IMDb plot summary: A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.
Directed by Peter Yates. Starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, and Christopher Plummer.
Eyewitness is a Peter Yates thriller starring William Hurt as a janitor who is the only person known to be in the building when a wealthy man is murdered. He is love with his local news anchor, played by Sigourney Weaver, and tries to spend time with her by teasing the possibility that he knows more about the murder than he lets on. But this, of course, puts a target on the back from the actual murderer. This is kind of a fun premise and it's structured pretty well as far as letting us guess who the murderer is and how it happened. It also manages to explore some surprisingly poignant plotlines about veteran neglect and PTSD. It's less successful in setting up the romance, as Hurt's "aw shucks" everyman comes across as more stalkerish than anything else -- definitely not as charming as the movie thinks it is. But from a thriller standpoint, it's decently successful, even if not anything terribly special.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Eyewitness < Captain Phillips
Eyewitness > Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Eyewitness < Quigley Down Under
Eyewitness > Blue is the Warmest Color
Eyewitness > The Big Heat
Eyewitness > The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
Eyewitness > Jurassic World
Eyewitness > Guarding Tess
Eyewitness > Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Eyewitness < No Highway in the Sky
Eyewitness > Outbreak
Final spot: #2426 out of 3874, or 37%.
No comments:
Post a Comment