Morgan Bell
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REVIEW: 25th Hour
July 21st 2008 11:49
Directed: Spike Lee (Inside Man, Malcolm X, Jungle Fever)
Written: David Benioff (Stay, Troy)
Starring: Edward Norton (The Illusionist, Fight Club, American History X), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, Flawless, Almost Famous), Barry Pepper (The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Enemy of The State), Rosario Dawson (Death Proof, Sin City, Kids), Anna Paquin (X-Men, Almost Famous, The Piano), Brian Cox (Running With Scissors, Adaptation, X-Men 2, Troy)
25th Hour is the film which includes the infamous seething Edward Norton "fuck you" monologue, which is nearly 5 minutes of spitting racial slurs and sterotypes and anger at the people that make up the melting pot that is New York
The important part of this rant is the last 10 seconds where Norton tells himself that he is the one that deserves a "fuck you" for having it all and throwing it all away. Norton's character was given a way out of poverty and crime as a school kid in the form of a scholarship yet he continued dealing drugs to get ahead on his own terms.
25th Hour (2002) is a film about a convicted drug dealer on his last day of freedom before he begins his jail sentence. During this last day Monty Brogan (Norton) laments on the events that have shaped his life and tries to get some closure on the relationships with the people that have mattered to him the most. The film uses flashbacks to show the critical moments in Monty's life including meeting his dog Doyle and his young girlfriend Naturelle (Dawson), and his arrest. The film is set in the wake of 9/11 and includes scenes at Ground Zero. Monty spends his last day thinking about life, organising a party at a nightclub with his childhood friends (Pepper and Hoffman), and saying goodbye to his dad (Cox). Monty spends much of the film trying to assign blame and uncover who ratted him out to the cops.
This film is completely engrossing mostly for all the social observations expressed in the conversations between the characters. Benioff's script is quite remarkable and downright insightful about the inner-workings of the criminal mind and how class, race, and ethnicity impact upon life decisions. This is a top notch cast and the script is executed with real heart. Rosario Dawson is captured affectionately and i am now convinced she is the most beautiful woman in hollywood today.
Written: David Benioff (Stay, Troy)
Starring: Edward Norton (The Illusionist, Fight Club, American History X), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, Flawless, Almost Famous), Barry Pepper (The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Enemy of The State), Rosario Dawson (Death Proof, Sin City, Kids), Anna Paquin (X-Men, Almost Famous, The Piano), Brian Cox (Running With Scissors, Adaptation, X-Men 2, Troy)
25th Hour is the film which includes the infamous seething Edward Norton "fuck you" monologue, which is nearly 5 minutes of spitting racial slurs and sterotypes and anger at the people that make up the melting pot that is New York
The important part of this rant is the last 10 seconds where Norton tells himself that he is the one that deserves a "fuck you" for having it all and throwing it all away. Norton's character was given a way out of poverty and crime as a school kid in the form of a scholarship yet he continued dealing drugs to get ahead on his own terms.
25th Hour (2002) is a film about a convicted drug dealer on his last day of freedom before he begins his jail sentence. During this last day Monty Brogan (Norton) laments on the events that have shaped his life and tries to get some closure on the relationships with the people that have mattered to him the most. The film uses flashbacks to show the critical moments in Monty's life including meeting his dog Doyle and his young girlfriend Naturelle (Dawson), and his arrest. The film is set in the wake of 9/11 and includes scenes at Ground Zero. Monty spends his last day thinking about life, organising a party at a nightclub with his childhood friends (Pepper and Hoffman), and saying goodbye to his dad (Cox). Monty spends much of the film trying to assign blame and uncover who ratted him out to the cops.
This film is completely engrossing mostly for all the social observations expressed in the conversations between the characters. Benioff's script is quite remarkable and downright insightful about the inner-workings of the criminal mind and how class, race, and ethnicity impact upon life decisions. This is a top notch cast and the script is executed with real heart. Rosario Dawson is captured affectionately and i am now convinced she is the most beautiful woman in hollywood today.
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Comment by Cheryl J
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Edward Norton's is a powerful presence. Another movie of his that I think is a hard watch but well worth it is American History X.
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i had seen the YouTube clip many times, it has become an essential bit of pop culture a bit like the Trainspotting "Choose Life" rant . . . but i saw the whole film for the first time the other night and was really impressed!
Norton is such a talent . . . this had alot of similar themes with American History X but i think this was a bit more chatty and a bit less violent . . . they are both fantastic films!
thanks for the comment!
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yes you are right, those were the exact scenes i was thinking of, Barry Pepper and Phillip Seymore Hoffman had a great dynamic and are both actors with a captivating screen presence . . . there was alot of tension between them too, sometimes they seemed like friends and other times like enemies
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