DIRECTION: 1/10 -/- SCREENPLAY: 3/10 -/- VISUALS: 5/10 -/- STORY: 5/10
The movie itself reminds me of 'Bedazzled' more than Faust. It's the same base story with a very bad selection of actors.
The ACTORS are great normally, but this is clearly not their role. Miss Love Hewitt and Mr. Hopkins were all right, but they definitely won't name this movie as their favorite.
I could also tell who THE DIRECTOR was before checking it (Alec Baldwin of course). He is too busy looking handsome and that kind of ruins his screenplay. I usually like his acting but this was dreadful.
He made his own character go out with hot young chicks, the Devil's contract was a kiss and a lovemaking, I mean come on, at least don't be this pathetic as an old man. :(
The STORY itself is a bit weird but not so bad, the side stories however are much worse, we only meet the secondary characters once or twice, we don't really know what kind of people they are, we usually only see Mr. Baldwin struggling, crying, smiling, yelling, confused... so the characters were really not detailed.
I would love to read the book or watch a remake with a REAL DIRECTOR and with a better actor for the main character.
Was a real disappointment for me, I have lost all my remaining respect for Mr. Baldwin.
The movie itself reminds me of 'Bedazzled' more than Faust. It's the same base story with a very bad selection of actors.
The ACTORS are great normally, but this is clearly not their role. Miss Love Hewitt and Mr. Hopkins were all right, but they definitely won't name this movie as their favorite.
I could also tell who THE DIRECTOR was before checking it (Alec Baldwin of course). He is too busy looking handsome and that kind of ruins his screenplay. I usually like his acting but this was dreadful.
He made his own character go out with hot young chicks, the Devil's contract was a kiss and a lovemaking, I mean come on, at least don't be this pathetic as an old man. :(
The STORY itself is a bit weird but not so bad, the side stories however are much worse, we only meet the secondary characters once or twice, we don't really know what kind of people they are, we usually only see Mr. Baldwin struggling, crying, smiling, yelling, confused... so the characters were really not detailed.
I would love to read the book or watch a remake with a REAL DIRECTOR and with a better actor for the main character.
Was a real disappointment for me, I have lost all my remaining respect for Mr. Baldwin.