Product: The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Davies' performance worth the purchase.
All through this I kept trying to remember where I'd seen Jeremy Davies' face before. He's the geeky kid in "Saving Private Ryan." I read one reviewer's thought that most everything that's in this has been done, and specifically points out Brad Pitt's performance in "12 Monkeys"--I guess he hasn't seen any movies made before "12 Monkeys" or he'd know that Brad Pitt's performance was ripped off from Dennis Hopper in "Apocalypse Now." My point being: maybe nothing is original any more but it shouldn't stop you from seeing this movie. Davies' performance is sweet and touching as a retarded kid in love with a hooker?/tramp? (you decide). Milla Jovavich can't act to save her life. In fact hardly any other cast member in this flick is going to be collecting an Oscar any time soon--except for Mr. Gibson, of couse who gives an interesting performance as a *stiff* law enforcement type trying to find a suspect in a murder case. This is not your ordinary hollywood film--thank god--but if you like Wim Wenders' films, you'll love this..