A "Rainbow" Coalition
FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The independently produced family film Shannon’s Rainbow commingles a horse with a stable of one-time Hollywood thoroughbreds.
Claire Forlani
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Review: "Mister Foe"
From the Front Row (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Hallam Foe is a troubled young man. Ever since the death of his mother by apparent suicide, Hallam (Jamie Bell) has withdrawn into the tree house his father built him as a child, content to watch the people around him rather than going out in the world and living. He becomes a spectator to the sport of life.Things begin to go wrong however, when he begins to suspect his stepmother (Claire Forlani),...
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The British Invasion: Claire Forlani
Slym Pickings (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Sweetest Claire Forlani where do I begin? My crush on you; maddening; unbearable; utter sin I could watch you on screen every single day Romance, drama, action; it matters not what role you play You light up my life; you light up the night Quell this passion inside, come to me and make it right A fairer maiden my eyes have not seen At the very top of the list; you could never fall in between I’ll wine...
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In The Name Of The King Is Even Longer On Blu-Ray
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Some idiot called this movie a Grand, Epic Adventure. Who in the hell would say something like that?
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Teen with train-wreck life makes voyeurs of us all
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
In "Mister Foe," director David Mackenize manages, improbably but beautifully, to balance creepiness and tenderness as perfectly as young Hallam Foe teeters on the pitched roofs of Edinburgh while he's spying on a pretty young woman he's seen in the street.
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"Mister Foe": Dramatic possibilities crash and fall apart
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
"Mister Foe": In this mixed effort, a troubled kid (Jamie Bell) takes to spying on an Edinburgh woman (Sophia Myles) who looks like his late mother. 95 minutes. Reviewed Sept. 19 by Tom Keogh.
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If only the deliciously twisted 'Mister Foe' didn't come unraveled in the end
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Were it not for pat resolutions, "Mister Foe" might be mentioned alongside classic psycho-sexual thrillers. Instead, director David Mackenzie reined in the strangeness to deliver a better-than-average mystery. Grade: B
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PICK Mister Foe : Sleeping With Your Stepmom Isn't Incest. Really
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Young Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is convinced that his stepmother (Claire Forlani) accelerated her upward trajectory from Dad's secretary to Dad's wife by offing Mom, but the coroner says it was suicide. An unswayed Hallam channels his grief and loathing into spying on couples going at it, Dad (Ciar...
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"Mister Foe": A stalker who's both sweet and scary
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
"Mister Foe" traces the obsession of its hero Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) for a co-worker, Kate (Sophia Myles). The film is also a nimble, acrobatic tour of Edinburgh.
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Scottish accents are sometimes difficult to understand
pullquote (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
No friend to Foe, this week Hizzoner plays Broadway booster instead. Mister Foe Those who remember the wonderful film, Billy Elliot, and Jamie Bell's terrific performance in bringing that character to life, will be disappointed in this movie. What a...
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Keith: Scenes 'like little songs'
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Country star Toby Keith is wrapping up his summer tour - which comes to Riverbend this Friday - but his mind seems to largely be on his new movie, "Beer for My Horses."
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A lovable pervert at your window
Salon (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Weekend roundup: The noble peeping Tom hero of "Mister Foe," Truffaut's delectable Parisian noir "Shoot the Piano Player" and more.
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WATCH, LISTEN & LOINS
New York Post (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
JAMIE Bell has his best role since "Billy Elliot" in "Mister Foe," a darkly comic tale of a twisted teen on the cusp of adulthood. When we first meet Bell's Hallam Foe, he's a feral 17-year-old who's exiled himself to a treehouse on his father's...
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Movie Review | 'Mister Foe': Stalking in Scotland, the Aerial Perspective
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
“Mister Foe” is infused with enough macabre and comical touches to prevent it from sliding into clinical sensationalism.
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'Mister Foe': Creepy, but only occasionally compelling
USA Today (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Mister Foe (* * out of four) is not a movie to cozy up to. The twisted tale is only mildly intriguing, worth seeing mainly for ...
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