Review of The Messenger (2009) by Tim S — 17 Jul 2010
A surprising, well acted, and all around well made film with an astounding performance by Woody Harrelson. I enjoyed the writing very much and thought all of the scenes between the messengers and the people receiving the news were really powerful and worked well.
It was really nice to see acting put on the forefront to go along what could have become extremely preachy. There are even some scenes that when they begun, it had my eyes rolling, but by the end of them, they had me believing (especially most scenes involving the love story and the wedding reception).
Ben Foster does a great job as well, but the movie belongs to Woody whenever he's in a scene. The cinematography is also beautiful and had me feeling like I was watching a film from the golden age of the 70's a lot of the time.
This review of The Messenger (2009) was written by Tim S on 17 Jul 2010.
The Messenger has generally received positive reviews.
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