Ginostra

Has it's pro's and con's, worth seeing by Keitel and MacDowell fans
Ginostra (2002) is a European movie based on the town of the same
name (Ginostra) on the Island of Stromboli, off the coast of
Sicily. The summary promises an underworld drama, with big-name
actors, here, Harvey Keitel (playing a FBI agent related to the
Witness Protection Program) and Andie MacDowell (the agent's wife.)

This work has it's pro's and con's, with each depending largely on
the viewers' personalities, such as the extent to which one is a fan
of those actors or not, or is a fan of underground police dramas,
of European cinema, etc.

At the same time, some observations are agreed upon by the majority
of viewers, the first and foremost being the unnecessarily long,
marathon-like 135 mins duration, that came about first, by a total
lack of editing effort by director Manuel Pradal, ( allowing many
rambling and repetitive sequences - the volcano eruptions, lava
flows, the ocean scenes off the...

Don't Bother unless you want to burn up 2 hours and 20 minutes of your life.
2 Stars for a Good Cast
0 Stars for a really bad story
I don't want to give anything away for those planning to watch it, but this film has great cinematography, a great cast and a crappy story. I walked away thinking Volcano Cult and Exploding Animals????? You watch it to figure out what I mean. This film has a train wreck of a story. Luckily it was a free watch on Prime otherwise I would want my money back.

An actors movie.
Whilst the general public panned this movie as trash...it is inescapably one of the best acted roles for Harvey Keitel.
Non verbal communication is an art that only a few actors can aspire to.
The engagement between Harvey and the boy that embraced fear..conflict...mistrust and hope was largely a masterpiece in non verbal acting. Despite the somewhat confusing editing.....the close ups of eye to eye contact between the two main stars is an achievement in excellence.

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