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The temptation here is to make a joke about Intersection and dead ends--but this disappointing film has too much talent involved to kid about how wrong it went. Based on the French film Les Choses de la Vie, the film was adapted by the usually reliable Marshall Brickman (Annie Hall) and David Rayfiel (The Firm). Richard Gere plays a man caught between two women: his chilly, remote wife (Sharon Stone) and his vibrant young mistress (Lolita Davidovich). How the marriage declined, how the affair began, and how the two women's paths eventually cross--everything is seen in flashback after Gere's car spins out of control in a horrible accident. Director Mark Rydell has some of the squarest dialogue in recent movie history to work with, as he dissects how the marriage fell apart because of the wife's coolness and Gere's subsequent attraction to Davidovich's cocky young journalist. --Marshall Fine
A favourite although can see why it flopped somewhat
I enjoyed this movie when I first saw it in the late 90's. The film focusses on a man who is torn between his wife and new lover. He finds it difficult to move on with his life, but when he finally makes up his mind, his life changes dramatically. The message comes through loud and clear "treat every moment of your life as if it were your last".
Watching the movie 10 years on, I can really see why the film flopped. It is so patchy in parts, and nothing seems to happen for the first hour. There is very little character development, and by the end of the film we do not care that much for Gere's character. However, saying all this, I still like the film because of the ending. It is quite sad when he realises he is dying after initially thinking he survived the accident.
People new to the film will need to rent it first to decide if it is worth owning.
LOLITA, LOLITA, LOLITA
One reason to watch this film: Lolita Davidovich. If you don't fall in love with her character and become completely mesmerized by her looks . . . you need to check your pulse. Her portrayal as Olivia is right on. Richard Gere and Sharon Stone also put in good performances, but you keep asking yourself as you are watching, "Yo Rich! Are you kiddin'? Choose the redhead!" Completely bashed by critics . . . I think critics can't stand Gere or Stone and Lolita got caught in the crossfire. She's a talented actress and deserved much more ado for her performance.
Utterly mundane remake
Intersection started with a disadvantage in that it's a remake of one of my favorite films, Les Choses de la Vie. The original uses a terrible car crash (one of the best ever filmed) as a starting point for a series of flashbacks and reflections on the turning point in an architects life, when the relationship that ended his marriage is in danger of self-destructing because of his inability to make an effort. But where the accident is that film's focal point, replayed in various different ways as a kind of inescapable destiny, in Intersection it is used almost as an afterthought to bring some resolution to a mundane soap opera about an indecisive man torn between his career-conscious wife and his more liberal lover.
It's not a case of not giving the film a chance - there have been interesting re-workings of European films by Hollywood before - or expecting a raunchfest because of Gere or Stone's presence. It's just that it's really not very good.
The result isn't exactly unwatchable, but it is overwritten, over scored and surprisingly uncinematic. Rydell gives the film plenty of gloss but few cinematic flourishes, concentrating on the seen-it-all-before romance in a way that seems more TV movie of the week than anything worth paying to see on the big screen. Sharon Stone is superb as the ex-wife and Davidovitch does well as the lover despite some unfortunate and unnecessary scenes towards the end that undermine her character to make Gere look good - which brings me to the film's major failing. Gere's character and performance. Gere can act and has done good work, but this is an especially shallow and by-the-numbers ego trip more than a performance. Aside from being the screen's most unconvincing architect (and that includes Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal), the smug, self, narcissistic performance here prevents us from ever caring about whether the character lives or dies. Even the film's one nearly successful scene at a post office when he can't decide whether to post an important letter is ultimately destroyed by his hammy grandstanding phone call at the end of it.
Not that the script is any help. Scenes are overwritten, achingly obvious and horribly predictable, with everything spelled out in broad strokes. Ultimately you're just left wandering from predictable scene to predictable scene with little interest. Slick, watchable, forgettable, the final insult is that the novel and Claude Sautet film this misfire is based on is only acknowledged at the very, very end of the credits when no-one is likely to spot it. That said, the filmmakers are probably grateful not to be associated with this one...
I saw this movie years ago, but decided to buy it. I must say Richard Gere did an outstanding job playing a villan. Again, Mr. Gere has demonstrated that he is versatile, and can play a varirty of roles. Great performances by Andy Garcia and Steven Baldwin as well. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Gere - Andy Garcia Director(s): Mike Figgis DVD Release Date: Released the 09 March 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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No Brains is more like it. Richard Gere stars in this slick action thriller as your basic tough-but-dedicated cop who goes to New Orleans to avenge the death of his partner. On the way, he becomes involved with an illiterate Cajun beauty (Kim Basinger in the kind of role that unkind critics would call her typecast in before Ready to Wear and, of course, L.A. Confidential) who's the property of a ruthless killer. It's paint-by-numbers nonsense with lines (such as "we come from a society where it is very pleasurable to be a man") that play as high camp--unfortunately, that's not intended. Gere and Basinger's relationship--they'd try again, equally unconvincingly, with Final Analysis--is patently silly. They spend the first half of the movie exchanging hilariously... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Gere - Kim Basinger - Jeroen Krabbé Director(s): Richard Pearce DVD Release Date: Released the 06 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Richard Gere is pretty convincing as a severe manic-depressive whose episodes of euphoria sometimes find him dancing on a two-by-four far above the street or climbing onstage during a symphony performance to "conduct" the orchestra. When the pendulum swings the other way, he is practically catatonic. As a character study, this film by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has its truly compelling moments, but Mr. Jones isn't just a character study. Inexplicably, Figgis ushers in a preposterous romance between this poor fellow and his psychiatrist (Lena Olin), a relationship that is supposed to raise interesting ethical and dramatic issues. All it does is make one wonder what the devil the doctor is thinking of, and why Figgis felt it necessary to go down this lose-lose path. With... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Gere - Lena Olin Director(s): Mike Figgis DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Based on the French film, The Return of Martin Guerre (which itself was based on a famous court case), this 1993 film by director Jon Amiel recasts the same essential story in post-Civil War Tennessee, in a dirt-poor town suffering the effects of the South's loss. Jodie Foster plays Laurel Sommersby, a widow whose husband died in the Civil War--or so everyone thinks. Then one day, Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) strolls back into town and back into Laurel's bed--but he's a changed man. Gone is the selfish, nasty individual no one much liked. In his place is a friendly, sensitive, and resourceful new Jack who not only rekindles the long-dead fire of his marriage, but revives the entire town. Except for one small catch: He may not actually be Jack Sommersby at all. Beautifully shot by... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Gere - Jodie Foster Director(s): Jon Amiel DVD Release Date: Released the 21 September 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Clever twists and a bona fide surprise ending make this an above-average courtroom thriller, tapping into the post-O.J. scrutiny of our legal system in the case of a hotshot Chicago defense attorney (Richard Gere) whose latest client is an altar boy (Edward Norton) accused of murdering a Catholic archbishop. The film uses its own manipulation to tell a story about manipulation, and when we finally discover who's been pulling the strings, the payoff is both convincing and pertinent to the ongoing debate over what constitutes truth in the American system of justice. Making an impressive screen debut that has since led to a stellar career, Norton gives a performance that rides on a razor's edge of schizophrenic pathology--his role is an actor's showcase, and without crossing over the line of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Gere - Laura Linney - Edward Norton Director(s): Gregory Hoblit DVD Release Date: Released the 20 October 1998 Usually ships in 24 hours
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