The Big Empty | | Cast : | Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Daryl Hannah, Kelsey Grammer, Sean Bean | | Director : | Steve Anderson (IX) | | Studio : | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | April 20, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 19, 2005 | | Summary | What do people see in this film? | Content
 | This wasnt a bad film but it wasnt a brilliant film ether. I had read a lot of great reveiws on this movie before buying a copy and I have to say that I am very disapointed in this film. I would suggest that you first rent this movie as it is quite a bizare film. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 19, 2004 | | Summary | Watchable | Content
| Perhaps better on a rainy day with nothing else to occupy your time. Admittedly, at first, I thought it not even worth that. Little did I know that the movie would end up being a sci-fi flick (my fav genre).
As mentioned by other reviewers, things do start slow. But the pace seems to pick up perhaps half-way through the movie. I asked my wife (who didn't care for the movie) if she wanted to quit watching it but, like me, she too had to learn what the deal was with the blue suitcase.
A real let down for me was the terrible acting turned in by Kelsey Grammer - who I love to watch in his television comedy series. Equally terrible was the amount of "f" words used by his character (and by most others as well).
Unlike some of the others writing here, I thought Rachael Leigh Cook turned in a pretty good performance (besides being a doll to watch). And I almost didn't recognize Daryl Hannah. She also had a nice, but too small, role in the film (and, what a beautiful woman she is in this film).
Quirky does not a comedy make. I am not sure why it is classed so by people. This is more a sci-fi than a comedy. A wacky, off-beat sci-fi. Other than the language and some violence, it is easy to recommend at least a rental, if not purchase of this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 11, 2004 | | Summary | See Again Soon | Content
| This was a very intriguing movie. I look forward to seeing it again; most likely more than once. All the actors did a really good job and I enjoyed the flow of the film. In particular, Jon Favreau did an exceptional job with his character. There were a few points from the movie that I don't understand, but that just causes me to want to watch it again. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 25, 2004 | | Summary | Unwatchably dull | Content
| I couldn't finish this movie, it was so boring. I guess if you are a Sean Bean fan, you must like this film. I'm glad those other reviewers got something out of this. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 17, 2004 | | Summary | Empty. | Content
| Shucks. The preview on my pay-per-view looked so intruiging I had to rent this silly flick. It turned out to be nothing but another failed attempt at a quirky character driven comedy that's plotted like snail's road trip and as pointless as it is...well,...empty. JON FAVERAU is usually watchable in anything, but here he and the rest of the cast is flat due to the bull's effort to make everyone as out-there kooky as possible. That's pretty much the gist of the flick- FAV is a bagman who goes west to run into all sorts of 'quirky' characters. The rest seems like ad-libbed filler, and not good filler either. I do not understand the motivation in any filmmaker to hire RACHEL LEIGH COOK, who is such a bad actress she makes a not so good movie like this a lot worse. Not much in the story or laughs department, THE BIG EMPTY is a big dissapointment. |
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