Today, we saw the best new movie so far this year. "Ghost Writer" is the new movie by Roman Polanksi about an ex-British Prime Minister who is writing his Memoirs with the help of a ghost writer. Seems the first writer hired suddenly died, so the new guy (Ewan McGregor) is brought in to help the ex-P.M. (Pierce Brosnan) write the book. The Prime Minister is staying in the U.S. to keep from being brought to trial by the World Court in Europe. Note: The director knows a little about hiding in a country! This is a movie about the world today with a little "Manchurian Candidate" thrown in.
This is a well written, well directed and well acted movie. Supporting Cast includes Tom Wilkinson, Kim Cantral, Timothy Hutton and a bald-headed Jim Belushi.
I give it ***1/2 stars.
2010 movie #12
No comments:
Post a Comment