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Avec : Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne Réalisateur : Steven Spielberg MPAA Rating: R
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Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitized history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, later, Saving Private Ryan) Spielberg restrains himself from the sweeping narrative and technical flourishes that make him one of our most entertaining and manipulative directors. Here, he doesn't even bother trying, succumbing to his driving need to entertain with beautiful images and contrived emotion. He cheapens his grandiose motives and simplifies slavery, treating it as cut- and-dry genre piece. Characters are easy Hollywood stereotypes--"villains" like the Spanish sailors or zealous abolitionists are drawn one-dimensionally and sneered upon. And Spielberg can't suppress his gifted eye, undercutting normally ugly sequences, such as the terrifying slave passage, which is shot as a gorgeous, well-lit composition. At its core, Amistad is a traditional courtroom drama, centered by a tired, clichéd narrative: a struggling, idealistic young lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) fighting the crooked political system and saving helpless victims. Worse yet, Spielberg actually takes the underlying premise of his childhood fantasy, E.T. and repackages it for slavery. Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the West African rebellion, is presented much like the adorable alien: lost, lacking a common language, and trying to find his way home. McConaughey is a grown-up Elliot who tries communicating complicated ideas such as geography by drawing pictures in the sand or language by having Cinque mimic his facial expressions. Such stuff was effective for a sci-fi fantasy about the communication barriers between a boy and a lost alien; here, it seems like a naive view of real, complex history. --Dave McCoy


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Like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg spent the 1990s alternating between highly commercial projects such as Jurassic Park and more personal ventures such as Schindler's List, both released in 1993. As List did with Park, Amistad arrived the winter following The Lost World, and used an extraordinary historical incident to address a larger topic, in this instance slavery rather than the Holocaust. Opening with a remarkable sequence portraying the slave revolt, Amistad, however, quickly devolves into a big-budget classroom instructional film, albeit a fairly gripping one. Handsomely mounted, beautifully filmed, and well-acted (particularly by Djimon Hounsou and Anthony Hopkins), Spielberg's film loses momentum each time he halts for scenes of courtroom speechifying framed against a billowing American flag in a window. Harrowing flashbacks to life aboard the Amistad and the slowly-developing respect between Hounsou and Matthew McConaughey's characters suggest the filmmaker in Spielberg chomping at the bit to do more. In its best moments, Amistad reveals Spielberg as the artist/entertainer he's striven to become since 1986's The Color Purple; in its worst moments, the film reveals a director whose earnestness outstrips his command of the material. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
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4.0étoiles sur 5 History comes alive in the hands of Steven Spielberg, Jui 26 2007
Par Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I'm a fan of the movies put out by Steven Spielberg. He has taken true historical events and turned them into such captivating beautiful movies that none can compare. What Spielberg did for the Holocaust in "Schindler's List," and WWII in "Saving Private Ryan," he did with our terrible past of slavery in "Amistad." This film's strength is in its portrayal of the horrible treatment of the Sierra Leone Africans who are illegally captured for slaves in the 19th century. This movie, and the event itself, was not about freedom of slaves in America over an American issue, but instead about whether slaves on a Spanish vessel were illegally captured or if they were what lawyers in the film called "livestock" in the Spanish Empire when they killed all but a few of the boat-masters. The film portrays this and then the morality of slavery in an unobtrusive way, and that's what makes this movie great along with the score, which I believe should have gotten at least a nomination.

The film is gilded by beautiful sets and costumes where even "Doctor Zhivago" pales in comparison. The photography was more than stunning. However, the film is slightly marred by the somewhat empty performances by some of Americans in the film who lack emotion and engaging dialogue, and the film doesn't unfold as smoothly as one would expect from a Spielberg creation. There are other things that are underrated, such as Djimound Honsu's unforgettable performance as the leader of the slaves as well as the drama and ghastliness of the shipboard treatment of the slaves. The person that slightly disappointment in here is Matthew McConaheys. While not bad but not as good as it could have been. Morgan Freeman played is role well here but not his best because at times he would look slightly wooden. Anthony Hopkins in the other hand is amazing. His speech at the end will send shivers down your spine. There is also a beautiful scene of Hounsou and McConaughey character's communicating perfectly in languages the other doesn't know.

"Amistad" does give you emotional punch through a mild action sequence. It is purely drama, and the story's power lies in the words, expressions, and actions of the actors who make up for it. It's truly one of the better films out there, and once again, Spielberg has proven himself to be the master of putting the human spirit on the silver screen. Even though critics place it to be a `good' film I find it to be a great!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Must See, Mars 31 2007
Par Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Amistad is a true story about an 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards North America. It is a story in the period when new slaves were illegal, but trading in slaves that were already slaves, was allowed. With a powerful all-star cast including Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Matthew McConaughey, it is a story that will grip your heart and move your spirit. Much of the story takes place in a courtroom drama about the free-man who led the revolt, and deals with questions of freedom, humanity and dignity.

The movie, though slow moving, is intense, and the drama builds as many groups claim the slaves as their property. This story is truly gripping and a story of extreme importance in understanding our own history. This lesser-known Spielberg film is truly a must see.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Badley scripted and direction, Juil 10 2004
This review is from: Amistad (Widescreen) (DVD)
This was Spielberg's first Dreamworks picture and it was really awful. Mostly in poor script and lack of direction. The subject material was not for a director with his style of film making, and the poor performance of this movie has pretty much been the case for every picture this joke of a studio has continued to do since.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 MORE THAN A MOVIE ABOUT LA AMISTAD
AMISTAD tells the story of 1839 events involving a shipload of slaves who, having freed themselves from their captors aboard the cruel slaver La Amistad, try to sail back home... Read more
Publié le Fév 16 2004 par D. McAllister

3.0étoiles sur 5 Off the hook...
This movie takes my race off the hook for slavery, sort of. Whew! Now maybe African-Americans will point their fingers at the Spanish people instead of mine. Read more
Publié le Fév 5 2004

5.0étoiles sur 5 powerful, powerful film
A film by Steven Spielberg

"Amistad" is a fact based account of a 1839 revolt by African slaves on the slaveship La Amistad, and the legal trial in the United States over what... Read more

Publié le Déc 31 2003 par Joe Sherry

5.0étoiles sur 5 A GREAT MOVIE WITCH RECOUNT THE FOUL SLAVERY
STEVEN SPIELBERG speak with this MARVELLOUS MOVIE of the FILTHYS BOATS OF SLAVERY SINCE 1492 CHRISTOPHE COLOMB THROUGHT AND EVER SINCE AND DURING THE BLOODBATH OF THE AMERICANS... Read more
Publié le Oct. 24 2003 par B. ALAIN

2.0étoiles sur 5 Melodramatic courtroom drama disguised as slave history
This movie could be really good if it focused on the Middle Passage. The brief segement on the slave ship was by far the best sequence in the film. Read more
Publié le Oct. 11 2003 par DReese

1.0étoiles sur 5 Great Piece of Revisionist Propaganda
Another Spilbergian piece of Hollywood propaganda about how slavery was bad and it was all Whitey's fault. Read more
Publié le Sep 26 2003

4.0étoiles sur 5 History Re-written
Great work by Hollywood, launched the career of Denzel, etc., etc., but DON'T TAKE THIS AS A HISTORY LESSON. The US Army outlawed the lash prior to the war. Read more
Publié le Aoû 11 2003 par Michael Wideski

4.0étoiles sur 5 Typical Spielberg Excellence!
I just recently got a chance to see this on TV, as I missed it back during it's release. As always Spielberg's methods draw you into the picture and capture you for the entire... Read more
Publié le Juil 20 2003 par Katphish

5.0étoiles sur 5 La AMISTAD, the "Friend-Ship" saga; Give Us... Us Free!
Steven Spielberg and Debbie Allen's exercise of poetic license through this docudrama frames another awesome revelation of the historic, bitter Slavery roots of noble America, a... Read more
Publié le Juil 20 2003 par Glenn Ralston

5.0étoiles sur 5 We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident....
This review refers to the Dreamworks Doby Digital Edition.....
Based on actual events, Steven Spielberg and Debbie Allen collaberate to bring us one of the many... Read more
Publié le Nov. 4 2002 par L. Shirley

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