Brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2003)

(SPOILERS) The Elephant Man (1980) is an absolute masterpiece. Set in the late 1800's England The Elephant Man shows the life of Joseph Merrick(John Hurt)and his doctor Fredrick Treves(Anthony Hopkins). The movie begins with Treves finding Joseph at a freak show were it shows his whole body. In life and in the movie Merrick is covered with bumps over 90 percent of his body and his head was three times the size of a normal head.
Treves takes Merrick to the hospital were he is placed in a room alone. In the movie he appears very shy and very unproud of himself (he can't stand looking at himself)and is shamed to were a bag over his head to hide. But soon Treves breaks him from the shell to show him the life a proud Englishmen.
The Elephant Man shows the greatest victory of the human spirit in a man being abused and frightening all his life. The life of Joseph Merrick is brilliantly brought to the screen and gives amazing in-depth analysis into the story around him. The movie also holds one of the greatest lines in my book and also the tagline: Merrick: I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM A HUMAN BEING ! I..AM..A MAN!
This movie is a must see drama and one of the greatest movies in the past twenty-five years. The Elephant Man (1980) Starring: John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, and Anne Bancroft. 4 Stars out of 4 Stars