Stone (Blu-ray) R
Some People Tell Lies. Others Live Them.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 18, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Milla Jovovich & Edward Norton | |
Performer: | Enver Gjokaj & Pepper Binkley | |
Directed by | John Curran & John Curran | |
Screenwriting by | Angus MacLachlan |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
Stone's relentless theological musings don't seem to build to any moral point.
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Assignment X
Hard to believe, but Edward Norton in cornrows is one of the less ludicrous things you'll see in this film.
Philadelphia Weekly
Rating: 3/5 --
Stone is an unusual film which shifts uneasily between sleaze and philosophy, but it's distinguished at all times by three luminous performances.
What Culture
You can feel the movie's gears grinding throughout, first in the rote suspense mechanics and later in the ham-fisted religiosity (conveyed through an endless soundtrack of evangelistic talk radio).
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The craftsmanship is impeccable as is the acting, but the storytelling is where the movie falls down. And with such a poorly realized narrative, it's hard to be enthusiastic about the many things Stone does right.
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ReelViews
Rating: C+ --
Stone is a flawed film, largely because Lucetta is a B-movie seductress preying on believable human beings with backgrounds and complicated hearts.
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A prisoner and parole officer grapple with sins and the need for redemption in this subtle drama of parallel lives.
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Film Journal International
Product Description:
A convicted arsonist schemes to get out of prison by convincing his debauched wife to seduce his retirement-ready parole officer in director John J. Curran's adaptation of a play by Angus MacLachlan (who also authored the screenplay). His career as a parole officer winding down after years of service, Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro) reluctantly accepts an assignment to reassess inmate Gerald "Stone" Creeson's (Edward Norton) case for an upcoming parole hearing. Convicted of setting a fire to make the murder of his grandparents look like an accidental death, Stone will do anything to get out from behind bars, and his wife, Lucetta (Milla Jovovich), is willing to do whatever it takes to help secure her husband's freedom -- including seducing Jack. Meanwhile, Jack's devoted wife, Madylyn (Frances Conroy), has suffered with the emotional weight of her husband's demanding job for far too long.