The Human Stain (2003)
The story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a distinguished professor at a prestigious New England college whose professional life is shattered by allegations of racism and whose personal life is infected with cancer of a lie he has been living with for fifty years. (Miramax)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Robert Benton
Written By: Nicholas Meyer, Philip Roth
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Nicole Kidman, Margo Martindale, Gary Sinise, Kerry Washington, John Finn, Ron Canada, Jacinda Barrett, Anna Deavere Smith, Wentworth Miller, Anne Dudek
Genres: Romance, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
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The Human Stain belongs to 10 collections
1. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
2. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
3. Filmsite.org - Sex in the Movies, An Illustrated History (collaborative: moderated by afx237vi - 5 stars)
4. Prestige Picture / Oscar Bait (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
5. Jean-Yves Escoffier (cinematographer). (collaborative: moderated by karamazov. - 1 star)
6. Netflix instant LATAM (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom - 1 star)
7. Passing (Racial Identity) (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 1 star)
8. Terrible Titles (public: donkeyjelly - 1 star)
9. TVP VOD (collaborative: moderated by msa)
10. 2003: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| May 12, 2016 |  |
bookhouseboy | 35 39th |
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#16#, rw2, Nicole.K/10a5, oldies(2) }*{ #00s(m)#, story, cast
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| Aug 03, 2014 |  |
hsncrspywl | 39 12th |
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Not read a single Philip Roth book but I'm sure this works a lot better as a novel than it does as two hours of film in which You Will Believe Anthony Hopkins Is Actually Black. The reviews aren't kidding on when they talk about being miscast, pretty much everyone in the film would do a lot better if they swapped roles with someone else, and it could also do with being a lot less lethargic in its storytelling. It's all tell, no show. Also, ANTHONY HOPKINS IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLACK.
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| Dec 23, 2013 |  |
rttntomatoes | 43 19th |
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Though the acting is fine, the leads are miscast, and the story is less powerful on screen than on the page.
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| Jan 30, 2013 |  |
Nearphotison | 60 36th |
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This is an odd movie. A bit surreal to see Hopkins play a black man (and Kidman trailer trash!), combined with Wentworth Miller portraying young Hopkins. Feels a bit like several movies sewn together, which can be interesting at times, and others leaving you wondering what the movie is trying to get across.
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| Dec 12, 2012 | klea | 33 22nd |
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If you want to cast actors so far away from the characters they're supposed to portray, then at least alter the script to fit them in a little better
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| Sep 12, 2012 |  |
Okkervil | 17 12th |
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Anthony Hopkins is my new favourite black actor.
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| Jan 05, 2012 |  |
muutanet | 11 9th |
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What would you do when your fuck buddy turns emotional? I kind of liked Kidman's part. She was so shattered inside and less the type Kidman used to act.
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| Feb 07, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 15 21st |
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"Robert Benton's The Human Stain should be a lesson to us all: it is possible to make a film creakier than Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Jan 27, 2009 | dziekiel | 65 10th |
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Anthony Hopkins cast yet again as a black man in a white mans world. Boring
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| Mar 07, 2008 | CinemaVerite | 10 11th |
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Kidman and Hopkins have no chemistry. Muted colors and too incredible storyline are terribly distracting even from Kidman's subtle performance.
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| Dec 10, 2007 |  |
bojanpopic | 32 10th |
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I'm not buying it.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | mlightle3 | 55 11th |
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Bonus points for Wentworth Miller.
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| Apr 29, 2007 |  |
Stain | 80 68th |
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Some of the casting is profoundly misguided, but for a "prestige picture" (read: conservative, artistically timid movie that fine directors do at the end of their careers to finance their retirement) this is quite worthwhile
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| Dec 12, 2006 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 62 14th |
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I suppose it's not too bad if you can believe that Hopkins is an albino black man and Nicole Kidman is an ugly janitor.
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| Average Percentile 35.31% from 616 Ratings |  |