2007 - Rated R - 1 hr 53 min
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke
I can never remember this movie by its title, so when I saw it on the wall I didn't know if I'd seen it already. But as soon as I started watching it, it all came back. Maybe the title just doens't fit, that's why my brain doesn't make the association.
Anyway, this one's great. Anthony Hopkins is a jilted husband who wants revenge on his wife and her lover. He sets up what he thinks is the perfect crime, then sets up the perfect acquittal by representing himself in court again Ryan Gosling and proving the evidence to be invalid again and again. But as with any good movie, in the end, he gets what's coming to him...the fun is in watching to see where he missteps.
It's smart and clever, the kind of cerebral intrigue that's nice to see from Hollywood once in a while. Hopkins is great, no surprise, but Gosling holds his own against him. Well done all around.
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