Mother : you left me but I never left you !
Added 11/2/2004
The initial lines of this famous Lennon `s composition will be the clever device to develop an intriguing story where the love of a homeless guy and a strange twist of fate will make of him (Gary Oldman ) establish a fascinating erotic affair with Theresa Russell one of of the supreme femme fatale of the eighties .
As always Roeg surprises us with his challenging handle camera and shot angles .
Terrific cast and a well elaborated script make of that bizarre story a very hard to watch movie .
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Added 10/4/2002
The sad thing about it was that this movie had potential, which is probably why it made me so furious. Its director was Nicholas Roeg (The Man who Sold the World, Walkabout) and the main star was Gary Oldman. Not only that it was made by Handmade Films, started by George Harrison, a company that only lasted a few years but made some fabulous movies like "Withnail and I" and "Mona Lisa".
The problem was its script. There was no real story and I felt so sorry for Gary Oldman playing such an obnoxious uninteresting character. Some "twists" were thrown into the middle of the picture but they just seemed ludricous and with only a half hour to go, I ejected the movie.
1 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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The train's off track, but Oldman's worth the ride...
Added 7/1/2000
Most people who watch this go away mumbling "where was the plot" it was there, buried, but there. I love this film. Then again, I'm a huge Oldman fan. This was one of his earlier performances and you can see the actor that was to come. His portrayal of Martin, an alcoholic's fantasy version of her long-lost son, is magnificent. He shifts from man to boy, lover to child brilliantly. I wish I could praise his co-stars as highly. Theresa Russell's stiff performance as the bored alcoholic housewife left me cold and, for my money, Christopher Lloyd and Sandra Bernhard could have been left out completely. The only reason to watch the film is Gary Oldman, but his performance makes it worth watching again and again...just keep the ffwd button close."MOMMY!"
5 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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I AM that mother!
Added 5/1/2000
...says the truck driver to Oldman, in one of the most oddlyquotable lines, in a film built upon scene after scene offrustratingly strange action. Described as a black comedy, I don't remember laughing except in awe of its disregard for coherence . . . The climax scene is indescribable, and I'm not sure if it is weirder in or out of context. It is fitting that the title is a random snippit, explaining nothing and then being less than trivial even after seeing it. If you have an innate desire to see each starring male character's hindquarters, buy this film and enjoy it from the safety of your padded cell.
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Too weird for words
Added 12/10/1999
I have only been able to sit through this film once. I picked it up because I saw that Gary Oldman was in it, but I couldn't make heads or tails of the characters or plot. Apparantly, there's an unhappily married woman (Theresa Russell) who keeps fantasizing that the son she gave up for adoption has come looking for her. He appears in the form of Oldman, but he acts like a bratty three year old, and the sequences involving him and Russell are just too odd to explain. And then there's her husband (Christopher Lloyd), who has this weird fascination with trains and masochism...but that's a different story. The ending makes no sense, but then, the whole movie makes no sense so I guess it doesn't matter.
4 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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Mother : you left me but I never left you !
Added 11/2/2004
The initial lines of this famous Lennon `s composition will be the clever device to develop an intriguing story where the love of a homeless guy and a strange twist of fate will make of him (Gary Oldman ) establish a fascinating erotic affair with Theresa Russell one of of the supreme femme fatale of the eighties .
As always Roeg surprises us with his challenging handle camera and shot angles .
Terrific cast and a well elaborated script make of that bizarre story a very hard to watch movie .
2 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Added 10/4/2002
The sad thing about it was that this movie had potential, which is probably why it made me so furious. Its director was Nicholas Roeg (The Man who Sold the World, Walkabout) and the main star was Gary Oldman. Not only that it was made by Handmade Films, started by George Harrison, a company that only lasted a few years but made some fabulous movies like "Withnail and I" and "Mona Lisa".
The problem was its script. There was no real story and I felt so sorry for Gary Oldman playing such an obnoxious uninteresting character. Some "twists" were thrown into the middle of the picture but they just seemed ludricous and with only a half hour to go, I ejected the movie.
1 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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The train's off track, but Oldman's worth the ride...
Added 7/1/2000
Most people who watch this go away mumbling "where was the plot" it was there, buried, but there. I love this film. Then again, I'm a huge Oldman fan. This was one of his earlier performances and you can see the actor that was to come. His portrayal of Martin, an alcoholic's fantasy version of her long-lost son, is magnificent. He shifts from man to boy, lover to child brilliantly. I wish I could praise his co-stars as highly. Theresa Russell's stiff performance as the bored alcoholic housewife left me cold and, for my money, Christopher Lloyd and Sandra Bernhard could have been left out completely. The only reason to watch the film is Gary Oldman, but his performance makes it worth watching again and again...just keep the ffwd button close."MOMMY!"
5 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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