I’m not reviewing this film, or unpacking it really. I just urge you to see it. We really should forgive both Guy Pearce and David Wentham for their roles in The Time Machine and Van Helsing. It’s time to move on. And if you don’t you’ll miss the chance to see two underrated, but brilliant actors, Danny Huston and Ray Winstone, steal the show every time they hit the screen.
One of my three favourite movies of the year with The new world and Munich.
Go see it if you can!!!!!!!!!!
Great review, Canfield, and I have to agree 100%. I saw this a few days ago at a press screening and was riveted. The performances are fantastic and the story complex.
Funny, I thought Danny Hustons performance was the only weak point in this otherwise perfect film.
I have this on DVD and it' a GREAT film. The flys all through out the film really get under your skin. The acting is awesome!
This is the second good review I've read of this movie. Is this opening in the US?
Just returned from my second viewing of "The Proposition"...First saw the film at the Sundance Film Festival, and now took my younger brother and father to see it here in the United States where it opened recently. This film was brilliant! Violent, desolate, destructive, beautiful, truthful, shocking, reverent, epic. This film remains with you long after you first see it. All the performances quite probably the best in film I've seen this year. Guy Pearce, the moral soul of this film, left me speechless...The weight of this proposition weighs heavy on his shoulders and his performance is by far the most deeply moving in this film. Ray Winstone continues to have my most profound respect. He truely is one of the great actors out there today. Danny Huston gives probably the best performance of his career thus far in this film ..despite his flawed character, he leaves you riveted. And all the supporting players are equally up-to-par. Please see this on the big screen too, don't wait for the DVD because...the cinematography was breathtaking. Benoit Delhomme really captures the ominous beauty of the Australian Outback...It simply took my breathe away. This movie is a triumph in filmmaking.
I was so looking forward to this but was badly dissapointed. This is up there with Babel as one of the most overrated, pretentious films of the year. Slow as a baby's crawl, unnecessarily violent and full of psuedo intellectual speeches, I honestly can't see the appeal of this film. I'd advise anyone to watch an episode of Deadwood instead..or go for a snooze!
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