The Human Stain

The Human Stain was an intricate drama and rates among the best of American moviemaking. The dramatic performances by Hopkins and Kidman were excellent. The dialog and insights into the characters were thought provoking. The direction, cinematography and music were good.... Full review

I just saw this movie and the story itself was interesting enough. The acting was superb and it kept me going.... Full review

the only reason i gave this a C is because of that nice stripping scene. the movie itself or any movie is meant to entertain you, not bore you to death and show porno. bbut, what man can't have a lil... Full review

Is in reference to the casting of Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins. To believe these two actors are the charaters they portray is quite a stretch, but because they are both such amazing actors, they seem to pull it off. This... Full review

Nicole Kidman, talented as she is, is hopelessy miscast as tough broad janitor abused wife. She's too delicate and refined for this role. Anthony Hopkins is even a worse choice to play a Jewish/Black dude passing for white. He inhabits the... Full review

THE HUMAN STAIN WAS PURE "PERFECTION"...THE STARS, THE STORY, THE ENTIRE MOVIE...AMEN! I CAN WATCH THIS MOVIE OVER AND OVER AGAIN...I LOVE YOU ANTHONY HOPKINS!... Full review

I never really knew how talented of an actress Nicole Kidman was until I saw this. This character is completley different from the sweet and quiet charcters I'm used to seeing her as. She is oscar-worthy in this role! The movie... Full review

The story and the acting is outstanding. You care about these characters. Kidman as usual is wonderful. A real sleeper and a great movie.... Full review

What is this ? This movie is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.Every aspect of this film is so poor.But erotic.I think that this movie isn't worthy to see.... Full review

One of the best movies I have ever seen. The story is the greatest factor in this movie ! Comes after it right away the excellent cast.... Full review

These crucial errors of casting judgement undermine what is a difficult, problematic film. The Human Stain is a thought provoking film, throughout which we are constantly aware that secrets are consistently being revealed to the wrong person. ... Full Review

Good movie. It is still a good movie. Robert Benton's " The Human Stain " is an elegant film that loses its sense of humor after the opening scene. Of course, this is a beautiful film to look at. ... Full Review

The Human Stain would really have been a much better film if it had jettisoned the entire present-time portion of the film and developed the background story instead. Structurally, The Human Stain is rather lost. ... Full Review

Good movie. It is still a good movie. Robert Benton's " The Human Stain " is an elegant film that loses its sense of humor after the opening scene. Of course, this is a beautiful film to look at. Jean-Yves Escoffier's photography is outstanding. ... Full Review

The Human Stain" is one of those films that depends almost entirely upon a single shocking revelation for its impact and its very reason for being. Director Elia Kazan covered the same ground better in the movie "Pinky" over half a century ago, with a black girl passing for white. ... Full Review

As one contemplates the dwindling number of people who could unite an increasingly fragmented popular music landscape, one name that does not come to mind is Philip Roth , the irascible author of "Sabbath's Theater," "The Human Stain" and other... ... Full Article

NPR.org , September 15, 2008 · Since the publication in 1995 of his prize-winning Sabbath's Theater, Philip Roth has been writing one unsparing novel after the other about the imminent physical or spiritual end of a life. ... Full Article

Nicole Kidman is both attached to star in and produce Fox 2000 and New Regency's new romantic comedy "Monte Carlo." Moving from one film genre to another, Nicole Kidman is now setting her eyes on that of romantic comedy genre... ... Full Article

Philip Roth's Everyman is about death, and little else, and is based on a grim medieval morality play in which an ordinary man is summoned by Death to appear before God's judgment seat. ... Full Article

To fully embrace Fox's incredibly entertaining Prison Break , one must first forgive the ludicrous premise: Structural engineer Michael Scofield (The Human Stain 's Wentworth Miller) robs a bank in order to land in the penitentiary where his brother, Lincoln... ... Full Article

That coincidence aside, the three films I'm referring to - "The Human Stain," "Girl With a Pearl Earring," and "House of Sand and Fog" - are as different in quality as they are in subject and appeal. ... Full Article