Judging the actors

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2007)

Well, I like this kind of movie. From first to last this thriller makes us asking questions. And that's why I love this movie from my first viewing back in 1999. till yesterday, when I watched it again on TV. All right I admit; I probably catch it once more during that period. But with movies like this you don't get bored. You only notice some new details, or you watch just how one man acts. 9 years ago I was watching Pacino, because of him I lend this movie from video and yesterday I watched this movie as whole, with all its main actors, including Reeves and Theron. I don't want to talk about the whole script and about biblical meaning. This comment is about actors and about actors only.
Plot is about young lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves), who comes to New York from Florida, so he can work in the most powerful law firm in the world. His mother Alice (Judith Ivey) disagree with his decision but all Kevin wants is to make money and try to live happy life with his wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron). Law firm is in the hands of powerful and mysterious John Milton (Al Pacino). Soon, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife, who feels homesick and has all sorts of bizarre thoughts connected with devil.
I just love to watch performances from actors in these sort of movies. Al Pacino is one of my favorite male actors (with Depp, Brando and Dean) and his performance is stunning as usual. He plays with his role maybe a little too much, but we can all forgive such genius. He will probably never disappoint any of his fan. Such a perfect choice for role of John Milton.
Charlize Theron. What to say after another great role? Theron gives us best performance from all three star actors. She is so convincing and she plays perfectly her role right till the end. You just gotta love her. An Oscar worthy performance.
Keanu Reeves is our young lawyer and he really looks like one but this is not his role. He can't pull this movie on another level. He is trying so hard to act in some scenes but he just can't. In court room he is very good and all the scenes in which there isn't Theron are also good. Actually in scenes with Pacino, Pacino is letting him to act, so we can view his talent. Pacino with his experience is trying to help Reeves and you can't say that Reeves is bad in any scene with Pacino. He is just ordinary. I would like to remind you about one movie that was made also in 1997. "Donnie Brasco". Pacino helps Depp too, but Depp outshines Pacino in some scenes which is not the case with Reeves. Reeves is good and cool actor, but he'll never be great. That's just my opinion. You can either like it or not. Like every other thing in life.