AWESOME Alan Rickman

Where is that oscar?? What a super great movie!! Did one of you ever remember having left the theatre with a smile on your face after seeing a movie where a young woman is killed in a car accident? Well, I kept smiling during the entire movie, I was glad because this movie is showing life as it really is. People who meet new people as a result of a common tragedy. Developing friendship, learning to understand. I swear I will never watch the oscars ever again if this movie (or one of the actors) is not receiving an oscar!

This movie is beyond brilliance! I enjoyed every minute of it. The young Ed Sanders made a great impression on me, what a strong child singing voice he has! What a great sound track from Stephen Sondheim! I must buy that CD! The performances were great (yes I love Alan Rickman even more than Johnny Depp) and the visual effects were unbelievable, thanks to the super Tim Burton! Oh so much blood! Made a great contrast with the dark scenery!

For those who haven't seen the movie that earned Alan Rickman a Golden Globe and Emmy award and Ian McKellen a Golden Globe as well, it is one of those movies where the actor doesn't play the character but where the actor is the character. A very interesting and emotional performance. Add to this a brilliant Ian McKellen as the Tsar and you have the perfect British actor pair in an absolutely fabulous based-on-a-true story flick!
Alan Rickman as Rasputin... Anything more interesting to watch on DVD does not exist!!
A must see movie.
The only DVD version left is the region 2 Dutch version (English spoken of course). There are a few shops where it is available but I bought my copy here. (Click to see the link)

Best movie of 2006! All thanks to the brilliant story of German writer Patrick Süskind! This movie doesn't need Hoffman or Rickman to be a success, but it certainly is an asset!
I'm very impressed by the performance of Ben Whishaw. He had not many lines but his acting was beyond perfection. He had help from director Tom Tykwer, who chose the right music and sound effects.
I read the general bad critics about this movie, and I conclude that I don't understand the critics when they write that " This movie is not so convincing because Tykwer does not succeed in making the viewer feel the world of scents..." Well to me this is bullshit. When I read the book I did not smell the perfumes either.
The greatness of the film is that the sarcasm, with which this story was written, was interpreted extremely well by the cast. The emotions were there and the movie had a terrific scenery and beautiful costumes, next to the incredible story and a convincing cast!
This is truly a GREAT movie. Must put it under "My favourite movies" immediately!

Richard Curtis is the BEST comedy writer!

GREAT movie, awesome cast!

Absolutely brilliant movie! According to me the best Potter movie made so far but that might have to do with the fact that the Severus Snape scenes were many and spread well from the very beginning to the very end. Actor Jim Broadbent was fantastic as Slughorn and even the three kids didn't irritate me this time. But where did Snape's line It's over! go to?

Personally I think this is the best Potter movie so far just because I have the double pleasure of seeing Alan Rickman & Gary Oldman star together! I adore both!!!
Of course the story is another brilliant one of JKRowling...

Bruce Willis > GREAT
But Alan Rickman steals the show!!! LOVE this movie!!

"That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas."

ALAN RICKMAN RULES THE WORLD...

We all had to wait a few years to see this DVD released but apparantly it's time now... finally!!! Thanks to Mike Binder...and all of you who signed this petition!

Much credit for this movie goes to Mike Binder who is not only a brilliant actor in this film but has also written and directed it! Waaaw Mike, he is super!

Furthermore my appreciation for the best actor in the world, Alan Rickman, because as good as he may be playing evil characters, he's even better as a comedian! Actually, Alan is an unbeatable comedian.

See it and enjoy a good laugh!

I have seen this movie so many times and I will recommend it to anyone until I die and beyond! (appropriate in this case)
The story is such a strong one. The lovely Nina, played by Juliet Stevenson tries to get over her husband Jamie's (played by Alan Rickman) premature death. It seems to be very difficult because she keeps seeing Jamie all over her house, she's even talking to him as if he were alive!
Such a beautiful drama directed by the late Anthony Minghella. Rest in Peace Anthony!

This one is not a movie but a TV-series. It is a play based on a novel by French writer Émile Zola who is known to be a philosopher. Along the way this story becomes darker and darker and ends in complete disaster. This drama really touched me. I bought it because I wanted to see a quite young Alan Rickman in a role which apparently isn't mentioned in the novel but only appears in the play because the viewer would understand the characters' intentions better. Brian Cox is just amazing and so is the female lead Kate Nelligan.
Absolutely a must see, if you like serious drama!

Great performances of both Alan Rickman and Mos Def!

I have to read that book!!!
The movie is beautiful. Love costume dramas. Love Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant in it. They're both sexy in this one. (if I were Marianne I'd drop dead for Colonel Brandon instead for that other jerk, Willoughby. she has no taste that woman *lol* At the end of the movie she understands...)
Emma Thompson wrote a great screenplay and I LOVE her speech when she received a Golden Globe for this movie! Great woman Emma! Love U!

The first time I saw it it was kinda weird american shit. The second time was a bit better. The third time was good! The fourth time I saw it I started to like it! Now I love it! It's a great movie actually!

A movie every Amnesty International supporter should see!!!

Fine british comedy, not a masterpiece but certainly not boring. Good performances of all actors. Bill Nighy is brilliant and awfully funny!
Loved the dead body with the Sid Vicious hairstyle! ;-)

Alan Rickman naked!!
:-))))))))))))))))))

I usually don't like science fiction but I gave this one a chance because Rickman is in it. And I liked it very much. Tim Allen was the best and Sam Rockwell was very funny indeed! Sam is always funny! See it!

Watched this one after illegally downloading it. Still waiting for it to be released in theatre, outside USA. No trace of any region 2 DVD release either. That's how illegal downloading is stimulated, due to assholes who won't bother to release a movie.
Having said this I'd like to say that I liked this flick so much better than its successor Bottle Shock. Maybe it is not a typical thriller but it certainly has a weird plot. Randall Miller did a very good job. Alan Rickman yet again put down a wonderfully well-played selfish character, a type which only Alan Rickman can do perfectly. I enjoyed him and his hairy legs quite much!
Bryan Greenberg & Mary Steenbergen did a good job as well and I just loved Danny DeVito in his supporting role. The soundtrack was a bit irritating but the scene transitions were great.
Pity it takes years before Europeans can see this movie in a legal way. They even got me to download it even though I swore never to do anything like this ever! There you go!

I saw the movie twice in theatre within 24 hours. The first time I was disappointed because the movie should have been quite a bit longer. There were a few scenes missing in the movie. Having read the book I was expecting to see specific scenes in the movie. I did not like the fact that Cho was the traitor of Dumbledore's Army. I so much wanted to see a student with "SNEAK" written on her face. Would have been much funnier. And I longed to see Severus & Sirius fighting on the table but I didn't see that scene either. The performances of Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson & Imelda Staunton were superior as usual and they are the reason why I still give this movie 4.5 stars.

I recommend everyone to read the books! They are better than the movies!!
But I can not do anything else but give all Potter films five stars, at least because Gary Oldman & Alan Rickman are in it. Unfortunately in this movie Oldman is barely visible in the flames. This movie is not the best Potter movie, I think.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the fifth movie.

I've seen better police movies than this. Still 3.5 starts especially for Alan & Emma.

One of the worst movies starring Alan Rickman. And that has nothing to do with Alans acting performance. That one is brilliant as always. It could have been a much better movie though if only the sound quality would improve. Lots of scenes just aren't audible. Some scenes are ridiculous. I had that misfortune that I first saw an other Scandinavian movie called "Magnetist's Fifth Winter". That's a similar story based on an other book, but actually the very same subject and story. Given that "Mesmer" is based on an other book than above mentioned movie, I am surprised that both movies are so enormously similar. The Scandinavian one is VERY good, can watch it over and over again. "Mesmer" is... well... not at all a masterpiece. It's a bad movie. :-((
Unfortunately for Rickman fans! (like me)

I watched this play another time.Since I'm not a native English speaker and never studied English literature this DVD is never easy to follow for me, even when the English subtitles are on.
Anyway I watched it for the fifth time now and I must admit it looked much better than the first time. There's superb acting performances from actors deceased a long time ago and still living actors like Alan Rickman & Anthony Andrews among others. Patrick Ryecart & Rebecca Saire make the biggest impression on me as Romeo & Juliet and I wonder why I haven't heard from them in later productions? It seems from the young cast only Alan Rickman succeeded in a successful career. But then again I'm not a regular theatregoer..
This BBC TV-play is certainly worth watching!

Okay I admit it. I downloaded this movie illegally having waited for months for the release in theatre. I realized there will never be a European release in theatre since it has been released on DVD in the USA. I've been very angry because of this fact, moreover because people who were lucky to see it in theatre were telling me about how worthless this flick is and how few people were in theatre.
So this is another main role for Alan Rickman based on a true story. It should have been very interesting but it wasn't. Like many others I am not interested in wine and therefore this remarkable story just doesn't give me any pleasure. For connoisseurs of wine this movie must have been a real joy. It is beautifully filmed and it has a few funny moments. But in the end the viewer is left with the main question (unless you are a chauvinistic French citizen): Who cares?
I might like it more when I watch it with DVD quality though. (still no region 2 release though!)

It was a good try for a thriller, but it just isn't exciting enough! They tried to put some comedy in it but the comedy is not really great either!
The plot in the movie is so complicated that it is difficult to believe that a police inspector could ever find this motive so fast!
Well, I only remember Alan Rickman in this movie because he had some funny lines and he SHINES! He's gorgeous and lovely to watch in this movie.
It's a pity, such a bunch of good actors like Rickman, Keitel, Sarandon and Kline... And still, it's a movie to forget!
The 3 stars are entirely for Alan! :-)

I usually don't watch cartoons (The Simpsons are the only exception) but I simply had to hear the silky voice of Alan Rickman!
It's a common lovely sweet children story!

I didn't like the fact that Alan Rickman had such a small role :-)
It was hard to stay awake during the film!