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Fearless (1993)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
4/06
4/06:
Fearless is Ordinary People, but this time, it's about an airline crash survivor.
It's monotonously boring and goes nowhere. I'm not enthralled with the story because, for one thing, surviving
the plane crash was a freak event. Just accept it, and move on. Plus, I don't agree with the method used by the
psychiatrist on his patients because it's like dispensing torture by reliving the tragic moment.
I've seen Jeff Bridges give better performances. The enormously talented Benicio del Toro has a nice part. Tom Hulce, who's
famous for playing Mozart in Amadeus, plays the lawyer well even though he's a bit over the top. Frankly, Peter
Weir isn't capable of bringing intensity to the table. With the exception of
Witness, he tries hard in many
films such as Dead Poets Society, The Mosquito Coast, and
The Truman Show but can't pull it off successfully.
All in all, Fearless fails to move me.