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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Oct 7, 2004
Pros: Ed Harris, Laura Linney, E. G. Marshall
Cons: totally unbelievable, paranoiac plot, and Eastwood's self-indulgence in expanded part
Summary: Offhand, I can't think of any part of this movie that I could believe might happen, but it was still somewhat enjoyable, especially the scenes in which the police detective portrayed by Ed Harris toys with and is toyed with by Clint Eastwood. The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2007
Pros: Nice try
Cons: but no cigar
Summary: Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood plays a geriatric cat burglar who robs a toney DC mansion only to get boxed in by the returning inhabitants – but wait; as he hides within the spacious secret vault he watches the fun through a two way ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 7, 2007
Pros: Most of the acting. Some suspenseful moments.
Cons: Plot is not tied together real well. Some scenes lack credibility.
Summary: It seems like anything and everything written by popular fiction authors John Grisham, Michael Crichton, or James Patterson in the 1990s was rushed into movie production shortly after the books hit the shelves. While some of these films were pretty good ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2005
Pros: Cast and plot
Cons: Some unbelievable things. Gene Hackman in a sex scene.
Summary: Clint Eastwood has made many movies during the course of his career. I have seen and enjoyed some of those movies. I haven’t been as fond of some of his other movies. Absolute Power is one of Eastwood’s movies that I did enjoy. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2003
Pros: E.G. Marshall isn't bad
Cons: Davis, Hackman, characters, screenplay
Summary: This flat and utterly ridiculous 1997 Clint Eastwood film gets off to a disastrous start. Clint play ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 7, 2001
Pros: Eastwood actually has a personality
Cons: It takes 45 minutes for the crime to happen
Summary: I knew what this movie was, as I had started to read the book on which it is based, by David Baldicci. But the book was so boring, I tossed it aside about one-third through it. It took forever for it to get anywhere. I thought that the movie version ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 27, 2001
Pros: Ed Harris's scenes with Clint Eastwood
Cons: any shred of believability
Summary: There's a lot that's really hard to swallow in this movie. Just to list a few:
that the Secret Service agents would appear just in time to shoot a woman having rough sex with a president
that his chief of staff (with whom the president is also ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2001
Pros: Suspenseful and engaging thriller.
Cons: Slow at times. Not Eastwood's best body of work.
Summary: Thanks to Bill Clinton we live in an era where our Presidents of the United States could do just about anything and we’d enjoy it. “Absolute Power” envisions a President who is a murderer, a drunk, and even worse a liar. So far we are two for three. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2000
Pros: Plot
Cons: not enough development really, i dunno!
Summary: Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but yet thats not quite true, cuz Clint Eastwood actually does something about. Being a theif with morals!!!
This was actually a good movie, sitting down to watch it i thought it was going ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2000
Pros: Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman are great actors
Cons: Topic is stale, Eastwood as a cat burgler is unbelievable
Summary: Unfortunately, I went to see this movie without knowing anything about it except that Clint Eastwood was in it. That was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was not leaving when I saw what direction the movie was going.
I will not give out plot details ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 6, 2000
Pros: Very Entertaining
Cons: Clint Eastwood Is Old Now
Summary: This is the ninth movie I have rated in my quest to write and Epinion on all the movies I have seen. Please go to my profile and read the rest of them.
Clint Eastwood is a big-time burgular who, during a job, witnesses a murder involving an ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 8, 2000
Pros: Good Story Line, Web of Conspiracy was great
Cons: Was dry at times.
Summary: Hi There,
A movie that deals with murder, theft, and cover ups is somewhat synonymous with the Government as most of us already know.
Clint plays a very skilled thief that always has an alibi. Clint decides to break into a house that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 7, 2000
Pros: Ed Harris
Cons: not put together
Summary: You could call Absolute Power a "geezer" version of No Way Out, and not be far off. The setup of each movie is practically identical. In Absolute Power the U.S. president (played by Gene Hackman, pretty much reprising his role from No Way Out) ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 5, 2000
Pros: Eastwood shows off his talents: From composing the theme song "Katie" for his "daughter" to actually appearing to sketch her as she lay in her hospital bed
Cons: Like many of Eastwood's movies (for me) alternates between riveting and blah
Summary: Clint Eastwood is Luther Whitney, professional thief. And, a darned good one. He is a master of disguise, quick and efficient in the art of deception. Although he's been convicted and has served time for theft in the past, he is a criminal with honor. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 15, 2000
Pros: Eastwood
Cons: None
Summary: 'Absolute Power' is one movie that, in this day and time, with Bill Clinton in the oval office, could quite possibly come true.
Probably not, but you never know.
'Absolute Power' is Clint Eastwood at his best...acting and directing. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 31, 2000
Pros: Hang on, I'm thinking....
Cons: Can you say GEEZER?
Summary: You know, I will probably get a lot of hate mail for this review. but, I am ready.
I remember when I was watching the 49ers a few years ago. Montana looked "fine" (as in sexy). But, I couldn't help but think, "Aint he getting a little ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2000
Pros: Well acted and Directed
Cons: Some plot predictability
Summary: I saw this movie right when it came out on video. I found it to be interesting and well done. Eastwood did a wonderful job directing and acting in this movie. Ed Harris did a wonderful job being the cop that had that was the main cop searching for a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2000
Pros: ok-film..
Cons: n/a
Summary:
It’s nearly impossible to summarize Clint Eastwood’s fine new thriller without destroying its many surprises. Adapting David Baldacci’s popular novel, screenwriter William Goldman (Misery, All the President’s Men) conceals a crucial element ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2000
Pros: Great suspense
Cons: Gets a little slow in the middle
Summary: My friend recommended this movie to me. I am glad she did. This movie started with a jump. I really enjoyed a full cast of famous actors. I am weary about having a full cast because sometimes is seems to take away from the film. I liked to see how ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2000
Pros: good story line
Cons: none
Summary: This is quite a change for Eastwood and the characters he usually protrays. I found the character believable and human, as a released cat burgular who decides on one last big score to end his career on. He is totally unprepared for the murder that takes ... read more
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