Sleuth

Times Watched: 1
Watched With: Nobody @ The Cathay (19/04)
Snacks: Cup Corn & Green Tea

Sleuth /slu:0/ n [C] infml (esp. in films) a DETECTIVE

Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine) is a millionaire detective novelist whose wife has run off with actor Milo Tindle (Jude Law).
his ego can't take it so he invites Tindle to his high-tech home in the countryside to settle things like men.
and that means playing a game. with dangerous consequences.

this whole movie has a cast of 2.
and the whole BIG deal about it is that it had 4 british icons of film and theatre (actors Michael Caine & Jude Law, director Kenneth Branagh & screen-writer Harold Pinter) and it's based upon an award winning theatre play and is a remake of a 1972 original.

and because it's just as i've put it, i can't possibly reveal anything else or i'll have given the whole plot away. seriously.

but what i will tell you is this.

the only thing about this movie i enjoyed was the quick british wit displayed between the two leads.
it's always nice to see arrogant englishmen banter among themselves and it almost always seems so silky and charming.

and it's interesting that Michael Caine is starring in another movie remake where he starred in the older original as well.
(he starred in Jude Law's role of Tindle in the 1972 movie. other remakes of his own movies include Get Carter)
incidentally, Jude Law starred in Alfie which starred Caine in the original.

okay enough with the trivia and down to the bottom line.

don't watch this movie.
the reason i put the meaning of Sleuth at the the start is because it seems okay in the beginning but in the end you become a detective trying to find a good reason why you shouldn't curse this movie to death.

i read that the original 1972 had a different ending so i might try and check that out because it seems like a better twist.
but for this remake?
seems like such a waste of great british talent.

quick wits and british charm aside.
get the dvd instead.

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