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July 06, 2002
The English Patient
Too long by far.
Lots of slow and stilted upper class speech between the main stars, make this film really drag. There really is no sense of drama either, as the identity of the patient (Ralph Feinnes) is known, and the fate of his lover (Kirsten Scott Thomas) can easily be guessed. And what were the end of the war scenes with Juliet Binoche there for anyway, this could have been cut almost entirely. There was an interesting story here, about Feinne's betrayal of England and the capture/torture and revenge/retribution of Dafoe's character
Perhaps the novel is more interesting, the scenery and filming of the desert certainly are, but there really isn't enough here to deserve all the Oscars the film received.
AE4
Posted by se71 at July 6, 2002 10:55 AM
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