God. So many of you amateur critics were not paying attention. Please don't tell me the 'jist' of the story. Don't give me some distorted, film-spliced preview version so that I can go into it thinking I'm on the right track with your unconscious blather consoling my brain. There is much to be missed seeing this film. I'll admit that I was slightly, if not very, disappionted after seeing it. But there's something there that many have ignored but instead found the time to criticize poor this and poor that. Please, just take things for what they are. Cage's debut was not a failure in artsnob society anymore than it was in making money. Its good points are and will be overlooked. -- Ok. What did I dislike of the film, if that really matters. - Please. Don't ever show Scott Caan touching a Camus novel on screen ever again. "It's good. You should read it." Don't say that he's one of your favorite young actors just b/c, i presume, of your uncle and his dad. Refrain from melodramatic calvin klein scenes in the rain, unless it's a scary movie sequel. If you're going to scalp the audience with incessant drivel, at least give us something not so recycled. And I'm sure there's more. But the biggest thing is that the script should have been reworked again and again and then more. I know--the loyalty to the author's work, but this script was really very limited. It just shows why Richard Gere turned it down for American Gigilo back when it was first written. But at least Gere wasn't in this one. Franco is great. He will live to prove that to doubters in his future career. Cage could have done much worse. And he won't have to live with making a cliche big easy picture. Harry Dean, Harry Dean. Man, what a cool cat. Mena Suvari--very surprising. And I'll check with my cajun grandpa on how good Blethyn's 2wk accent was. That's it. Peace and love to the creators and the wannabe critics. Don't get so hyped up on wordy little nonsensical wisdom your dog could think up, and learn how to embrace the whole world, even if it doesn't meet your personal mark of approval.
Review of Sonny
Sonny
(2002)
Cage's debut was not a failure in artsnob society anymore than it was in making money.
26 August 2003