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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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