The Spanish Prisoner
The Spanish Prisoner - MPAA Rating PG for adult themes - Written and directed by David Mamet - with Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay, Steve Martin, Felicity Huffman, Ben Gazarra and Rebecca Pidgeon.
In David Mamet's whodunit world, characters don't have to utter the "F" word every sixteen seconds, nothing has to explode, and the guy rarely gets the girl. But if you take this as a reason to not pay attention, you'll be left out as the plot twists, and twists and twists. Pay particular attention when it stops twisting, as it's about to get complicated. Mamet starts everything off in a quiet, subtle way, and by the time he finishes, you'll be exhausted from fighting off your own conjectures as to who's who, what's really happening, and which of the hundreds of clue crumbs he throws will turn out to be red herrings.
All I can say is this: Watch this movie. In the spirit of "House of Games", what you believe to be true is subject to constantly changing information, and Mamet changes everything several times before he finally wraps everything up.
Watch this movie without distractions, or suffer the consequences. Unplug the phone, put the cat out, get comfortable, and focus. You'll be talking to yourself and/or the tv before it's all over with - guaranteed.
I gave "The Spanish Prisoner" FOUR enthusiastic cows
In David Mamet's whodunit world, characters don't have to utter the "F" word every sixteen seconds, nothing has to explode, and the guy rarely gets the girl. But if you take this as a reason to not pay attention, you'll be left out as the plot twists, and twists and twists. Pay particular attention when it stops twisting, as it's about to get complicated. Mamet starts everything off in a quiet, subtle way, and by the time he finishes, you'll be exhausted from fighting off your own conjectures as to who's who, what's really happening, and which of the hundreds of clue crumbs he throws will turn out to be red herrings.
All I can say is this: Watch this movie. In the spirit of "House of Games", what you believe to be true is subject to constantly changing information, and Mamet changes everything several times before he finally wraps everything up.
Watch this movie without distractions, or suffer the consequences. Unplug the phone, put the cat out, get comfortable, and focus. You'll be talking to yourself and/or the tv before it's all over with - guaranteed.
I gave "The Spanish Prisoner" FOUR enthusiastic cows
