I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Sophie's Choice (1982) Director: Alan J. Pakula Watched: 7/29/18 Rating: 6/10 Meryl's second win, From who knows nominations; Not sure I agree. Straddles line between Deeply affecting and sham; Accent hard to grasp. Character-driven, But Stingo/Sophie/Nathan: Nebbish/Contrived/Mad. Apt color schemes, Grand cinematography, Great costumes and sets. Engaging but overlong; Forced favoritism- strong end. Haiku Sonnets are comprised of 4 3-line haiku plus a couplet of either 5 or 7 syllables, adding up to 14 lines, the same number of lines found in a sonnet. (5-7-5, 5-7-5, 5-7-5, 5-7-5, 7-7/5-5) #HaikuSonnet #PoemReview #BestActress #ClassicBook

Sophie's ChoiceSophie's Choice has a lot to offer; some good conversations, intense scenes, brilliant performance and a good old concept, but isn't enough for its runtime as it lacks gripping screenplay, vigorous tone and a thread to hold on for the audience. Meryl Streep is phenomenal in playing a part where the character is more human than ever i.e. a flawed character that isn't forcefully justified.

It's 1947. Stingo (Peter MacNicol) moves from the south to Brooklyn trying to be a writer. Sophie Zawistowski (Meryl Streep) and Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) are his amorous volatile couple and upstairs neighbors. She's Polish Catholic having survived Auschwitz and haunted by a heart-breaking secret. He works at Pfizer and is obsessed with the Nazis. The movie has long flashbacks that reveal Sophie's past and secrets.It's a very slow moving movie at times. It meanders and teases for the first hour. It can get tedious at times. There are some interesting bits like Dickens and Leslie Lapidus. The three actors are superb but they can only hint at the final explosive reveal. The reveals are compelling bits of the puzzle. Streep is impeccable transitioning between the various languages. Kline does a good deteriorating personality. MacNicol gives a solid performance to give the audience a voice. Of course, the climatic scene is heart wrenching iconic cinematic history. The piercing girl's scream is devastating and it shows on Streep's face.

Based on William Styron's novel, this Alan J. Pakula directed adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Sophie, a Polish refugee and concentration camp survivor haunted by those painful memories; Kevin Kline plays Nathan, a Jewish man who loves Sophie, and is obsessed with the Holocaust and emotionally erratic, veering from affectionate to combative; Peter MacNicol plays Stingo, a young American writer who befriends them both, and ultimately tells their story, as he acts as the film's narrator as the three of them share a boarding house, and Stingo will learn Sophie's terrible "choice" that has haunted her for years...Meryl Streep is magnificent in her Academy Award winning performance, portraying the haunted guilt and heartbreak of that impossible choice made many years ago. Nathan's craziness does grate on the viewer after awhile, and film is a bit long, but so powerfully acted and told that it is well worth seeing regardless of these quibbles.