Review of The Gift (2000) by Franz D — 22 Jan 2011

There is little reason to complain, except maybe.

"only" for the script.

Really refreshing to see Keanu, carefully stuffed.

And upsized, so utterly cast against "character";.

Craziness is easy, very easy for actors, to just.

Look, to just walk across a room is the real.

Challenge, at least if you want to do it as.

Perfectly as Steve McQuenn or Cary Grant.

Who did not hate Dustin Hofmann's exploitive.

"depiction" of the Rain Man? or even worse Bratt.

Pit's smug acting class bravura in Twelve Monkeys?

Ribisi gets very close to getting right, and, when.

Necesssary hits his mark.

Kate Blanchets performance is more difficult to.

Assess as it is so closely knit to the script.

And Sam Rami's direction.

One can pinpoint the problems of the movie, I.

Think, in the depiction, the "role" of Annie's.

Children, who most of the time appear to be no.

More than moving or "hanging around" household.

Objects "acting" as symbols of multiple,.

Overstreched parenthood.

There are just far too many issues, subjects being.

Touched, hinted at, to really allow a scene by.

Scene consistency and coherence.

As a whole it isn't fully convincing, though.

Certainly better than average and no waste of.

Time, eventually the "saving", unifying element.

Turns out to be "supporting" actor Giovanni.

Ribisi.