Review of Body of Evidence (1993) by Arth J — 12 Jun 2018

An evidence of the commercial cinema..

Body Of Evidence.

The scrutiny in here isn't convoluted unlike any other court room drama and fortunately the makers being aware of it keeps it simple and goes deep with its finely detailed script that is engaging most of the time. The screenplay is not gripping; although some sequences are nicely written, and the primary reason would be the forcibly installed scenes that doesn't demand anything on plot track or character's perspective but is just merely for the audience. Brad Mirman; the writer, never even attempts to go beyond its self created bubble that keeps the feature on a loop which may look familiar or repetitive and addition to that, Uli Edel; the director, is short on execution and never even convinces the audience for a second look. The star power is the strength of the feature and the makers use it wisely but Madonna needs some work on her acting skills, Willem Dafoe is brilliant enough for carrying around the almost 100 minutes of the feature where he is supported nicely by Julianne Moore. Body Of Evidence is an evidence of the commercial cinema and the baggage that it comes with; which is the amount of time makers spend to bring the big bucks is ironically not feasible at all.