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Anthony Hopkins is a brilliant actor; Cuba Gooding Jr is a talented guy with a lot of charm. Both have recently won Oscars (Best Actor for The Silence of the Lambs and Best Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire, respectively); neither can make Instinct compelling. Hopkins plays a brilliant anthropologist studying gorillas who entered into their world, becoming part of their family, and who killed two park rangers in the gorillas' habitat. Gooding plays a brilliant young psychiatrist who is supposed to evaluate Hopkins and determine whether he's fit to stand trial. Hopkins, along with a number of other psychotics, is being held at a prison, which serves to illustrate the movie's themes about control and freedom. It's not so much that the ideas themselves are hokum--nature versus civilisation is always a rich topic--it's that Instinct boils them down to inane sound bites. Psychology is reduced to a game in which the psychiatrist's job is to trick the patient into believing the correct thing or revealing the key that will solve the puzzle. There's not a credible moment in the whole movie, despite the presence of a good cast, including Donald Sutherland and Maura Tierney. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I just read a review of this film by one of the Amazon team, and obviously he doesn't understand many things. This is one of the most amazing films I have ever come across. Every moment of the film IS creditable, not just creditable; brilliant. Even if you completely disagree with what the movie is saying it is still a must-see. Ignore anyone who thinks this is rubbish; I give this film my 110% confidence.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Syd_The_Beat
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I didn't know much about this film before I watched it and had little expectations of it, I thought it would be an average film, fortunatley I was wrong. Anthony Hopkins plays his character with the brilliant acting ability that you would expect, the same goes for Oscar winning Cuba Gooding Jr. The story is about a doctor that has been classed as insane as he has been committed of murder and refuses to communicate with the world around him. Gooding plays the doctor who is trying to understand what makes his mind work and what makes him act the way he does. The film makes you wonder what people are actually insane. Are they insane or just people who want to be free from the world that has been created around them, the world that controls how they behave and how they carry out their daily lives.(if you dont understand what I'm talking about you will after you have watch the film.) I strongly recommend this film to everyone as it is highly enjoyable and it will be money well spend if you buy this film.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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WOW, what a film. The film critic who first writes a review on this must be very shallow and did not get the message of this film.
A wonderful film that I beleive everyone should watch.
When all things have been used from this earth, ie, every animal killed, every tree destroyed, every fish caught, every water drained, then perhaps we will realise that we do NOT own the earth and that we cannot survive on power and money alone.
A wonderful film that I beleive everyone should watch.
When all things have been used from this earth, ie, every animal killed, every tree destroyed, every fish caught, every water drained, then perhaps we will realise that we do NOT own the earth and that we cannot survive on power and money alone.
This film still plays on my mind and I feel that it is a good lesson to learn from watching this.
We as humans are nothing, nature is everything. We are destoyers and takers...very sad....
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Fantastic and thought provoking.
My title sums this film up for me. As an Anthony Hopkins fan I bought this in all honesty because he was in it, and the storyline looked interesting. I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Susan Keefe
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This is a keeper
I would naturaly tag this movie with gorillas in the mist for the obvious reason of the story behind it. Read more
Published 8 days ago by B. Appleby
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AMAZING film!
I have never written a review before, but after reading the above by one of the amazon team I had to! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tankie
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Instinct DVD
Love this film!! watched it on tv once and always remembered it, just could not remember the film title so i searched everywhere for this dvd...... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lfol
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An Awesome Experience
What does one say about a movie that has Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Donald Sutherland and Maura Tierney as the cast. One word "Excellent". Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2010 by Vivienne South Africa
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...Ummm - not all bad!
I'm actually NOT sure WHY I purchased it...! All I can say is that it was NOT a waste of time. Personally I think Cuba should be in more films and Anthony Hopkins is just sheer... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2010 by Chantel
3.0 out of 5 stars
instinct
an excellent film to my mind any film with Antony Hopkins starring is 9/10 going to be very watchable
Published on 29 April 2009 by Mr. M. J. Webb
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A new perspective
Co-existence.
Something mankind seems to have lost with his concrete environment and something that plays a key role in the film. Read more
Something mankind seems to have lost with his concrete environment and something that plays a key role in the film. Read more
Published on 11 May 2008 by N. Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars
awe inspiring ... will make your heart ache
This is a deeply moving story about an anthropologist who leaves everything behind and lives with a group of gorillas - we get glimpses of that life later in movie. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2007 by Mary Chrapliwy
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A Movie that will grab your attention
"Instinct," is one of the most emotional and powerful movies ever made. I can't think of any others that even come close to the emotions that it has. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos
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