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Plot: A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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MCT:September 5, 2008Such a wonderful and exciting movie, it's all played very well and the actors are amazing!
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MCT:August 21, 2008
This is not a perfect film by any means. It has it's share of flaws and contrivances, but as an entry in the thriller/mystery genre, it is somewhere in the middle between average and excellent, but leaning closer to the excellent side. The best thing about the film are the strong and powerful performances, the writing, directing, and the stunning ending. This iflm takes the issue of capital punishment and plays around with it like Tarantino does with genre conventions, and I like that.
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MCT:August 13, 2008
Very interesting conclusion of a story...some dramatic effects a bit too pathetic for my taste (moments when kate winslet as a journalist takes it too personal) but generally a quite good, suspense movie.
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MCT:July 21, 2008
Another entry in the growing list of Hollywood's anti-death penalty films, The Life of David Gale is well-crafted fiction that's difficult to dislike, regardless of your political stance on the morality (or immorality) of the death penalty. Kate Winslet, Constance Jones and Laura Linney turn in solid performances but there is no doubt that this is Kevin Spacey's film. Spacey's talent makes this offering of socio-political, liberal propaganda entertaining and palatable.
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MCT:July 2, 2008Muito bom esse filme! Fala sobre um tema muito sério, que é a pena de morte nos EUA. E tem gente que fala que é uma porcaria porque não entende as coisas. Maravilhoso!
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MCT:July 1, 2008
I was so surprised by how much I loved it! Amazing!!! I gotta say this again props to Kevin Spacey! He's brilliant :)
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MCT:July 1, 2008
woow..surely i wasnt expecting much from a movie that i havent heard about it..its really touching and surprising..the movie holds you tightly and never lets u lose your attraction
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MCT:June 15, 2008I thought it was an interesting movie..Powerful performances..especially by Kate Winslet. I wasn't expecting the ending like it was. Wow!
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MCT:June 13, 2008
Great movie. Kevin Spacey is amazing as always, as is Laura Linney. And this movie illustrates one of the reasons I don't believe in capital punishment -- because it IS an imperfect system.
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MCT:June 2, 2008
when the whole story is finally unearthed, it leaves you pondering over the real purpose of human life.
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MCT:June 1, 2008
Very interesting and peculiar movie about a group of people against the death sentence who devote their lives to the cause, so to speak. Incredible twist in the end! Kevin is so creepy!
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MCT:May 31, 2008
This a another great Kevin Spacey Movie. I was really surprized by Kate Winslet's preformace The 1st time you See this Movie.... the ending was Wow!!! Makes you think.
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MCT:May 27, 2008
Not perfect, but emotionally riveting. Kate Winslet was the best part of the movie, so if you don't like her, do not watch it.
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MCT:May 26, 2008
Floating in my Top 20. This movie was one of the best movies ever made. I think it would be in my Top 10 if it hadn't come out the same time as A Beautiful Mind.
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MCT:May 8, 2008
This movie forever changed my life and how I live it and feel about things that go on around me. It opened my eyes to the evil, murderous government that runs this country. It was the push...the start to my meeting and making some aeswom and lasting and beautiful friendships with some intelligent and incredible men and women on America's death row.
The shocking ending to this film literally blew me away! This film is by far Spacey's strongest performance since "Se7en".
When you are passionate about something you want others to be passionate about it too. David & Constance (the 2 main characters) were very passionate about abolishing the death penalty, and they were at the center of the film, so it makes sense that the tone of the film would come out the way it did.
"We spend our whole life trying to stop death. Eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting, killing. But what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back. Then there comes a point- a moment- in life when your mind outlives its desires, its obsessions, when your habits survive your dreams and when your losses...maybe death is a gift. You wonder. All I can tell you is that by this time tomorrow I'll be dead. I know when. I just cannot say why. You have 24 hours to find out. -David Gale- -
MCT:April 24, 2008
Like Dead Man Walking, it offers another (more radical) angle to view capital punishment. The discovery of truth is very twisted. Kevin Spacey is brilliant as usual.
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MCT:April 6, 2008
Griping. Good Strong plot and story line. Wonderful script. Griping, Your interested from the first minute in. Its like bang bang bang with no slow parts. Its the kinda movie where you have to pay attetion or you miss something important and you'll find yourself lost and confused. Its ending was dark and twisted. Kudos to Kate and Kevin and to the rest of the cast.
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MCT:April 1, 2008
I for some reason thought it was really good. Its one of those movies that is killed after you see the ending but Kevin Spacey has always been one of my favorite actors and this movie is one of the reasons why
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MCT:March 23, 2008
This story gave me the creeps man! Laura Linney and Kevin Spacey sure draw you into the plot. Pheeew.. i won't be watching this a second time, that's for sure!
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MCT:March 7, 2008
This movie was absolutely amazing! The entire time I was trying to figure out what was going on...and it was great! I love movies like this!!
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MCT:February 26, 2008Gale is a popular, intellectually respected university lecturer who is charged with Constance's murder. Both had been active in a pressure group, fighting to repeal the death penalty. Since his arrest, he has remained silent, until now, four days before his execution.
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MCT:February 23, 2008
With this movie I thought it was pretty good. You may be able to pick out who the murderer was half way through, but still it was interesting to see the "how".
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MCT:February 22, 2008"Somebody Has To Shoot The Picture", which has yet to be added to Flixter and I have contacted them like a dozen times to add this movie, appears to be a much better and much more compelling than The Life Of David Gale, but I can not definitively say that & will not at least until I see this film.
Whether you are against the death penalty or not, if you found this movie & the subject matter interesting & treated with respect, or perhaps at the other end of the spectrum & you feel that this movie sucked & the subject matter was treated with great disrespect, regardless, see "Somebody Has To Shoot The Picture"!!!
Find out more about it here! - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100659/fullcredits#cast
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MorpheusOneposted 195 days ago -
Man, I hate to Winslet waste her chances on this kind of thing. Come on, Kate, you're sitting in the catbird seat. Pick your projects with care.
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