Great Film: S1m0ne
Interesting and Entertaining
Director and writer Andrew Nicol has only a few scripts and movies in his
record, but all are memorable. He wrote and directed 'Gattaca', wrote 'The
Truman Show' script, and here he is again both writing and directing with
'S1m0ne'. It is seldom that one director chooses his films in such a focused
manner, and in his case it certainly pays back.
'S1m0ne' is another story about Hollywood, but a really original one. Since
the film was released the first completely virtual film became reality, and
some of the best movies of 2002 combine real actors and fantastic computer
generated characters. Is this a threat to the big star system? This is the
main theme of the movie. The second, and maybe even more important is the
cult for icons, the morbid fascination of the public with the life of
celebrities. The two themes play well together, combined with the excellent
portrait that Al Pacino creates for his Faustian director.
I liked the movie. It has enough interesting material to keep the interest.
The weaker points are the length - yet another film which would have benefit
if it was 10-15 minutes shorter - and the final which is too conventional
relative to the originality of the rest of the script.
8/10 on my personal scale - go and see or rent it, you will not be
disappointed.
Cast
- Elaine Christian played by Catherine Keener
- Viktor Taransky played by Al Pacino
- Hal Sinclair played by Jay Mohr
- Nicola Anders played by Winona Ryder
- Premiere Audience Member (as Carol Androsky) played by Carole Androsky
- Studio Executive #3 played by Ron Perkins
- Production Assistant played by Benjamin Salisbury
