I haven't fallen asleep in a movie for a long time, but The Clearing really was enough to put me into la la land. It basically used flashbacks through out the whole movie to annoy the viewer, and there seemed to be no real aim to it at all.
The Plot:
A man (robert redford) is kidnapped from outside his house by an old school friend (played by Willem Dafoe) , who claims to be working for some nasty people. The Man is in a boring relationship with a wife who seems to have no personality whatsoever (played by the very ordinary Helen Mirren, although it must have taken some talent to portray such a boring character)...
2 hours, and several useless FBI agents later, there is absolutely no resolution to the movie, and it all ends rather abruptly..
Avoid this one at all costs people! With a cast of people I normally like, I would have thought that it would have been at least passable. Someone should revoke this director's flashback license.
0.5 stars out of 10...
The Plot:
A man (robert redford) is kidnapped from outside his house by an old school friend (played by Willem Dafoe) , who claims to be working for some nasty people. The Man is in a boring relationship with a wife who seems to have no personality whatsoever (played by the very ordinary Helen Mirren, although it must have taken some talent to portray such a boring character)...
2 hours, and several useless FBI agents later, there is absolutely no resolution to the movie, and it all ends rather abruptly..
Avoid this one at all costs people! With a cast of people I normally like, I would have thought that it would have been at least passable. Someone should revoke this director's flashback license.
0.5 stars out of 10...
