THE INTERPRETER

I GUESSED AT A MAJOR PLOT DEVELOPMENT / TWIST IN THIS FILM, JUST FROM WATCHING THE COMING ATTRACTION TRAILERS ON TELEVISION. I WAS CLOSE TO THE RIGHT TURN OF EVENTS.
THAT IS SORT OF BAD NEWS; TO FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY IN A MYSTERY, BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AT THE THEATRE. THE GOOD NEWS IS, I HAD TO WAIT TO THE END TO SEE IF I WAS ON THE CORRECT TRACK; THAT WAS THE MYSTERY; THERE WERE ENOUGH TURNS AND CURVES TO MAKE ANYONE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHERE THIS WAS GOING.
NICOLE KIDMAN IS NOT THAT GREAT / GOOD AN ACTRESS, BUT SHE IS NOT A PROBLEM IN THIS FILM - SHE DOES NOT RUIN IT AND THAT IS HIGH PRAISE FOR HER.
SEAN PENN IS A FINE ACTOR, BUT EVERY SCENE HE IS IN CAN'T BE A DRAMATIC HIGHLIGHT - SOMETIMES ORDERING A CUP OF COFFEE OR WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE IS JUST ORDERING COFFEE OR WAITING FOR THE GREEN SIGNAL - NOT THE LAST ACT OF HAMLET.
SOMETIMES YOU BLAME THE DIRECTOR FOR THIS HIGH MELODRAMA AND SOMETIMES THE ACTOR - SYDNEY POLLACK IS A FINE DIRECTOR - LET'S DUMP THIS FLAW ON NICOLE, HOWEVER UNFAIRLY, SHE IS USE TO BEING DEMEANED.
THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN THE EXCHANGES BETWEEN PENN AND KIDMAN IS VERY INTELLIGENT AND ENGROSSING - EACH WORD IS FULL OF NUANCE.
ACTOR, GEORGE HARRIS, WHO PLAYED KUMAN KUMAN, AN AFRICAN
POLITICIAN / STATESMAN IN EXILE, WAS JUST WONDERFUL IN HIS BRIEF TIME ON THE SCENE.
I WANTED TO SEE AND HEAR MORE FROM / ABOUT THIS CHARACTER.
THE BROOKLYNITES, ( WE DON'T DIE, WE MULTIPLY ), ARE WELL REPRESENTED IN THIS FILM, WITH SCENES SHOT ON NOSTRAND AVENUE.
THE CONCEPT IS PROMOTED, THAT A CHARACTER LEAVING MANHATTAN TO TRAVEL TO THE BORO OF KINGS, IS GOING OUT TO ANOTHER GALAXY. WHILE BROOKLYN IS A UNIQUE PLACE, IN ALL THE WORLD, IT IS STILL A PART OF THIS EARTHY SPHERE.
YOU WOULD THINK THE CHARACTERS ARE BOARDING THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE AND NOT JUST CROSSING A GRAND BRIDGE, TO REACH THE FORMER HOME OF THE REAL DODGER BASEBALL TEAM AND WINGATE HIGH, AND JUNIOR HIGH 35, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 44 AND THE BABY GRAND BAR AND CONEY ISLAND AND THE BEDFORD BOWLING ALLEY AND FREDDIE FITZSIMMONS BOWLING ALLEY AND PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND AND THE HOMETOWN OF SPIKE LEE AND CHRIS ROCK AND ARTIST ONNAWAY K. MILLAR -- BUT I DIGRESS.
WHILE GUILTY OF CONTRIVED SITUATIONS AND ODD COINCIDENCES, THIS IS NOT A BAD MOVIE, IT IS VERY "WATCHABLE" - IT WON'T WIN ANY AWARDS, BUT IT CONSTANTLY GIVES YOU THINGS TO FACTOR IN AND CAUSE DOUBTS ABOUT WHERE THE PLOT IS GOING AND WHO THE GOOD GUYS ARE OR IF THERE ARE ANY GOOD GUYS