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List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $9.98 Features • Color • NTSC In Theaters : 2000 DVD Release : 19 March, 2002 |
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| THE OPERATOR is a marvelous movie--inventive, original, comic, tragic, suspenseful. Writer director Jon Dichter has crafted a modern day morality tale, with a despicable cad at its moral center. From the opening moment when Gary Wheelan is caught messing around with a hunter's wife to the quiet climax at an old woman's house, THE OPERATOR is a very engaging and intriguing film. Much credit must be given to Michael Laurence, who carries the entire movie in his role as Wheelan. First, he's flippant, self-assured, Mr. Cool. Then he makes the big mistake of being extremely rude to a telephone operator (well voiced by Jacqueline Kim), and then his whole life falls apart. Even though Laurence's character is not likeable, by the time he goes through the hell Ms. Kim puts him through, one can't help but feel no one deserves this kind of upheaval in their lives. Laurence is superb in the scene where he breaks down, attends the church service of an African-American minister he removed from jury duty. He and John Beasley share a scene rich in redemption, loss, and spiritual renewal. It's a beautifully doone scene and Laurence shines. Christa Miller as Laurence's wife is also quite good, as is veteran Brion James in the role of one of Wheelan's clients. Stephen Tobolowsky also does a nice turn as Wheelan's bookie, who has an interesting way in looking at his illegal activities. All in all, a quite different and provocative film. If the operator is acting as some sort of spiritual guide to Wheelan, then perhaps that's what the movie's ultimate message is. |
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