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Gideon (1998)
Great cast, superficial story
7 April 2007 - 1 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
Just saw this on TV. The cast was well chosen, though a little too obviously made up to look older. Carroll O'Connor talks like Archie Bunker with giant white eyebrows and Charlton Heston looks as if he put his old Moses beard back on. Barbara Bain was excellent as a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
I was confused by Lambert's character--was he retarded? An angel? (a popular theme.) He reminded me of a cross between Monk and Peter Sellers in "Being There." There were very few nuances in the characters in general. The plot was very predictable: they are old and crotchety, he arrives, they get to know him. All that said, it's worth a watch, if only to see so many fine actors.
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