Young Coleman Silk (Miller) puts in an amazing performance that will most likely be forgotten with the heavyweight actors he is working with.
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10/26/03
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The Human Stain (2003)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:59
Rotten:85
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Though the acting is fine, the leads are miscast, and the story is less powerful on screen than on the page.
Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $5,311,526
Synopsis: Director Robert Benton brings Philip Roth's 2000 novel THE HUMAN STAIN to the screen in this lavish production, with expert cinematography from Jean-Yves Escoffier. Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins)... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Sinese, Ed Harris
Director: Robert Benton
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Reviews for The Human Stain
Startling revelations heighten interest when the essential foundation of love vs. sex goes impertinently ambiguous.
10/26/03
non-visionary filmmaking with one of the most insipid screenplays of the year
10/23/03
The symbolic weight lands, like most of the film’s vain attempts at profundity, with a dull thud.
10/21/03
Actually, the film begins at an A level then gradually loses its grip on the audience.
10/21/03
Robert Benton’s The Human Stain should be a lesson to us all: it is possible to make a film creakier than Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.
10/20/03
Hopkins and Kidman, both Oscar winners, give outstanding performances, but they are miscast
10/09/03
The Human Stain shouldn't leave an irrevocable blotch on anyone's career, but the film itself is a serious misfire
10/05/03
Bland and dull rather than disturbing.
10/03/03
All the talent and expertise has resulted in a film that, while poised and beautifully crafted, is emotionally detached and remote.
10/02/03
The movie's nature and content brings together a team of actors that's about as good as it gets and the ravishing Nicole Kidman has a few moments of sufficient artistry to give the members of the Academy some pause when they consider this year's nomina
09/29/03
The Human Stain is heavy going. It's the flashes of dramatic lightning that make it a trip worth taking.
09/25/03
Top CriticWithout the sardonic rant of Philip Roth, upon whose novel the film is based, the material plays as stale or preposterous.
09/20/03
Hopkins and Kidman enjoy the chemistry of Liza Minnelli and David Gest.
09/12/03
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09/09/03
An intelligent adaptation of Philip Roth's arguably unfilmable novel.
09/04/03
The thriller aspects of the story and the overall solid level of acting -- including a sexy performance from a red-hot Nicole Kidman -- keep the audience interested but never fully emotionally involved.
09/04/03
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