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Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon star as the Brewers, an affluent couple whose well-ordered life is shattered when their oldest son is killed in a car crash. It's nothing that anyone can prepare for, and this pair, with their happily calibrated life, are particularly susceptible to disaster. The mother becomes obsessed with the minutiae of her son's last moments, most severely by trying to rouse the driver of the other car out of a deep coma. The father tries to remain strong, seeking sanctuary in the recesses of his professorial, mathematical mind. The horrible accident further exacerbates their younger son's feelings of alienation and inadequacy. Further upsetting the Brewers, a young woman played by Carey Mulligan appears and rightfully claims that she is carrying their late, idealized son's baby.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Saw this film advertised as a trailer and the wife suggested she might like to see it!
Say no more and I promptly purchased said item.
Can't say I was disappointed too much at having to watch it though.
Terrific performance by Carey Mulligan and excellent by Pierce Brosnan (didn't think I'd ever say that!) Susan Sarandon was, as ever, marvellous and there was a good supporting role by the actor playing her youngest son, sorry can't remember his name but very good all the same.
Plot a bit thin, centring around a very difficult subject of bereavement which I found to be handled very well, but as initimated cannot fault the acting.
As I say Not the Greatest but well worth the cost of a DVD and a bottle of wine to watch it with.
Spoil the wife she'll love it.
Say no more and I promptly purchased said item.
Can't say I was disappointed too much at having to watch it though.
Terrific performance by Carey Mulligan and excellent by Pierce Brosnan (didn't think I'd ever say that!) Susan Sarandon was, as ever, marvellous and there was a good supporting role by the actor playing her youngest son, sorry can't remember his name but very good all the same.
Plot a bit thin, centring around a very difficult subject of bereavement which I found to be handled very well, but as initimated cannot fault the acting.
As I say Not the Greatest but well worth the cost of a DVD and a bottle of wine to watch it with.
Spoil the wife she'll love it.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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The two reviewers before me seem to have missed the point entirely. Why bother to review (and, what's worse, give one star) just to say there is something wrong with the 'aspect ration', whatever that is. The other reviewer thought that the plot was weak. On the contrary, the writer overcomes a major plot problem with great finesse, and turns the whole thing into something much more problem. The problem is how to introduce the pregnant Rose into her dead lover's parents' household at a time when their grief is fresh. Normally, they would know his girlfriend as a matter of course, or he and Rose would have been living apart for some considerable time, and so weakening the parent-son and brother-brother bonds to some degree. There is a key passage in which Rose talks to Bennet's father and tells him everything about what happened between them. It seems they had been in love with each other for four years, but he only got up the courage to speak to her on the day they meet, go to bed, and are victims of a fatal car crash in which he dies. It's those four years of unspoken love that allow her to sum it up: 'He was the love of my life'. You have to take that seriously, and then perhaps to understand that her grief is the greater, in that she will never love or be loved with that intensity for the rest of her life. This is serious stuff that transforms an ordinary grief movie into something more.
Of course, neither Piers Brosnan nor Susan Sarandon is strong enough to make this work as well as it might, and the writing (despite that very fine plot resolution) simply isn't up to it. The film suffers too from the American propensity for 'redemption' at the end of novels and films. A French director might have made more of this.
But I've given it four stars to acknowledge the stellar quality of Carey Mulligan, both the most beautiful and most expressive of actresses from her generation. The Greatest, like An Education, is very much worth watching just for her performance, for her dazzling smiles, and for the European subtlety she brings to her role. Sarandon's mother is unsympathetic, Brosnan's father seems too remote until he achieves redemption in grief, but Rose ties everything together, through her own loss and her pregnancy. Don't let these one-star reviews persuade you not to buy or borrow this. It may not be the greatest film you will ever see, but, curiously enough, you may find that you never forget it, because Rose's story is so exquisitely painful.
Of course, neither Piers Brosnan nor Susan Sarandon is strong enough to make this work as well as it might, and the writing (despite that very fine plot resolution) simply isn't up to it. The film suffers too from the American propensity for 'redemption' at the end of novels and films. A French director might have made more of this.
But I've given it four stars to acknowledge the stellar quality of Carey Mulligan, both the most beautiful and most expressive of actresses from her generation. The Greatest, like An Education, is very much worth watching just for her performance, for her dazzling smiles, and for the European subtlety she brings to her role. Sarandon's mother is unsympathetic, Brosnan's father seems too remote until he achieves redemption in grief, but Rose ties everything together, through her own loss and her pregnancy. Don't let these one-star reviews persuade you not to buy or borrow this. It may not be the greatest film you will ever see, but, curiously enough, you may find that you never forget it, because Rose's story is so exquisitely painful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've liked Pierce Brosnan through almost all his films, but I've never seen him in such a compelling role.
The whole film is as great a film can be, no unnecessary sentimentality but with lot of love. A broken family who lost their only perfect piece.
C.Mulligan is a great actress, just looking at her face makes me feel comfortable.
Well, if you are into some tears and emotions this is the film for you.
The whole film is as great a film can be, no unnecessary sentimentality but with lot of love. A broken family who lost their only perfect piece.
C.Mulligan is a great actress, just looking at her face makes me feel comfortable.
Well, if you are into some tears and emotions this is the film for you.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
filled with raw emotion.plus performances are truly special,from the...
(THE FILM)
Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon star as the Brewers, an affluent couple whose well-ordered life is shattered when their oldest son is killed in a car crash. Read more
Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon star as the Brewers, an affluent couple whose well-ordered life is shattered when their oldest son is killed in a car crash. Read more
Published 8 days ago by S. F. husseiny
A CLASSIC IN THE LONG RUN---THE GREATEST.
I got this movie for my mrs, and we watched last night, and I too noticed it's Ratio is wrong. Dont though let that put you off viewing it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by sam lowry
the greatest
i've been wanting to see this film for a long time, it is a brilliant film one I could watch again
Published 14 months ago by Di
a lovely film filled with great emotion and hope
this film stars two of the biggest names in hollywood, pierce brosnan and susan sarrandon and is filled with drama, emotion and hope it really touches you deep inside its one of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by vera
DVD The Greatest
Thoroughly enjoyed this film. It took a very sensitive subject and with superb all round acting it was a beautiful film.
Published 16 months ago by Sandy
They Cropped the Film!
A potentially good film that was ruined by the picture being cropped from a 2.35:1 ratio down to 1.66:1. The opening scene inside the car was obviously pan and scan. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Adrian Bratby
The Greatest is The Greatest
My wife creid at the trailer so I new I was on to a winner and it did not disapoint
Published 21 months ago by Mr swing
Sad and deep story
The movie has great cast who deliver outstanding performance. Pierce Branson portrays mourning father who is torn between his inner emotions and inability to express his sadness. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Nina Paszkowska
BE PATIENT
Although this film had a good cast it was very very slow. I enjoyed it but husband fell asleep.
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. S. Taylor
WRONG ASPECT RATIO
aspect ratio of the film: 1: 2,35
aspect ratio of the film on dvd: 1: 1,78
chopped image!!!!!!!!!!!!
don't buy- it's a shame films still get released that way. Read more
aspect ratio of the film on dvd: 1: 1,78
chopped image!!!!!!!!!!!!
don't buy- it's a shame films still get released that way. Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by Paul Plöchl
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