| Focus Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| FOCUS (director/writer: Neal Slavin; screenwriter: Kendrew Lascelles/based on
the novel by Arthur Miller; cinematographer: Juan Ruiz- Anchia; editor: Tariq
Anwar; music: Mark Adler; cast: William H. Macy (Lawrence Newman), Laura Dern
(Gertrude Hart),...more |
| Focus Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B+) |
| The Twilight Zone Movie did an excellent sketch about
a bigot who left a bar and found himself in a world
where he was the subject of all the bigotry. Focus, an
emotional movie by first-time director Neal Slavin,
working from a controversial novel by...more |
| Focus Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| Somewhere between Pussy Galore's song "You Look Like a Jew" and the Reverend
Martin Niemoller's 1945 quote about "them" coming for the Communists and the
Jews and the Catholics is Arthur Miller's anti-Semitism novel (written in
the same year as...more |
| Focus Review |
| by Pete Croatto (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Any movie starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, and David Paymer is
going to be good, even if the three were working from an old sitcom
pilot. And you throw Arthur Miller into the mix? It can't miss, one
would think. Alas, although Focus, based on...more |
| Focus Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Eyeglasses. That's all it took to change Lawrence Newman's life, a new pair of
round, black, horn rimmed eyeglasses with coke bottle lenses that made his eyes
look like fish eyes. With these, he was instantly and incorrectly labeled as
Jewish in the...more |
| Focus Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Paramount Classics
Director: Neal Slavin
Writer: Kendrew Lascelles, Arthur Miller (novel)
Cast: William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, Meat Loaf Aday more |
| Focus Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: In the late years of World War II a man sees
anti-Semitic influences moving into his neighborhood but
wants to remain neutral. As neutrality become more and
more difficult he struggles with his conscience. Neil
Slavin...more |
