Must See Movie...

best movie i've ever seen.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Once again, Julianne Moore,has shown us what a superb actress she is. Her performance as the mother of the missing child is a 'tour de force'. She expresses all the anguish and confusion of that character and had me believing I was watching real life. As usual Samuel L Jackson was Samuel L Jackson, which he does brilliantly. I can't remember a bad performance from him. I gave this film 8 and might have been a tad more generous but for the sub-plot, which I found invasive and unnecessary.Quite why the director found it good to drag us away from the unfolding drama to another conflict left me baffled. However ,plaudits for the brilliant Miss Moore .

In the interest of full disclosure, just the actors alone first drew me to this film. To also know that it was penned by Richard Price made it fairly certain for me that I would respect the work of everyone involved. It is a kind of bias, but time is limited these days so I make my movie choices accordingly. The fact that I only now saw the film in 2013 should provide a perspective of how deficient my movie watching has become.All of that being said, "Freedomland" assembles every element that makes a film superior, at least for me. The acting is realistic and the story compelling. The racial tension that becomes so palpable also seems very real - given what has happened through the years in so many major cities. One of my favorite lines in the film, during a Spike Lee-esque racial demonstration is when one offended member of the community says "Who do you think you are? This ain't Mississippi!" and then soon afterward "Hillbilly!" It should no longer be shocking to anyone in the U.S. how much things start to resemble much of the Southern region of the country in the heat of racial strife. Watching two of the finest actors of our times - Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore is mesmerizing. What they do with this material is utterly consuming. It's always easy to poke holes into films, especially in a story like this, but if you suspend disbelief at a few points, the characterizations are sure to draw you in. Both of these characters are aware of very distinct vulnerabilities that for reasons that may not be apparent will become so eventually. But not with any sort of traditional Hollywood roundup, which is another beauty of this film.Another fine element of this film is the special treatment that relatives of police officers often get, since Julianne Moore's character's brother happens to be a hotheaded policeman. However, as it will soon become apparent, they are not exactly as close as one might have assumed. Edie Falco does a turn as a representative of mothers of children who have been molested, kidnapped or killed. Her intimate conversation with Julianne Moore is the stuff of honest filmmaking and capsulizes what the film is really about. The rest of the story demonstrates what happens after convenient lies and their resultant assumptions are spun out of control.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW That was horrific, one of the worst movies I've ever seen, Moore is trying but her performance is laughable, Jackson can't even save this film about a missing child, you will know the ending in the first 10 minutes, the premise is idiotic and the execution even worse, one of the worst performance by a leading lady EVER, I like Moore in other films( big lebowski, Boogie Nights, ext) but she is terrible, I don't know if she is supposed to be mentally challenge or what but she can't or act, the police station scene was one of the worst exchanges by two top notch actors ever, the twist was strait as an arrow, very very very bad 1/10

Okay, it was full of racial tension but it wasn't Racist ! It was by the author of Spike Lee's CLOCKERS (1994) so what were you viewers expecting.I found it interesting but in the end disappointing due to the irritating editing ( granted it was better then DOMINO ! ) and overlong time but it's better then any Lifetime or Hallmark movie of the Week any day.I'm actually surprised that Julianne Moore or Samuel Jackson didn't get at least a nomination because they felt like they were real people.The people who hate this film are obviously the same ones who despised similar films like CRASH ( 2004) or JOHN Q. If you want a racist, politically-incorrect movie, watch one of Spike Lee's ( few low-points on his resume) INSIDE MAN. Man, that was over-hyped and really pointless.** 1/2 Stars out of 4. Above-Average but not great.Please Note that I posted this review because I know when a film deserves better even if it isn't all that.