Review of Philadelphia (1993) by Grant S — 24 Apr 2011
Superb movie. Moving, intelligent, insightful, and very socially relevant. The central plot may be predictable, but the sub-plots, moral, legal and ethical issues, and pure human drama are far from unoriginal.
Moreover, director Jonathan Demme's telling of the story is very sensitively done. Direction is perfect - camera angles (lots of facial close-ups), pacing, editing (no excess scenes, and no spoon-feeding of information) - all are spot-on.
Casting is perfect, and the cast delivers in spades. Tom Hanks delivers probably the performance of his life, and considering his incredible acting talent and body of work, that says a lot. He well deserved his Oscar.
He is well supported by Denzel Washington, Jason Robards and Antonio Banderas.
Surely one of the most socially relevant movies of the 90s, if not of all time.
This review of Philadelphia (1993) was written by Grant S on 24 Apr 2011.
Philadelphia has generally received very positive reviews.
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