The Interview (1998)
MEDIUM LEVEL COARSE LANGUAGE, MEDIUM LEVEL VIOLENCE
| Director: | Craig Monahan |
| Actors: | Hugo Weaving, Aaron Jeffery, Michael Caton, Tony Martin |
Eddie Fleming is an ordinary human being, the sort of person you would pass in the street without a second glance. Early one morning, while he is asleep, his door is broken down. He is overpowered and terrorised, accused of name less crimes, stripped of every right, helpless. How does he react? What do we expect of him? What would you do? Detective Sergeant John Steele is just a little short of evidence. Tough and experienced, his reputation for 'getting results' makes his superiors nervous. Eddie is the only lead he has. As the clock ticks down it becomes apparent that there are other forces at work. We discover the truth about what is happening at the same moment Eddie does. We are as bewlidered and shocked as he is...or is it the truth? The Interview gets down to who or what you believe.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 100mins |
| Origin: | CANADA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 |
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Eve
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The reason I marked this down was because I could not bear to watch an innocent man be brutalised by people in power use him to suit their own ends. I have no idea how it turns out, I had to stop watching after about 15 minutes. The acting and plot are fine because it had such a powerful effect. But only if you can bear to watch emotional torture.
Pig McGee
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Brilliant film with the best acting you will ever see!
Lee
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Hugo Weaving is amazing in this - brilliant movie!
Carina
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Unfortunately struggled with this one, found it all a bit too hard to believe and it was very slow and tedious. Ended up turning it off after 20 minutes in. Normally I'm a huge fan of Hugo Weaving but this dragged.
Susan McCarthy
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This is a brilliant film and very scary! Hugo Weaving is superb and the way he changes his demeanour is amazing, and he leaves you guessing right till the end as to what the truth is and it's frightening. What's really frightening is that you can see how easily it could happen.
Cameron
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This would have to be one of the best Australian movies I have seen. Hugo Weaving was great in this. It was an interesting idea for a movie as most of it is in an interrogation room
Lachlan
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One of the best Australian movies I have seen. No frills or effects, just good performances, especially from Tony Martin and the ever reliable Hugo Weaving. Keeps you guessing right until the end.
Paulette S.
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An absolutely outstanding movie! What a surprise! I love it when you see a great movie like this and Hugo Weaving is brilliant as is Tony Martin. Such under rated actors. Really holds your attention. I understand it won quite a few AFI awards and deservedly so!!
Ian G.
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Very interesting movie. How many innocent people have been through the same thing from "honest" police.
Leslie M.
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I FOUND THIS MOVIE RATHER BORING COMPARED TO OTHER AUSTRALIAN MOVIE THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
Julie S.
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This is what you want a thriller to be - tense and a bit disturbing. For a film that takes place predominantly in one room there is an awful lot of action! Excellent.
Cat F.
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Great film, very much enjoyed. You get taken in so many directions.
Janet W.
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Fine acting especially from Hugo Weaving. Once again from an Australian film a fine thriller without the gratuitous violence, which proves it is not needed to tell a good story.
Graham L.
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Friederike E.
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Excellent- loved Hugo Weaving. And I don't think he did it.
Alasdair C.
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Fantastic piece of Australian cinema. Great cast. Excellent twist in the tale.
Adrian H.
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love this movie,Cops are really like this...would of liked to see this fella get busted
Paul
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An outstanding Australian thriller. One of the best films I have ever seen.
sk
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Good story, competent cast and an amazing amount of tension created by little more than dialogue.
Maurice Broome
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Carolyn Doyle
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3 and a 1/2, close to a four.
Norrie Yelds
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James Black
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This was a fine movie with some great performances by Australian actors. The Kafka-esque story conjured up images of the early crime novel/movie, and, though very much in the vein of a stage-play, it was rivetting. Hugo Weaving deserves his current star status on the strength of his role in this one, and Tony Martin, aided by some creative camera work, gave another masterful performance. I would have like to have given this movie 3 and a half stars.
Rudi Diederich
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Lisa Jackson
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Les Hutchinson
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Cinefile
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Will Lottkowitz
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This is an excellent film, you never know who's playing who.
This is not a film for everyone, it's definatly not an action film.. but it's a thrilling ... well, interview.
Rauno
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enjoyed this movie,keeps you watching to the very end.
Tim
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A fantastic film/play which engrosses you from the start. Uniquely Australian but on a par with the best in the world.