Stone Cold
Film: Winter’s Tale
Cast: Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown Findlay
Directed by: Akiva Goldsman
Duration: 1 hr 58 mins
Rating: * *
Oscar winning screenplay writer (A Beautiful Mind) Akiva
Goldsman makes his debut as a director with Winter’s Tale which he has adapted
from the novel by Mark Helprin. Meant to
be a love story, there is so much mumbo jumbo here about people turning into
stars after death , destiny, universe, miracles, and there is also a flying
horse. And no, Deepak Chopra had nothing to do with the film.
Spanning a period of almost hundred years from 1915 onwards,
Peter (Colin Farrell) is a thief who breaks into a house and falls in love with
a woman (Jessica Brown Findlay) who is terminally ill. Pearly (Russell Crowe)
is a demon in the form of a gangster who wants to kill Peter before a miracle
can be started.After their encounters in the past the story moves to
present day where Peter is still around and so is the demon. And also the
winged horse sent by God to help Peter.
You lose interest in the plot right from the beginning; it
starts off on a rather dull note and continues in the same vein. All the
fantasy and mysticism is even less credible than a fake preacher. The only
reason the film is bearable is because it is beautifully shot and the cast is
earnest. Pity, the story leaves you
stone cold.
Published in The Navhind Times on 16th Feb 2014
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