KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Shannon Welsh The Human Stain is a movie that deals with racism and trying to pass for being white in the U.S. Wentworth Miller was a flawless actor in this film. Not only did he play his part well, he was not miscast as Coleman Silk. Coleman Silk is supposed to be a light complexion black American male who can pretend to be a white American man. Wentworth Miller is actually part Black American even though he has Syrian and Russian ancestry in real life. Wentworth Miller is very handsome and I thought Wentworth was a perfect choice for this part. However, I thought the producers should have selected a mixed race actor to play elderly Coleman Silk. Anthony Hopkins is an excellent actor but he was miscast for this role. I do not know who they could have picked, but there are tons of actors always looking for work so why not give someone else a chance? The cinematography was an 8/10. The plot was 7/10. Overall acting from the entire cast 8/10.

xerxesqarquebus-34598 One of the fundamental themes of this movie is America's obsession with ethnic identity. It is a little unfortunate that it very effectively undercuts itself by proving, as if proof were required, that the concept is absurd. I won't explain more, since that would give away too much. The other fundamental theme is a love affair between Anthony Hopkins, a professor of classics, and Nicole Kidman, a cleaning woman, conducted in the teeth of the community's disapproval and, far more seriously, despite the presence of Ed Harris as Kidman's deranged and dangerous ex-husband. This is completely credible as a May- December romance but honestly, Nicole Kidman as a cleaning woman in rural America? Sorry to point this out, but in reality such people are as big as houses and do not look like Hollywood stars. Similarly insane Vietnam veterans, such as Harris's character, do not have perfect Hollywood teeth. They are on show in close-up after close-up and are so bright as to be distracting.

tieman64 Robert Benton's "The Human Stain" stars Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk, a university professor. Accused of making "racist remarks", Silk is fired from his job."The Human Stain" was written by Philip Roth, an author renowned for needless "cleverness". In "Stain", Silk is revealed to be "actually an African American" who just "happens to be white". Because he is ashamed of revealing his ethnicity, Silk accepts the aforementioned charges of racism. Via flashbacks, we are then granted a glimpse into Silk's younger years. Steeped in self-hate, and occasionally victimised, Silk's life is mirrored to the travails of Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman), a woman whose own self-hate stems from years of physical and emotional abuse. All other characters in Benton's film, including those played by Ed Harris and Gary Sinise, wrestle with similar problems. They all view themselves as "human stains".Though interesting in theory, "The Human Stain" mostly embodies all of writer Philip Roth's worst qualities. It's too writerly. Too filled with overly "clever ideas". And like most of Roth's books, it's simultaneously obsessed with themes of racial prejudice, self-hate and misplaced guilt, whilst having very little to say about such things. Consider one of Roth's best novels, "Nemesis". Written in the style of 1950s modernism, rather than the self-conscious postmodernism of his other works, "Nemesis" is about a young Jewish man who, during the 1940s, blames himself for an outbreak of Polio, an outbreak which kills Jews and so echoes the Naziism of WW2. For Roth, religious and racial persecution resides primarily in the realm of the mind. Your typical Roth victim blames himself for problems which Roth insists would be overcome if only these characters were capable of ditching their self-loathing. For Roth, prejudice is never a product of class, economics, systems or social institutions. Condescendingly, it's a product of inferior will power. I think I am unequal, therefore I am.7.5/10 - Ranges from excellent to hokey.

Elvis Mantegna A rape of a genial novel. Poor Philip Roth. Even though is hard to adapt such a complex novel, more could be done to highlight the introspection of characters, which has a dominant role in the book and it's totally forgotten in the movie. awful choice of actors/actresses. Delphine should be half her age, as well as Nathan, while the choice of Nicole Kidman, even though her well-known acting skills, should have come together with a facial plastic or the use of special effects of "make-up", which seems to lack in every other character. screenplay odd, wonder if director and screen player actually read the novel, for sure they're not P.R.'s fans and reader.