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MOVIE
REVIEW – DEEP IMPACT
Rating: PG-13
Year of release: 1998
Time Length: 120 minutes
Cast: Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Robert Duvall,
Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Shell, Blair Underwood
Synopsis: A Sci-Fi drama depicting the social and political implications
as well as personal crises related to an impending extinction level event—a
Manhattan-sized comet headed for the Earth.
“In classic disaster fashion, "Deep Impact" surrounds
Jenny (Tea Leoni) with a colorful assortment of fellow worriers. Morgan
Freeman makes a fine president of the United States, with a thoughtful
manner and just the right reassuring television presence. (He dresses
casually for telling the American public the absolute worst comet
news.) Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell are Jenny's glamorous,
estranged parents.
Leelee Sobieski
is Leo Biederman's sweetheart, and the film actually
finds a way for them to marry and have a baby without
having sex.
At the helm
of the astronauts' mission to land on and deflect the
comet is a tough but reassuring Robert Duvall.
The special effects are elaborate but relatively brief, featuring
gaseous comet close-ups and an impressive tidal wave.”*
*Janet Maslin, “The New York Times on the Web: Current Film” http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/050898deep-film-review.html
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