Roberts at her best

Rating: Null/10 (30 March 2001)

The minute Julia stepped out disappointed from her first jobinterview I knew she was going to be sublime. I should have known. Soderbergh is an complete director not only involved with the technical details of filming, the best shots etc... but he gets the best out of his actors. There's no doubt about Julia Roberts her talent, she has grown so much but with big stars I think it is important to get a performance that makes you sometimes forget that your looking at a star. Personally I believe in underacting. Soderbergh does the same for Michael Douglas in Traffic I think. This could have been a very mediocre film, the subject alone screams movie of the week but it isn't. Soderbergh combines the best Hollywood techniques with his own vision and insight and incredible talent. He knows what he's doing. Normally after making a critically acclaimed movie, young directors fall for Big Hollywoodprojects and find they can't handle it, probably the pressure of studio's , producers (hey I read Premiere), but Soderbergh stayed underground letting his talent grow while making films like 'kafka' and the sublime 'King of the hill', only recently he emerged into the spotlight with Out of Sight, a film as smoothly filmed as Jennifer Lopez's skin. His talent and films is why I go the movies.