Re: A History of Violence
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Ebert is spot-on, and his explanation is why History of violence is a deceptively great film.
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Sorry, I don't buy into his explanation at all. FWIW, Ebert also gave "Tomb Raider" 3 stars, so I wouldn't say he is the be all, end all. My main problem is that I didn't really care about the characters at all. They were shallowly fleshed out, and Viggo's character took huge leaps that I just didn't buy. In addition, the subplot with his son was really poorly done I thought. I found myself not caring at all what happened to Viggo when he went back to Philly.
I do think that this would have made a very cool graphic novel, but as a movie I thought it was a complete failure.
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