I quite liked this. Boozy colonialists hanging on, fuelled by wine and local women.
Graham Greene certainly knew how to romanticize the decline of British control over the world.
Another easy performance by CAINE as a cuckolded alcoholic.
GERE's character was a big failure. Thats probably what ruined the movie. Even the book wasnt GREENE's best.
Also, BOB HOSKINS looked and sounded ridiculous as an uruguayan.
ELIPIDILLA CARILLO was sexy. In some GREENE novels, you have the young man (sometimes american) stealing the woman from the older british guy.
This is a nice film of place.
Actually very flawed. But the background score by MCCARTNEY and the locales made it worth a watch.
The IMDB rating of 5.7 is probably quite perfect.
(7/10)
Graham Greene certainly knew how to romanticize the decline of British control over the world.
Another easy performance by CAINE as a cuckolded alcoholic.
GERE's character was a big failure. Thats probably what ruined the movie. Even the book wasnt GREENE's best.
Also, BOB HOSKINS looked and sounded ridiculous as an uruguayan.
ELIPIDILLA CARILLO was sexy. In some GREENE novels, you have the young man (sometimes american) stealing the woman from the older british guy.
This is a nice film of place.
Actually very flawed. But the background score by MCCARTNEY and the locales made it worth a watch.
The IMDB rating of 5.7 is probably quite perfect.
(7/10)