The Life of David Gale (2003)
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Kate Winslet, Gabriel Mann, Leon Rippy
Screenwriter: Charles Randolph
Producer: Nicolas Cage, Alan Parker, Moritz Borman, Guy East
Composer: Alex Parker, Jake Parker
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 29, 2004
D-VHS Features:
- Note: D-VHS hardware required
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
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Reviews
The filmmakers work so hard to bewilder and to preach that they give us no opportunity to think clearly about the serious life-and-death issues that the film claims to address.
Como suspense, o filme não desaponta. Porém, a ambiguidade moral de seus ‘heróis’ acaba por transmitir uma mensagem oposta àquela que o filme pretende defender.
... [Alan] Parker lures you into the theater, but then you sit down and all he has waiting for you is a whoopee cushion.
In arguing that calmly and deliberately taking a life can never be justified... it ends up arguing just the opposite. It’s bad drama and worse politics.
In spite of my own feelings about the death penalty issue, I felt an overwhelming urge to strap this movie to a table and administer some punishment myself.
The film is so expertly crafted that it becomes an effective thriller. It is not, however, an indictment of the death penalty.
It isn't long before we yearn to see David Gale as the poster-boy for deserved capital punishment.
LThe Life of David Gale goes quietly into that good night during the doldrums of February, when studios discard their noble failures. . .
. When all is said and done, The Life of David Gale is thus only worth about $8.50 on a cheap Tuesday. .
'A pesar de las infundadas críticas en su contra, Alan Parker logra un trabajo estupendamente llevado a la pantalla al que vale mucho la pena echarle un vistazo'
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