| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5) |
| Not unlike the controversy on which this film makes its nest,
feelings about this film are sharply divided. Without bringing my
personal feelings about the political side of things to bear, I must
say that I really was very impressed by this film....more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| Sadly not a biopic about the late actor who played Dr. Carl Hill in the
Re-Animator flicks, The Life of David Gale tries to give you two films for
the price of one. Unfortunately, it does neither very well. One of the
films is supposed to be a...more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A well-reputed professor is sitting in jail five days before he's to receive a
lethal injection to complete his Texan "death sentence", when a cute New York
reporter drops by to write up his story. As their conversations move forward,
the woman...more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C-) |
| LIFE OF DAVID GALE, THE (director: Alan Parker; screenwriter: Charles
Randolph; cinematographer: Michael Seresin; editor: Gerry Hambling; music: Alex
Parker; cast: Kevin Spacey (Dr. David Gale), Kate Winslet (Elizabeth (Bitsey)
Bloom), Laura Linney...more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| With only four days left in his life, Death Row inmate and anti-death
penalty advocate David Gale (Kevin Spacey) relents to give an interview
and specifically asks for hard-hitting news magazine reporter Bitsey
Bloom (Kate Winslet). He declares his...more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Reporter Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet, "Iris") is assigned to interview a Texas
University professor and anti-death penalty advocate who is on death row for the
rape and murder of a DeathWatch colleague. Investigating the crime, Bloom comes
to know the...more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Universal Pictures/ Intermedia Films
Directed by: Alan Parker
Written by: Charles Randolph
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann,
Screened at: Loews Lincoln Sq., NYC, 2/19/03 more |
| The Life of David Gale Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey), the state of Texas's leading death penalty
abolitionist, is on death row and about to be executed in THE LIFE OF DAVID
GALE, directed by Alan Parker (ANGELA'S ASHES). Top of his Harvard class and a
Rhodes scholar, Gale has...more |
