Twilight (1998)

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Plot: If it hadn't been released in 1998 with a veteran cast of Hollywood's finest, you could swear that Twilight was a movie from the 1940s--the kind of intelligent mystery that would've made Humphr...( read more read more... )ey Bogart feel right at home. To be sure, that was exactly the intention of director and co-writer Robert Benton (in collaboration with Nobody's Fool writer Richard Russo), but the film's blessing is also its curse. Benton and Russo are so enamored of vintage mystery plots and characters that their movie nearly succumbs to the burden of old-fashioned familiarity. As the title suggests, the movie's aging characters, led by Newman as a private eye who's almost literally on his last legs, are all on the downhill of life, their Hollywood glory days behind them. Newman's character lives in the luxury home of two fading stars (Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon) who may or may not be connected to a murder plot that also involves one of Newman's old colleagues (James Garner). Whether they're literally in their final days (as in the case of Hackman's character) or just grasping for some comfort in their twilight years, these characters interact with the kind of worldly, intelligent dialogue that was common in the better movies of Hollywood's past. But while Twilight gives Newman yet another role to fit into like a favored old suit, the movie's so low-key that some viewers may find it hard to sit through. That's a shame, because the bombastic, frenetically paced films that dominated the 1990s may have diminished our collective capacity to appreciate the solid, character-driven movie tradition that Twilight attempts to revive. --Jeff Shannon

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  • mojo00
    mojo00
    4.0 Stars
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    May 25, 2008
    Spectacular acting...
    Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon and James Garner makes this movie exciting and thrilling.
    When I came towards the end of the movie I almost forgot what it was that I was watching and when I was thinking what this movie was about I didnät really know the answer but I'm not sure if that's because I liked it or because it's weird.
    I still recommend it as it does have incredible acting and is directed in a very exciting way!
  • husky10000years
    husky10000years
    3.0 Stars
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    March 6, 2008
    So many good actors and actresses, but the movie is a total "flop". The book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is more better than this movie.
  • FireAndLightning
    FireAndLightning
    1.0 Star
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    November 5, 2006
    It deserves one star only. So many good actors and actresses, but the movie is a total "flop".
    I think that Reese Witherspoon is a great actress, and I really though she was better than do a topless scen...
    James Garner was in this also, but.. he have choses better roles in his days.
    Susan Sarandon.. well...
    Paul Newman and Gene Hackman, seen them both in other movies, and they too can do better than this!
    Oh! And Stockard Channing, from Grease, is in this to. She was very good, very diffrent from Betty Rizzo!
  • vidgrave
    vidgrave
    2.0 Stars
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    May 20, 2006
    The only reason to watch this is for Reese Witherspoon's topless scene... seriously it's that passable.

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  • brownbelt13
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    im only interested in the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer so sorry to all those people who like this movie but im not interested. (I LUV EDWARD CULLEN!!!)
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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Robert Benton
  • Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
  • Released: March 6, 1998
  • DVD Released: October 6, 1998

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