Critics just can’t help themselves. Too many refuse to write a review of the new sci-fi thriller “Knowing” without giving key plot points away.
And by “key,” I mean most, if not all, the enchilada.
Let’s rally up the main offenders – and while I normally link with glee I’ll do nothing of the sort here. Maybe, just maybe, someone will see the movie and not know what’s coming in the finale. That’s the least you should expect when you pay good money to see a film.
First up, The Chicago Tribune’s Christopher Borrelli.
Not only does he give major clues as to what the film is ultimately about, he throws in a little out-of-season Bush bashing, too.
Jim Ridley from LA Weekly also spoils the fun – with alacrity. He gives so much of the film away it’s amazing he left out the end credits.
The Oregonian jumps into the fray, too … sharing a major element within the first few sentences.
The USA Today’s Claudia Puig hated the movie. I disagree with her assessment, but that’s A-OK, especially since she tap dances around the big issues at play in the film. Good work.
Wish more of her peers did the same.
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Roger Ebert wrote about it twice — his (very positive) review avoids spoilers but he wanted to be able to talk about it more substantively so he wrote about it with a spoiler warning on his blog. I think that’s a good way to handle it.
I try hard to avoid spoilers but in my parental advisories sometimes have to give important elements of the plot away. And a couple of times a year I invoke my “Gothika rule” — if I think a movie has a terrible ending I will give it away to anyone who writes me to ask for it. “Knowing” was a “Gothika rule” movie for me.
I know folks are very split on “Knowing” … and that’s fine. It’s a movie I enjoyed to a certain degree, but I find it hard to defend it on many levels. But there’s no defense for sloppily giving away key elements of the ending … glad Ebert did what he did to maintain the surprise.
And your Gothika rule rules …. it’s that simple!
Some of my friends say “Knowing” is good. Some of my friends say it’s bad. I always agree with my friends.
Nobody seemed lukewarm about it, so I’ll just have to see it and decide for myself. Usually the best thing to do anyway.
No fence sitters on this one, LawhawkSF … and even though I enjoyed it I have a hard time defending my position!
My husband and I just came back from seeing this film, and we really enjoyed it.. if that is the right word.. the plane crash et. al. was very hard to take. Beautiful score BTW.
Glad you guys liked it … I was impressed by the overall craft of the film … the scenery, the music, the sense of impending doom … all a few steps above your standard sci-fi stuff.