Review of Lantana (2001) by Michael J — 17 Jan 2007
The issues touched upon in Lantana - mid-life crisis, grief, adultery, murder - have all been covered many times by many films. And yet, this movie still manages to feel original and stand out from the rest.
Perhaps that's because the story cleverly presents characters that we can sympathise with and like - in spite of the fact they are all flawed and screwed up in some way. This could be due to the extremely realistic dialogue and performances - which portray genuine and believable human reactions, rather than the over-intellectualised tosh you often get in this type of film.
The plot also contains enough twists and turns to make this a very credible mystery story and keep you guessing as to the fate of Barbara Hershey's character. As far as I'm concerned, Anthony LaPaglia is one of the best actors in the business - and he's surrounded in this film by many other talented actors, some of whom are relatively unknown.
This review of Lantana (2001) was written by Michael J on 17 Jan 2007.
Lantana has generally received very positive reviews.
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