We have seen this plot many times before. A family member goes missing, everyone fears the worst. He has been kidnapped, but the reasons are not immediately clear, and we go through the motions of the FBI becoming involved, and the search commencing ...
Pros: Three Oscar worthy actors who get dumped into an awful movie. Cons: A twist at the end that is a mean trick for the audience.
I had requested this film some time ago from my local library, and this weekend, it was my turn to see it. I should have known better. In this convoluted tale of a ransom demand gone awry, I found myself impatiently waiting for the film to end. The ...
Pros: Redford, Mirren, Dafoe; suspense Cons: editing could have been better; ending
There is nothing unusual about this 2004 thriller, Pieter Van BruggesThe Clearing, your typical story about a kidnapping for ransom by a depressed, slightly twisted man with a wife and two grown kids, who thinks she does not have to know and with ...
Pros: Excellent acting, interesting premise, good plot twists. Cons: Redford looks old. I know he is, but it still hurts.
In a summer filled with blockbuster, high budget, CGI-filled, action packed movies, along comes a little film with a couple of M. Night Shyamalan-like twists. And while it’s low key, and you probably have not heard much about it, anything starring ...
Wayne and Eileen Hayes (Robert Redford and Helen Mirren) live in a luxurious rustic mansion deep in the secluded suburbs. On his way to work one morning, Wayne encounters a man named Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) who kidnaps him at gunpoint after showing ...
Back into the realm of ‘this is based on a true event' movie. The Clearing was based on a kidnapping that happened in Holland. I don't know when or any of the circumstances about the true event, only what is portrayed in this ...
Pros: Most. Cons: Some lines don't work; no truly memorable scenes.
The Clearing is 2004's first (as far as I know) Stereotypically Good Movie. It is good in every aspect- good direction, good acting, good writing- the whole wazoo. Yet, there's not really a truly memorable moment in it, and that is what keeps it ...
Pros: Watching three seasoned professionals at work. Cons: Kidnapping stories always have a coin-toss ending.
No matter how we otherwise live our lives, most of us—those of us who have reached middle-age at least—wake up in much the same way as everyone else in the morning. We reluctantly, and creakily, get out of bed, splash water on our faces, rush our ...
Pros: The movie opens up many story possibilities... Cons: ...most of which aren't followed through
Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, and Helen Mirren are all fine actors. But having them try to make something out of The Clearing is like giving them a minimum-wage job. Oh, it's possible that the movie initially engaged them, because it begins ...
Pros: Excellent acting, Decent characters, Intriguing plot, Generally good pacing Cons: "Twist" is not much of one, Somewhat problematic casting/character design
Have you ever heard the phrase, "One good turn deserves another?" I'm trying to apply that to a review, perhaps in a bit of a surreal way. I picked up "The Clearing," a movie I was surprised I had never heard of despite its powerful cast (Robert ...
The Clearing is a touching and very timely piece. In a present day world of media voyeurism, global re-organizing and political push to press us all into an arena like state of mind- 'compete endlessly, watch your back, vote them off the island, out ...
Pros: For people who prefer relationship films vs. suspense thrillers, good performances. Cons: Low budget made it seem like a TV movie, moved too slowly for me.
The Clearing by evagoblin, Jun 30 '04 This 2004 movie (there are the other movies with the same title) starring Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem DaFoe was a product of the Sundance Film Institute. Redford plays a wealthy man (Wayne Hayes) ...
Wayne (Robert Redford) and Eileen (Helen Mirren) Hayes live the American Dream. Together they ve raised two children and struggled to build a successf...More at Buy.com
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