I loved it and I hated it. | The Manchurian Candidate (Widescreen Edition)

DVD: The Manchurian Candidate (Widescreen Edition) | Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber

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	• The Manchurian Candidate (Widescreen Edition) Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber Paramount, 2004 average customer review:based on 203 reviews view larger image
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New Perspective on Axelrod's Original Script

1962's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, John McGiver, James Gregory and Leslie Parrish is a cinematic classic. It is a modern day tale of unspeakable psychological horrors. Frankenheimer's style of mixing tension and political cynicism span the gamut of dark humor to nail biting anxiety of the white-knuckle variety. Underneath it all Frankenheimer never loses sight of the cost of these transgressions and he subliminally reminds us of the human tragedy and loss caused by them, which is somewhat what this entire film seems to be about. 2004's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is a bit of a conundrum and almost seems like a homage to Frankenheimer's classic. The script based on George Axelrod's original, which in turn was based on the novel by Richard Condon, is confusing and ethereal. Lost in this script is Frank Sinatra's original character of the dedicated and logically minded, yet intuitively driven, army officer Marco. Here Washington is a sympathetic and frustrated failure. Liev Schreiber's performance as the human pawn Raymond Shaw is much more successful but the viewer truly has to read between the lines when compared to Laurence Harvey's brilliant, poignant and tragic performance in the original. Meryl Streep's performance as Raymond Shaw's mother is laughable and is not anywhere near the stature of Angela Lansbury's penetrating performance in the original. 2004's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE's is a curiosity piece and may actually be making a statement about cinematic re-makes.

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I loved it and I hated it.

I loved this movie because the story was so important, but I hated it because it was so disturbing. I think we have to be disturbed to know what is going on right in our lives. This movie was a remake of an old movie. I hear the other one was disturbing also. Sometimes these issues need to come up. It is a good thing to think about with our current state of government. I am sure any president would not be happy when this came out while he was in office. Fortunately many Americans are not too smart and they just like voilence and the meaning will go right over their heads. For those of you who are reading this I know you will know what the movie is about and it is very important, but disturbing. Watch it during the day and have time to talk afterwards. Way too complicated for little kids. Way to much explaining to do. This was great though. If you are reading reviews I am sure you will love it. Just keep young kids away from it and be ready to have a long disgussion with any teen who sees this. It is complex.

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