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Overall Grade:
B-
Story:
B
Acting:
A-
Direction:
B-
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C+
Strong performances in a good story...
by csufboi@sbcglobal.net (
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(Jan 23, 2005)
37 of 40 people found this review helpful
"The Human Stain" is undoubtably well-acted; all three of the leads (Hopkins, Kidman and Harris) give brilliant performances in this dark tale of a teacher having an affa...
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Overall Grade:
B+
Story:
A+
Acting:
B+
Direction:
B
Visuals:
B+
One of the most intelligent films this year
by seymourbee (
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(Dec 21, 2005)
29 of 31 people found this review helpful
I really liked this film. I thought it was very intelligent and moving. It made me think of an often forgotten group and their story - those African Americans who passe...
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Overall Grade:
B+
Story:
B+
Acting:
B+
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N/A
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A-
Human Stain
by jamaicatoday (
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(Aug 1, 2006)
28 of 33 people found this review helpful
Excellent movie. Intriguing. Worth seeing Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman in roles that you don't normally see them in. Insightful and worth the depth that it gives for...
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Overall Grade:
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You Can't Escape Your Past
by renful@sbcglobal.net (
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(Jan 27, 2005)
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
Stunning. Acting transcended reality and suspended belief. Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins were masterful. Wentworth Miller,Anna Deavere Smith and Gary Sinise,performed...
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Overall Grade:
D
Story:
C
Acting:
C-
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C
HOPELESSLY MISCAST, WRONG DIRECTOR
by icdheat888 (
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(Apr 25, 2007)
33 of 57 people found this review helpful
Nicole Kidman, talented as she is, is hopelessy miscast as tough broad janitor abused wife. She's too delicate and refined for this role. Anthony Hopkins is even a worse...
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Overall Grade:
A+
Story:
A+
Acting:
A+
Direction:
A+
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A+
Ignore the professional critics. See the film.
by grub760 (
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(Jan 4, 2006)
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
This is among the best and most vital American films to hit the screens in recent years. Then again, any American film containing an extended reference to Homer probably...
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Overall Grade:
A
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Colourful Stain
by thornfield83 (
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(Jan 4, 2006)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
The Human Stain is full of surprises, not shocks. What surprises us surprises us because of the self-same assumptions and politics that the film critiques. What at first...
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Overall Grade:
B+
Story:
A-
Acting:
A+
Direction:
B
Visuals:
A+
Very good movie, with great acting
by brazen_snorts (
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(Jan 24, 2005)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
This would have been an excellent movie - worthy of an Oscar - except for one thing. Anthony Hopkins is miscast. Don't get me wrong, he's is excellent - it's just (SPOILE...
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Overall Grade:
C
Story:
B
Acting:
A
Direction:
C
Visuals:
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The human stain
by heidirettig (
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(Dec 18, 2003)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
If you read the book, you can fill in for the director's failures. Kidman surprised me - she did a fine job in a role that required her to be gritty and difficult. Unfort...
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Amazing
by nelsonrexhung (
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(Jan 18, 2004)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Amazing and powerful true to life film. Kidman and Hopkins give remarkable performances. The film had no miscasts, it gave a believable story of what the world was like i...
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