The Mann is Mozart (well, almost)

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2000)

No need to dispute what many have written. True, the performances are first rate - as one would expect from people like Pacino, Crowe en Plummer (though Crowe deserved special mention.)True, the movie is longish (but feels fast paced nevertheless.)What has not come out in many reviews is that Mann really succeeds in submerging the audience in the sinister force field that is out to destroy the Wigand character. Mann really pulls it off to make the spectator feel part of the drama - as a spectator, but one residing within the movie as it were. The brilliantly creative camera work and editing are reinforced by a restrained but effective soundtrack. As in Heat, Mann shows once again that he is close to being a cinematographic Mozart.