M Butterfly [VHS]
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VHS Tape Cover Information Actor: Annabel Leventon, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Irons, John Lone Director: David Cronenberg Edition: VHS Tape Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC Running Time: 101 minutes Release Date: 1997-11-10 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Publisher: Warner Home Video Studio: Warner Home Video |
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VHS Movie Reviews of M Butterfly [VHS]
Movie Review: I love Irons and Cronenberg, but ooohhh...
Summary: 2 Stars
Simply put, the overall execution was wanting.The individual elements were good: acting, production, sets, costuming, etc...but they didn't mesh well at all.
This was highly disappointing to me, as I had read the play.
And although I realize that it was part of the point, the actor in me really wished that a better casting choice could have been made in place of Lone. He's a superb actor but altogether too masculine to be convincing in any way to the audience. Again, I realize that it was necessary (i.e., only a person who thought of the East as "effeminate" could have fallen for that "pretty face"), but perhaps a little help for the audience would have been nice. Of course, I don't know of any actors who would have fit the role better, but still...
Anyway, the individual elements, plus the marvelous construction of the last scenes, save this film from falling completely flat on its face.