Product: The Insider [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Not that you need another opinion....
...but I enjoyed this film enough to write about it. The things I liked most about the film were the characters, and the tension. Al Pacino (as Lowell Berghman) and Russell Crowe (as Jeffery Wigand) were terrific. There protrayals were heartfelt and believeable. The woman who played Wigand's wife was weak, but in some sense she was good because you started to hate her for her lack of virtue. As for the tension, throughout nearly the entire film there is this palpable feeling that someone is going to be knocked off, or something is going to pop onto the screen to make you jump. The odd thing is that very little actually happens in the film (you could probably summarize it in 10 sentences), but you're gripped all the way through. My only complaint is that it was a bit too long. After 2:30+ it starts to get a little dull, and the tension isn't enough to keep you glued to the seat. Nonetheless this film is very much worth it.