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Actors: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Frances McDormand, Andre Braugher, Maura Tierney
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Primal Fear |
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A young altar boy of a murdered archbishop is chased, captured, and tried for first degree murder. The trial is ended due to a discovery of Multiple Personality Disorder and is ordered to be sent to a hospital for further observation. What is unknown to the audience until the end is that the altar boy is very good at deception and is very convinving, which will confuse you to no end, and make you despise him for convincing you also.
--Chandra Bertoia, Resident Scholar
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Richard Gere stars as Big Shot attorney Martin Vail. He takes a PRO-BONO case in which Edward Norton is accused of killing the Archdioces of Chicago. Things come up about why he would have wanted to and about the city of Chicago's officials. ALL Martin Vail wanted was fame from the case, but he got a lot more than he bargained for in this TWISTING, psychological, Courtroom drama
--Greg Howell, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Primal Fear |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals (shown sympathetically) on the run
- criminals on the run
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- another color
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- general circumstances
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Chicago
Misc setting
- prison
- moving train
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- unhappy
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- A lot of foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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