat the 15/35 minute municipal lockdown perimeters? Will Luke beleft behind? Will they get away or will they be caught? Even if youthink you know, you never know just how.In the Three Weeks section, John's Internet searches lead him to DamonPennington (Liam Neeson), an author who has written a book about hisexperience escaping from prison seven times. In the French original,Pennington's counterpart becomes a directly engaged mentor to theprotagonist for an extended portion of the story. Director/writerHaggis boils the role down to a single, compelling scene, in whichNeeson's Pennington primes Crowe's John for what will be an arduous andprofoundly solitary quest to become a desperately competent escapeartist. Neesom sells it without resorting to any Obi-WanKenobi/Yoda/Qui-Gon artifice, and then he is gone.At points, the film threatens to lose it's way over YouTube-for-Dummiestutorials on bump keys and tennis ball pneumatic plungers, but thenquickly reestablishes a coherent context in the service of story. (It'sa minor blessing that the bump key prominently shown on screen isn'tfit for real-world duty.) Haggis' emphasis is on John's nativeintelligence and his refusal to engage any co-conspirators (not evenLara). John's fallibility, desperation and nagging decency (when escrowon the family home won't close in time, he can't bring himself to rob abank) all work against, as much as for, Lara's and his own sake. Thepsychological wear and tear of John's solitary second life all plays upto a poignant father-son scene, between Brian Dennehy and Crowe, thatcan be taken either way as slip-up or shrewd intention.Yes, there are a few almost unbelievable moments, but cleverness andluck are the deciding factors here, just as they sometimes are in reallife.The success or failure of tN3D as entertainment depends entirely onthree things, all of them acting, Crowe and Banks and the supportingcast filling out the seriously tenacious law enforcement roles.None of the smart intricacies of Haggis' script work without theuniformly excellent contributions of all the actors, particularlyCrowe, who carries the film with the tenacity of a gladiator, whilerelying mostly on the finer muscles of intimate character acting. Banksencapsulates a woman's who is always tough to love, but who is all themore to be loved for it, even when she's totally glammed down. Lara'sgot a tough exterior, but, inside, she's on the brink of quitting.Danny Elfman's score is beautifully restrained and subtle, too. I hadno idea it was his work until I saw the end credits.Haggis makes quite a living out of polishing the scripts of otherwriters that somehow got greenlit despite being turds. This remake iscompletely able to stand on its own, as well as stand in goodcomparison with the French original. Cavayé is quoted as saying that heis honored by Haggis and can't wait to see tN3D himself. How often doesthat happen? I'm glad I caught this one. It's very good entertainment.

Jerique 2012-05-25 16:04:56

Russel Crowe's best?

Elizabeth Banks and Russel Crowe lead the cast in this film where a manwill stop at nothing to get his wife back. It's an inspirational film,even with the obvious tragedies that occur in it.Russel Crowe plays John Brennan, whose wife is accused of murdering herboss. After three years spent in prison, John devises a plan with thehelp of Damon Pennington (Liam Neeson) to break her out and have hisson's mother back.It's not an incredibly action packed movie, but it's does do its fairshare of thrilling with just cleverness, edged drama and psychologicalaspects. In the final thirty minutes, it's where all the action hides.It doesn't have beautiful cinematography, but it's decent enough. Thecharacters are realistic and the story is believable enough to allowfor the audience to remain on their heels throughout the ordeal.It's a drama, most of all, to me. I felt that a majority of the filmrelies on Russel's dialogue or thoughts which are obvious to theviewer. He plans and plans for half the movie on how to break her outand we see a couple failed attempts and close calls along the way.Overall, this is a good movie and I really thought it was a good remake(even though I've not seen the original) and I hope more people give ita chance. I think the only thing that I didn't like very much was thefact that the previews allow you to assume that Elizabeth Banks'character is at risk of being hit by a truck by hanging out of thepassenger side of the car. Well, it's a but of misdirection because sheis never actually at risk. It's a good way to get the audience to watchthe movie with that kind of extreme shot. I'd recommend this film toanyone who likes chase movies.

2012-05-22 01:48:31

Solid unusual thriller focuses less on the escape and more on the challenges-distinctive European feel to thriller

In the unusual thriller "The Next Three Days" we follow a community college professor John Brennan(Russell Crowe)who is trying to break his innocent wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) out of the county jail before she is transferred to a maximum security prison. It appears from all the evidence that Lara who had a fight with her boss before going out to dinner with her husband, killed her boss. Based on the French film "Pour Elle" (titled "Anything for Her" in the United States), the script has the pacing and structure of what one would expect from a French thriller which compliments the material. By the conclusion however it shifts into an American thriller in overdrive. That's not necessarily a bad thing but the script is awkwardly structured at times with underdeveloped characters. Made for a surprisingly low budget (about $35 million), the film has a distinctive European thriller feel until the last 30 minutes where it becomes a more conventional American style thriller. I don't believe trimming it down to 90 minutes as some critics have suggested would have helped the film since the film would lose so many elements of the subplots as to make it more conventional and almost incoherent.SPOILERS:The film is unusual in that it focuses mostly on the efforts of Crowe's character in learning (from a former prisoner who has written a book about escapes played by Liam Neeson in a marvelous cameo)the nuts and bolts of how to escape, obtaining the money to escape, passports, etc. and his frustration has he comes up against both dead ends and potential leads that could help him without exposing his plan. We learn very little about whether or not Lara did it until much later in the movie. What's also unique about the film is that his character never tells his wife what he is planning for fear that she'll say no or that her knowledge might make her look suspicious and alter her behavior in jail.The film written and directed by Paul Haggis is far from perfect though as the subplot involving Detective Quinn (Jason Beghe a marvelous character actor who bring as much depth as he can to an underdeveloped character)the man that arrested Lara and his suspicions that John is up to something involving his wife are not very well developed and seem almost like an after thought. Likewise when Detective Collero (the marvelous and under used Aisha Hinds)is called in on a robbery of a meth house that seems to point to John the subplot again seems clumsy and doesn't fit with the carefully constructed story. END OF SPOILERS:The last half hour of the film rolls along at a breathtaking pace but, again, there are some details that are unbelievable and unless you totally buy into the film and are swept away by the plot you may not buy it.What sells the film are the performances by Crowe, Banks, Beghe, Hinds (introduced late in the film)in performances much better than the script itself. The terrific Brian Dennehy is wasted in a small role as John's father. The DVD looks quite nice although the dark, moody lighting suggests that this would probably look better with sharper detail on Blu-ray.

benicio-vargas-85 2012-05-21 23:35:44

Breathtaking!

I can't say enough about this film! I haven't had an emotional rollercoaster like this in years. I haven't cared about characters on screenin years. And I'm not even necessarily the biggest Crowe fan. Butplease believe me, he is flawless in this. And you just year and yearnfor him and his wife to pull through. I won't mess up the ending foranyone because if you haven't seen it yet, I would be doing you a hugedisservice by even mentioning anything. But let me just say that thismovie fires on all pistons! Every moment is well planned and well shotand well acted. And Banks is both adorable and empathetic. Actuallyeveryone in the cast is truthful. I wasn't in love with Crash, but Ican respect that Haggis understands how to get great acting fromeveryone. The Midas touch. And he knows how to milk the turmoil onscreen. Best movie I've seen in two years!

2012-05-19 04:47:23

Good plot

This review is from: The Next Three Days (DVD) I really enjoyed this movie and would recommend it, if you like suspense and twists and turns this will fill the bill for excitement. Russell Crowe is super,but then, what else would he be? The rest of the cast was very good too.

nando1301-1 2012-05-18 19:46:41

The only good American remake of a French film

At last a good American remake of a French film! I first saw "AnythingFor Her" a couple of years ago and thought it was a great thriller,with a depth and mood found often in French films and so seldom inHollywood productions. When I heard that Hollywood I was doing aremake, I was almost sure it was going to be another mistake, like mostcross-border remakes turn out to be... Think "The Man with One RedShoe", "Three Men And A Baby", "Buddy Buddy", and many others. "TheNext Three Days" is the exception. It retains the mood and depth of theFrench original. Maybe the fact that the original screenwriter hasco-written the script helped to make this such an exception. The casthelps (though I'm not crazy about Elizabeth Banks' performance) and thedirecting as well. Also the soundtrack sets the mood quite well andowes nothing to the original. This is set to be the best thriller of2011.

Karenz Parentz 2012-05-17 14:24:32

A Movie Every Husband Must See!

Gosh! I was so grateful to have the opportunity to watch this movie!Russell Crowe - for once more - certainly deserves a medal for thisact! The story was really written brilliantly and the climax wasperfect! This movie tells a story of a husband that tried every efforthe can to release his innocent wife from punishment for a crime thatshe didn't do. The sequence was built slowly at the beginning, butbecoming more and more thrilling towards the end, as the husband wouldtry any means as long as he could reunite the family together.A must see movie for every husband and hubby-wannabe!Bravo Mr. Crowe!

napierslogs 2012-05-17 01:59:16

Disregards reality in the name of love

"The Next Three Days" disregards reality all in the name of love. JohnBrennan (Russell Crowe) really loves his wife and risks everything tobe with her. Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks) is in jail, but since thatis the only interesting character trait about her, we luckily don'thave to spend much time with her.John is plotting to get his wife out of jail. With the help of asurprisingly talkative escapee, unexplained helpful drug dealing scum,and his parents, he examines every detail of the big escape. In thebest parts of the film, nothing was overly explained, each step waslogical and despite the long running time of the film, it had a greatflow.To watch "The Next Three Days" you have to be willing to leap furtherthan most human beings can. But along the ride we do stop down for somegreat character work by Crowe. I accepted him whole-heartedly in whatis possibly the best role for him. It has one better actor, one bettercharacter, and way more thought than most action thrillers, but it wasstill missing a great deal of believability and respect for theaudience.It surprisingly has a lot of elements in common with the true story "ILove You Phillip Morris". As is usually the case, truth trumps fiction.Follow my blog Napierslogs' Movie Expositions athttp://napierslogs.blogspot.com

capone666 2012-05-15 21:31:21

The Vidiot Reviews...

The Next Three DaysThe worst thing about being married to someone who is in prison is thatwhen they get out they'll be more educated and in better physical shapethan you.However, it's unlikely that the motives of the desperate husband inthis thriller have anything to do with his incarcerated spouse's brainsor brawn.After his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks), is sentenced to prison for themurder of her boss, college professor and single father John (RussellCrowe) hatches a plan to break her out.Obtaining pertinent escape intel from a successful jail-breaker (LiamNeeson), as well as from Youtube, John carries out the desperate actover an extended period of time.With a flat romance and a plodding plot that culminates in anunderwhelming ending, The Next Three Days is a tepid caper.Besides, the easiest way to break in and out of women's prison is onthe tampon delivery truck. (Red Light)

thekyles99 2012-05-15 11:16:40

Hey I'd do it for my wife!

Wow! Yet another Russell Crowe movie i really liked! Another actor whomuch like everything done by George Clooney i classify boring! Sinceseeing Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind and a few others I have reallybeen taking a liking to Russell. Director Paul Haggis who has broughtus such greats such as Million Dollar Baby (writer) Casino Royale(screenplay) and last but not least In The Valley Of Elah(director,writer) brings us a tale of one man's roller coaster of aride to keep his family intact. Crowe plays John Brennan a universityteacher who lives with his wife Lara (played brilliantly by ElizabethBanks) and only son Luke (Tobey and Tyler Green)After being wrongfully accused of murdering her boss, Lara is sent toprison leaving young Luke and John to fend for themselves, 3 yearslater after exhausting every appeal to prove her innocence and tappingall their resources and financial crutches leaving them scrambling forideas, John decides to get in touch with an author who actually escapedout of prison once (Liam Neeson ) for some much needed help in aproject that will be the most dangerous thing John will everattempt...busting his wife out! If you like on the edge of your seattype thrillers then this is a must see with loads of twists and turnsrevolving around the plot. To top it all off it is backed with anenergetic soundtrack that Only adds the icing on the cake! This will beadded to our collection once its available for video release!

2012-05-13 10:07:31

Almost-Unbearable Suspense

This review is from: The Next Three Days (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) Yeah, credibility is stretched here to the max here....but so what? This is a fun film to watch and one of the more suspenseful ones you'll ever see. The last 30-40 minutes is unbearably tense.Russell Crowe, as usual, is very good in the lead role, playing schoolteacher "John Brennan." Elizabeth Banks is riveting in her scenes as John's wife "Lara," who is charged and convicted of murder.There are so many twists and turns, up and downs, in this story it will make your head swim. Prepare to be exhausted when the movie is over and not take the story seriously because all these things absolutely could not happen. Hey, it's the movies!

mintyrich 2012-05-12 18:52:16

Star Wars is more believable than this movie!!

I had heard good things about this movie but when I saw that ElizabethBanks was in it, I should have known it was going to suck. And If I hadknown that Paul Haggis wrote and directed it, I never would havewatched it. The only likable and talented person in the mix is RussellCrowe and I feel bad that he got stuck in this unbelievable mess!!You could tell that Haggis thought he was making a "smart" edgythriller but in the end it was contrived and "dumbed-down" with toomany convenient accidents and coincidences that made me frustrated andangry with the film. It had the potential and seemed like it was tryingto be like "The Fugitive" or films like that where we are to suspendour disbelief but this was too far over the edge to believe any ofit.......especially the part at the end with the medical test and hertransport to the hospital........really?? really?? Actually that could be my whole review for this film: REALLY??

Bruce L. Jones 2012-05-12 02:03:13

A Hold Your Breath Experience ...

At least you may want to while watching this fine thriller. This is anexcellent entry into that genre by director Paul Haggis. The pacing andaction are just right and the performances turned in by the whole castis remarkably good.As one would expect from an actor with his credentials, Russell Crowedoes a superb job with his part as John Brennan, the lost, forlorn andincreasingly desperate husband of a woman he deeply believes isinnocent of a crime she has been convicted of. Here Crowe is definitelyliving up to the expectations people have for him. His fans will not bedisappointed.I found the performance of Elizabeth Banks more satisfying. I couldfeel her anguish and wanted to root for something to happen to helpher. Stripped of makeup and other salon services for the majority ofthe film she reveals what a remarkably naturally beautiful woman sheis. But her presence on screen definitely doesn't stop there. Shebrings just the right of emotion to a difficult role and helps us wantto help her character. But there is more than just a stunning pathosthere, she also allows us to see that there is a smolderingintelligence behind those baby-blues. There is an errant Oscar waitingsomewhere with her name on it.Two old pros, Liam Neeson and Brian Dennehy, add solid support to thecomplex story. Dennehy even manages to deliver just the right note in acouple of scenes sans dialog. Neeson, especially, gives a fine turn asan ex-con giving realistic, hard-core advice to Crowe's character.Rounding out the ensemble are Lennie James as a bright and determinedPolice Lieutenant. Is it possible to root for him and the people he'schasing? His role is complimented by Aisha Hinds and Jason Beghe astired but dedicated detectives. A mention should go to another fine ifshort performance by Daniel Stern as Banks' sincere but unsuccessfullawyer.On the flip side were Jonathan Tucker in a fine job as a hapless crookand Kevin Corrigan as a just as unlucky drug dealer. There is anothersmall but good performance by Tyrone Giordano whom I remember fromanother good performance in "The Family Stone".Lastly, Olivia Wilde does a fine job with a small part as a woman whobegins to show interest in the abandoned Crowe. I could go on-and-on asthere are many other good performances, not a sour note in the lot.The rest of the film's elements fit the time and place so there is noincongruity. But the fine script and the resultant great acting isclearly what it's all about. If you're looking for a night ofentertainment you can't go wrong here.By Bruce L. Jones http://webpages.charter.net/bruce.jones1/

2012-05-11 16:19:52

interestingly heartfelt, actionpacked 4 and half stars

I give this film four and a half stars. So many movies get good reviews but i am alwyas about 95% what other people think after 50 or more reviews. If you watch this film you will enjoy it. its super suspensful

2012-05-10 18:27:15

Oh no she di-int!!!

***WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW- IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER- THAT OR SKIP TO THE NEXT REVIEW***I didn't know this was a remake of a French movie until I slapped the money down on the counter and the clerk asked me if I'd had seen the French version. That's when an alarm went off in my head and my inner curmudgeon asked "Where is the originality these days???" And after watching this over-long and convoluted bore, I can't imagine the French movie being any better.On a positive note, this movie has a good cast- Russell Crowe, Elisabeth Banks, Liam Neeson and a few others. However, all but Neeson are horribly wooden in this film. It's unfortunate that Neeson only makes a cameo because his 5 minute performance had more emotion in it than anyone in the 130 minute duration of the movie. Russell Crowe goes about sounding like he is reading his lines off a sheet of paper, and Banks keeps the same monotone voice through the ENTIRE movie.I still am unsure of the movie's plot after seeing this disaster. Basically Crowe's wife is accused of murder, and the police arrest her as soon as she discovers the splattered blood on her jacket (seriously she didn't notice until just days after it happened?!?!?!?!). After battling the justice system for 3 years with no luck, she is sentenced to serve a life prison sentence in three days. Crowe, unable to find anything else to do, decides to bust her out of jail... and then the rest of the movie doesn't make much more sense.Well, I'm all for a wrongfully accused movie- one that makes you think, one that has the viewer on the edge of their seat, but this movie is so implausable I can't even begin to describe. My biggest problem being the movie's ending- it turns out she didn't do the crime, someone just bumped into her with blood on her, but we get what sounds like a clear confession in the middle during this exchange:Banks: "You never even asked me if I did it!" Crowe: "Because I knew you were innocent!" Banks: "Well then you would have been wrong!" This somehow left me feeling at the end "What...?". Maybe it's that I'm getting older- I'm not a teenager anymore so therefore it's becoming easier to pick a movie apart- I understand what suspension of disbelief is, and I know what implausability is- the latter is what his movie flirts with. And plain and simple, if a movie is not believable in the least bit, I can't get into it. Let's also not forget them trying to get into Canada. A Canuck myself, Canadian officials are NOT as stupid as shown in the movie!!! Having been in almost every main airport, security would be able to detect a photoshopping job in a (fake) passport. Toronto and Montreal are especially hard on these.I wish I could recommend this movie but it is all too implausable and confusing. I haven't seen the French movie but I already don't plan to. Ah well, at least this wasn't 3D.

vinayakravi 2012-05-10 04:29:47

A beautifully executed film

I saw this film without any expectations. The film gradually builds thetension and suspense. I found it very enthralling till the very end.The acting performances are good, the direction is brilliant and thestoryline has enough to keep you intrigued.I don't normally write reviews but I noticed that this film has so fargrossed much less than its estimated budget. I just think it is a pitythat quality films such as these offer no incentive commercially forthe film-makers to continue making them. I thoroughly enjoyed everyminute of this movie and I am just afraid that I won't have more futureopportunities to enjoy films like this.

2012-05-08 11:42:15

Worth Owning the Blu Ray

This review is from: The Next Three Days (Single Disc w/features) (Blu-ray) Loved the movie and Russell Crowe. Lots of action and great cinematography. Well worth owning on blu ray which made the action sequences much better than ordinary DVD.

talentedripples 2012-05-08 00:01:24

Excruciating

Next Three Days is honest the worst movie I have ever had to endure.Not even the glorious acting (as always) of Russel Crowe could savethis movie from boring me to death. yes, I was one the edge of my seat- in the hopes this film would actually finish.Next Three Days started off with promise but rapidly declined intosomething dull, dreary, slow, slow and boring. It dragged on for theduration of the film, leaving me cold, bored, frustrated and fed up.I did not care whether Russel Crowe succeeded in his endeavor to freehis wife, nor did i care if he failed. The sharp edge of extremeboredom left me wishing the film would finish immediately.It bored me to tears.

Biljana Obradovic 2012-05-06 01:39:26

WHAT an amazing movie!!!!

This is one of the best movies (if not The best) in last coupleyears... I loved it... I watched it twice already and there wasn't apart of it that was boring to me! It completely keeps your attentionthrough the whole movie. For me, the most important part of a movie isending. It can affect a good movie to become lame, or opposite. Butthis movie was perfect, from the beginning to the end. Very tense, andI had no idea what would happen next. I was so glad that they weren'tcaught, and that woman was innocent. Anyone who hasn't seen this movieyet should definitely watch it. In one word - perfect. Therefore I giveit 10/10

priyantha-bandara 2012-05-05 11:24:43

Not the typical Jail break movie

Russell Crowe is a promising actor. Coming from a great history likeGladiator and Master & Commander he is not a person to mess aroundwith. But I have my doubts if his potential is completely used in 'TheNext 3 Days'.The story goes like this. Russell portrays a community college teacherJohn Brennan. Having a perfect loving life with his wife and son itcomes to a sudden halt when his wife Lara (played by Elizabeth Banks)is convicted for murder. With hard evidence to back the case she endsup in jail and John left helpless and heartbroken with his kid.Believing that his wife is not guilty he tries his level best to gothrough proper legal channels in order to get her free. After yearstrying every option and hitting a dead end he decides that it's time toplay dirty. With that the calm dramatic movie suddenly starts to smelllike Prison Break.'The Next 3 Days' is a long movie. It runs for good 15 mts more thantwo hours. But to my amusement it was not boring. There is lot ofdetails involved and little little bits and pieces gathered from hereand there which ultimately pulls of the master plot. Even though it'sslow the plot manages to keep the attention centered well whileproviding intelligent twists time to time. So the story is quiteunpredictable and its one reason why it's good. The other reason isthat it concentrates on family and drama than being a jail break movieas a whole. Most of the scenes take place outside the prison walls andsurrounding John so there is a vast number of opportunities and spaceto move about.However the script is not perfect. For me there are too manycoincidences. You might call it luck but too much luck is not that goodin a movie. After you watch the whole thing if a single one of thoselucky moments were missing the movie should have ended quite early thanexpected. So depending on luck is not very promising when someone isworking his brains out of a plan like this one.There is good performance from the leading actors but nothingworthwhile mentioning. Script doesn't offer space for good memorablequotes or maybe little weak at following timeliness.Overall 'The Next 3 Days' is a good view. But it will not go down inthe history as one of best movies of Russell or Elizabeth nor will itbe one of the best movies in your movie collection. You will not watchit twice but pretty much will enjoy it in one viewing.