| Human Stain Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) is a respected classics professor at
Athena
College, a small New England institution of higher learning that, since
becoming
Dean of Faculty, the lauded educator has helped fashion into an establishment
of academic...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Richard A. Zwelling (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Based on the Philip Roth novel of same title, The Human Stain features
a story whose potential is abundantly clear, but unfortunately is not
easily translatable to the screen. Despite featuring solid (but not
superlative) performances, and a host of...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) has led a long life of
deception, re-inventing himself as a young man to
something quite different from what he was. Now he is
a respected dean at a prestigious New England college
but, when he questions his class about a...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| The movie version of a novel is a compromise. That's the nature of the
beast. The better-known the book, the bigger the challenge. Director and
screenwriter go over and over it, anatomize and dissect, crack the spine,
extract what they take to be...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 2/5) |
| It is difficult to discuss the crux of this film without revealing a
major plot point. If you are as ignorant of the key issue of this
film, it may come as much of a surprise to you mid-movie as it did to
me. The ineffectiveness of setting this...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Human Stain" (Miramax Films)
It's easy to see why there were high Oscar hopes for this edgy romantic
thriller. Anthony Hopkins is Coleman Silk, a distinguished classics professor
and dean of faculty at a small New...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Robert Benton's THE HUMAN STAIN, based on the Philip Roth novel, is a complex
story about Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a renowned classics professor at a
New England college. Near retirement age, he is fired for what is falsely
misconstrued as a...more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B+
Miramax Films/Lakeshore Entertainment
Directed by: Robert Benton
Written by: Nicholas Meyer, novel by Philip Roth
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise
Screened at: Broadway, NYC, 10/17/03 more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Every so often a "can't miss" Oscar-bait movie with a great cast is released
but quickly vanishes from both theatres and the collective consciousness of
the moviegoing public. I'm not talking about gigantic, punch-line flops
like Ishtar or Waterworld....more |
| Human Stain Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C-) |
| Esteemed literary professor Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins, "Red Dragon") loses
his position over a politically correct misinterpretation of an offhand remark.
He's convinced the university is also responsible for the death of his beloved
wife, who died...more |
