Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I want to be careful not to give too much away. I don't think I have ever seen a bad Anthony Hopkins film. I almost did not watch because I thought it would be too unsettling to see sex scenes between Hopkins and Kidman.However, the intimacy between Kidman and Hopkins comes across as genuine, and the movie was extremely tasteful when dealing with the sexual part of their relationship.Kidman shines in this film as a damaged, uneducated woman tormented by her tragic past. Gary Sinise and Ed Harris are, as always, excellent in their roles.Anthony Hopkins is one of the best actors of all time. He is able to show so much depth and emotion without trying. He manages to always come across as likable (even in the Hannibal movies).If your movies have to be filled with nudity, explosions, and special effects, this is probably not for you.However, if you like movies that deal with the inner workings of two complicated and diverse people, you will probably enjoy this.Forget all of the reviews, and judge for yourself.

The Human Stain is a drama film that stars Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman together with Gary Sinise and Ed Harris.It was directed by Robert Benton. The screenplay by Nicholas Meyer is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late 1990s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, Coleman Silk, a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeper and deeper into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when an affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming public.While the film does overreach at times, and might not be as powerful as the material deserves, The Human Stain is far from a failure.Though it fails to reach its potential to become an excellent film,it remains a challenging, thought-provoking film, buoyed with finely crafted performances from both Hopkin and Kidman for at the end of the movie,you do care for the people here.

This film tells us about the confrontation with the past of two different characters. I really like this part because Faunia (Nicole Kidman) has a soul living with a bundle of very tragic episodes needing to be shared about her life. It's not only about Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins)'s secret here. Coleman indeed realizes has 'two bloods' in a time when realizing that involved intolerance and lack of respect; so he stays away of it even this decision involves his own family. On the other hand, Faunia realizes her new family environment is negative for her and she decides to stay away from this but she gets involved in an abusive relationship later on, so again she's being chased from what she's escaping from. Coleman, many years later, sees himself being accused of what he didn't confront many years earlier, probably just a coincidence, probably just something else. Thus, those two characters met each other and I think that's the most positive way had to go for them. They had stories to tell and eventually, you need someone to share your stuff no matter how tragic is your story... perhaps you find someone that not only can listen to you but also, give you love and... as a plus, he's got a secret for you.

This was a pretty good movie. Everyone that gave bad reviews is just telling us that they are either not very mature or not very smart but probably both. If you are stupid, you will not like this so don't watch it. Go to school, watch the movie again, and voilà. You will think it is not a bad movie. Everybody performed very well. I agree it may be difficult for people to imagine the actors as the people they were playing, but only if you watch too much television and can't really think for yourself anymore. You know who you are. Stop reviewing movies if you are an idiot. Just read the book. Oh yeah. You watch TV so you don't have to think don't you? Why the meaningless reviews then? Shouldn't you be watching your DVD collection of Friends?