01 April 2009

Review: House of Sand and Fog (2003)

What happens when your memories and dreams are worth more than anything else in the world.

Ben Kingsley is just wonderful as the proud but inflexible Iranian exile Colonel Bahrani, while Jennifer Connelly looks appropriately depressed as the divorced Kathy. Weakest of the trio is Ron Eldard's deputy Lester, whose motivations aren't made clear until too late in the film.

Camerawork and editing are a bit hum-drum, and James Horner's score is over the top.

Superior tear-jerker.

3 out of 5 stars.

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