A Beautiful Portrait

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2004)

There are movies that take you away into a realm of their own,into a world that existed in London-if you lived in London this is even more poignant. John Hurt is John Merrick the Elephant man-may be john Merrick reincarnated as John Hurt since no one could have a personified a disfigured,downtrodden human being that was the Elephant Man. If this movie does't bring tears then you lack the tear glands. David Lynch takes you into the life and times of John Merrick so much you want to meet him and hear him say "My na--me-is-Jo--hn". This is a masterpiece of movie-one of the best movies made and made anywhere that will never cease to amaze at the talent of an actor in the caliber of John Hurt. The metamorphosis of this actor is just amazing just considering the amount of time it took for this actor to transform and imitate the gait and the speech. Suffice to say this movie made more impact on me than any movie that I can remember.