Absence of Malice (1981)
The premise is superbly intriguing: A man reads an article about himself in the newspaper one morning, which pretty much accuses him of murder. The movie, even with the likable and compelling lead Paul Newman, doesn’t really deliver on its great intro.
Paul Newman isn’t happy with the article, and he tracks down the journalist responsible, Sally Field. I’m not really a Sally Field fan anyway, and this movie did nothing to change my opinion of her. I found her annoying, and it took all my strength to pretend to take her seriously. Since all my strength was used up, I had none left to focus on the plot, and with all the twists and turns, I got pretty confused. If you have no problem paying attention to who-said-what, who’s-the-source, who’s-after-who stories, and you don’t mind Sally Field, you’ll have a better chance at liking Absence of Malice than I did.
More Paul Newman movies here!
Paul Newman isn’t happy with the article, and he tracks down the journalist responsible, Sally Field. I’m not really a Sally Field fan anyway, and this movie did nothing to change my opinion of her. I found her annoying, and it took all my strength to pretend to take her seriously. Since all my strength was used up, I had none left to focus on the plot, and with all the twists and turns, I got pretty confused. If you have no problem paying attention to who-said-what, who’s-the-source, who’s-after-who stories, and you don’t mind Sally Field, you’ll have a better chance at liking Absence of Malice than I did.
More Paul Newman movies here!