The Clearing

It may not have the complete edge which you wish for in a thriller, but The Clearing well works enough to keep you playing along.... Full review

GOOD LORD. WHAT A LET DOWN. A sad effort at what could have been a good movie. The story isn't much. It's the basic "kidnap and then ransom" setup. The thing is, the story goes nowhere. And what's with climbing the... Full review

Have not even seen the movie and do not plan on going to! I do not know what it is about or what it is rated so do not think this will help!... Full review

When i went to this i expected it to be stupid because there were not many reveiws for it but it turned out to be okay!... Full review

Big disappointment. Robert Redford, Hellen Mirren and Wilhelm DeFoe are good actors, and I love a good mystery/psychological drama, so I really was expecting much more. I think the problem is with the script and the director. The acting was VERY... Full review

What a waste! I think that this movie has only low budget.But stolyline is polished.I knew what this movie wanted to draw.But direction is too awful.Sometimes I couldn't sympathy.Every actor did a good job.If the direction was more better,I would gave... Full review

I really liked this movie. Being a Willem Dafoe fan already, I was expecting a strong performance and wasn't let down. Robert Redford and Helen Mirren were also very good. It's a quiet film, but isn't "slow" or "boring" as I've... Full review

This is a REAL whodunit....the story line keeps you thinking it will get better but instead you wonder WHO took the poolside pictures, WHO made the ransom demand calls, WHO mailed the victim's glasses to his wife, WHO gave the victim's... Full review

I pick this movie because the name Redford and Dafoe. I rent it for 25 cent in Thailand. After waste the time about 2 hours, I realized that I found the first movie had nothing. I try to keep my eye... Full review

You'd think with Redford, Mirren and Dafoe, some enterprising writer would come up with a good script. But his thing is a pile of rubbish and 3 good performances are tossed away. And the Pepsi for breakfast scene - where the... Full review

Like a short story that's made up by a writer on the fly, with wonderful images, great performances, evolving drama and constant tension, The Clearing is a good cinematic idea looking for completion. But the story doesn't really add up, and the film loses steam in the end, as a result. ... Full Review

Bit by bit, scene by scene, the details of the his affair are revealed.For me, that is the most fascinating....Yes, Robert Redford was a successful business man and, yes, he was kidnapped..... ... Full Review

The Clearing" succeeds by layering the various plots together in an unexpected and satisfying way.....How Mirren handles this conflict of emotions raises this movie out of the ordinary.....The Clearing" turned out to be interesting.....Yes, Robert Redford was a successful business man and, yes, he was kidnapped..... ... Full Review

However, if you enjoy watching good character pieces featuring fine actors, then The Clearing is highly recommended. It's not "the feel good movie of the year," but it is one of the better ones. ... Full Review

A mature and rewarding film, The Clearing opens up honest questions concerning the values that keep a marriage together and the boundaries that tear it apart.....Co-writer/director Pieter Jan Brugge weaves an emotionally sophisticated tale in The Clearing .....simply narrates the film as it unfolds, providing small details into the crafting of the superb script (the DVD includes a copy of this script).....Dafoe is delightfully creepy here, abandoning the histrionics that mark some of his performances..... ... Full Review

ATLANTA - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Savannah will be the filming location for the upcoming Disney film, The Last Song. The movie is expected to bring approximately 250 jobs to the state. ... Full Article

ATLANTA - According to a release from Governor Sonny Perdue's office, Savannah will be the filming location for the upcoming Disney film, 'The Last Song.' ... Full Article

By Ron Weiskind, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The problem with "The Clearing" has nothing to do with the movie, a suspenseful character study featuring three top-rank actors. The problem arises in the perception of the film as a thriller, a genre in ... Full Article

When wealthy car-rental-business pioneer Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) is kidnapped from the driveway of his suburban Pittsburgh home by an amateur criminal named Arnold (Willem Dafoe), his resourceful homemaker wife Eileen (Helen Mirren) is left to fret over the crisis. ... Full Article

his dud kidnapping drama stages itself on two clumsily intertwined fronts: in one, car rental titan Wayne (Robert Redford) stumbles through the Pennsylvania woods with his anxiously disgruntled abductor, Arnold (Willem Dafoe), while in the other, Wayne's plastic-fantastic wife Eileen... ... Full Article

Redford is rental car tycoon Wayne Hayes, flush with financial success and settled into a comfortable marriage with wife Eileen (Mirren). On a routine trip to the office, Wayne is kidnapped by disgruntled ex-employee "Arnold" (Willem Dafoe) and whisked to... ... Full Article