Creeping terrific thriller with a fabulous Freeman

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2000)

This is the surprise thriller of 1995. They hardly ever comes any better than this. Great story, terrific acting (Especially Morgan Freeman), faultless direction. It's way more uncomfortable than movies that tries to shock you with blood and gore. In this one we witness the effects of what has already happened. We are not there at the killings (thank God!). This way it slowly creeps up on you to a much better effect than any visual violence can achieve. But it has a giveaway that keeps it from not being a 10. Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays Brad Pitt's wife, isn't in the film very much. she only pops up four or five times in the movie. The scenes are also quite short. What usually happens with wives, girlfriends, sisters and son on who doesn't appear much in the usual Hollywood-movie? Right! They die. So does Gwyneth. The only thing that differs from most films, is the way it's done. So what could have been a full 10 only becomes a 9 because of the formula treatment of the cops wife. But besides that; Terrific!!