From:Clint Eastwood , Gene Hackman , Ed Harris , Laura Linney , Scott Glenn , Absolute , Warner Home Video ,
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1 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 Overdone and overrated., 1999-05-03
This film tried too hard to be suspenseful. The book was great but the movie was too slow and tedious. Hackman as a menacing predator didn't work for me. Eastwood was typical Eastwood. Quiet and strong. Never budging. The plot was good but the film failed to meet the quality of the book. I found the film ludricous and boring. Just another president with all the power movie. Boring. Get a new idea or follow the book more closely next time.
4 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 THE MAN BEHIND THE MIRROR, 1999-04-23
The most important scene of ABSOLUTE POWER takes place in the middle of the movie when Luther's daughter is visiting her father's house. There, she realizes that Luther has always been at her side during her career, taking secretly pictures of her.In fact, Luther is never where you expect him to be. He is the witness of a crime but stays invisible behind a mirror, he is a burglar at night and a painter during the day. He likes to disguise and disappear but is never more than a block away from his daughter. He is definitely not the type of character Clint used to play. One could say that Clint Eastwood, the director, wanted Luther to be the most anonymous thief in the world. Luther is always present and absent in the same time, Luther doesn't exist. Once Clint Eastwood, the actor, has disappeared, what's left ? - A man behind the mirror, behind the camera, a man who is one of the best american movie directors of the last 25 years. Clint Eastwood. The director. A DVD for him.
1 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 Absolute Power-Absolutely a waste of time, 1999-03-21
A movie whose premise is intriguing, however it soon falls apart with the loose ends starting really early on in the film. Eastwood's direction is abominable; scenes drag on for no purpose. This movie seems like it was written in one evening, with not much thought going into the plot. The film takes a lot of stupid twists for no apparent reason. The dance scene with Gene Hackman and Judy Davis is really rediculous. The resolution to this film is even more unbelievable than the rest of the movie. Davis, Harris, Linney, Glenn, Marshall, and Hackman are all horribly wasted. This movie also seems to carry a racist undertone to it.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Decent first half, GREAT second half... Eastwood is perfect!, 1999-02-21
This was a very good, not great movie. It is a bit slow at first, but you will find that there are just so many little things about this movie that are great. Eastwood is perfect: excellent acting, flawless direction... and he's got some of his typical one-liners. Definitly see this movie.
Blech! And that's being generous!, 1998-11-13
A great opening twenty minutes, and then... nothing. The script, the direction, the acting- everything is fumbled. Eastwood asks the audience to condemn abuse of power but also indulges his own Dirty-Harry image. See "All The President's Men" (also from writer Goldman) instead, even if you already have.
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