Ned Levine is Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2006)

I have seen this movie three or four times and it took me that long to realize that Mr. Levine is better than good. This portrayal ranks up there with the greats. If he wasn't so good, the movie wouldn't work because Sir Anthony is only on screen for 16 minutes. Mr. Levine creates a character that scares you when he's off-screen as much as when he's on, which is the mark of a great actor. The music is also excellent and many of the close ups remind me of Scorcese's "Last Waltz" framing. Demme gets the way music mirrors life. All of Hollywood's attempts to film the Harris novels since this one are Shiite. This is also one of the two great films Jodie Foster made in the last 15 years. In SOTL's though, Jodie does what she does with an accent. Ned doesn't bother. What a performance.