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Wrestling Ernest
Hemingway (1993)  
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Director:
Randa Haines |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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Genre
Drama |
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NORWEGIAN
TITLE
Brytekamp med Ernest Hemingway og andre løgner dine venner
lar deg slippe unna med |
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RUNNING TIME
123 minutes |
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Producers:
Todd Black |
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Screenwriters:
Steve Conrad |
Review
Two elderly gentlemen – one
neatly dressed, well-mannered and forward-looking (Robert Duvall), the
other shabby, loud-mouthed and nostalgic (Richard Harris) – meet in a
park close to their simple dwellings in Florida and are slowly drawn to
each other, despite their obviously different outlooks on life in
general and love in particular. This contemplative and fairly pleasant
film about lives well-lived is just a little bit off in the authenticity
department (written by 25-year-old Steve Conrad) but is elevated by
brilliant performances. Robert Duvall does a near impeccable Cuban
accent and has a believable mellowness and virtue to him, whereas
Richard Harris embodies his part as an old sailor and lothario with
conviction. Directed by Randa Haines (Children
of a Lesser God), who tries to make the film's inevitable
melodrama more true by slowing down the tempo. It almost works.
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