The Hoax

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andrea c @Charst 12/14/2022 Divertente ed incredibile storia vera che cerca di raccontare nel modo più completo e dinamico possibile un tentativo di truffa assurdo quanto audace. Richard Gere e Alfred Molina formano una coppia diversa e completa, due grandi attori che interpretano splendidamente i due protagonisti. La sceneggiatura è piena di eventi ed attenta ai dettagli, racconta in maniera fredda ed imparziale gli eventi, costruendo i personaggi in modo tale da permettere allo spettatore di non schierarsi da nessun lato; si osservano gli scatti d'ira immotivati e le bugie raccontate da Gere che sembra avere un vetro a separarlo da ogni altro essere umano. Più commedia che dramma epico, piacevole ma non indimenticabile. See more AquaQuick66 A @AquaQuick66 11/27/2022 The Hoax is an underrated little gem of a film that I highly recommend to everyone! A- See more steve d @RT35616104 06/24/2020 It is hard to pull for the character but Richard Gere is great. The weird truth to the story make it really interesting. See more 12/27/2019 A little long, edged on boring in places but also really clever and genuinely funny. Good movie See more 12/11/2019 I wasn't too enthusiastic about the Host. This film presents the anatomy of an audacious con artist and illustrates how the sin eventually catches up with the sinner. Due to an uneven tone, various unresolved plot threads, and a sense that a few too many liberties are being taken with the facts of the case, The Hoax falls a notch below those other films. It is neither as entertaining nor as involving, and the main character isn't as complex or sympathetic. The tone and pacing of The Hoax are uneven. Although the story is not uninteresting, experiencing it via this movie is like going on a car ride across a bumpy road. The Hoax rushes through parts of the story then slows down to focus on minutia. The most interesting bits of the movie involve the way in which writing about Hughes becomes an obsessive act for Irving. Gradually, even though he has never met the billionaire, he begins to imagine that he understands him. An alright diversion at best. See more 12/02/2019 The Hoax is nothing like you'd expect. Sort of like the very definition of the title. Hey! There's your first clue. They are getting things right. The Hoax Lasse Hallstrom, the director, is an optimistic fellow. He has to be. Or so he projects himself as. Armed with a bizarre true story and even ridiculously funny script. The film easily has ten moments, steps in each act of the film that drops your jaw in the air. Now, that is a good script. But I think what Lasse does here is something much smarter and efficient. You'd think that after a while, the shock therapy would grow weary. But where there were supposed to be "mehs" there is perpetually an awe. And his first way in, is through the pace. It moves with a ferocious speed, even at times neglecting characters and their priorities. Lucky for them, they have a great cast and equally great performances in their side, especially Alfred Molina as the "co-author". There is another major improvement in the film and it is how meticulous it is. You'd think that a film like such, of such genre, that displays time passing by rapidly will rely upon montage sequences and a train of various scenarios whooshing in front of us. And instead we get proper hand picked set pieces driving carelessly in this safe street. Which makes me think about the genre, now. "The comedy" genre of the film is actually a major contributor in the dramatic elements. We get the essence of sketchy scenes. Now, where we draw lines in comic films are completely different then where we would draw in dramatic ones. Lasse pushes back and forth between these genres to make the most absurd plot swallow with delight in our face and the most mundane requirement feel like responsibility. That is what it all comes to, responsibility. See more Read all reviews

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