Movie Reflections - Mindwalk
When a young Sam Waterston -- who has been a star in the television series Law & Order for years -- playing a U.S. Senator (named Jack) who has presidential ambitions, and his poet American expatriate friend Thomas (played by John Heard), open the movie, it moves very slowly. The viewer who may have been hoping for some action may well be disappointed because it is clearly an intellectual film. That said, some of the chit-chat in the opening and through much of the film comes across as trite and even pretentious. Clearly, some of the dialogue comes off as cliched and platitudinous.
Of course the intention of director Bernt Capra was to bring characters together from disparate backgrounds and points-of-view, and to give the audience things to think about. And as the film progresses, for those paying close attention to the dialogue, there are things said that cause ears to perk up and thoughts to swirl around in minds. And the viewer that hasn't read the book from which this movie was launched ("The Turning Point") may wonder why three people (including Sonia, played by Lv Ullman) happen to stumble into each other in front of a cathedral on an island offshore from France....
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