TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL - PART 2
The second movie that Marianne and I saw was called CLEANER...not THE Cleaner, just Cleaner. It starred Samuel Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes and was directed by Renny Harlin. Remember Renny Harlin? Used to be married to Geena Davis and when they were filming The Long Kiss Goodnight in the Muskokas, the Windemere House resort burnt down supposedly because of lights used for filming.
Anyway, I digress, as usual. I was really looking forward to this movie. Great cast, interesting plot, thriller. The movie centred around Samuel Jackson who played a crime scene cleaner. Yes, the companies that go in after they're done investigating a crime scene and have to clean up all the evidence...eeewwww! Unwittingly he ends up cleaning up after a crime scene that was never reported. See, sounds good doesn't it?? Well, if you ever get a chance to watch it, please let me know what you think because this movie will never find itself on my top 10 all-time movies list...not even top 100! It was just very slow and not much of a thriller.
It was nice to see Samuel Jackson at the premiere though. I was really hoping to see Ed Harris but he didn't show up.
I don't think this movie made it to any theatres and I haven't heard of it coming out on DVD yet either so maybe we're part of an exclusive group that will be the only people to ever see it! Oh well, we had a great time in spite of the movie. I must say though, I felt like a real hypocrite giving Samuel a standing ovation after it was finished...BRAVO...GREAT MOVIE...NOT!
Samuel Jackson and Renny Harlin (and Marianne in between them in the reflection of the mirror!)
4 comments:
The Windemere burned down? OMG! That's very sad. I'm probably years late on my grief but they didn't report that in the St. Pete Times. weird. Anywhoo...Andrew and I spend a romantic weekend there once and the ambience was so quaint and the food? fantastic! I know that's important to us both, Jude, so I had to add the food part. LOL!!
Yes, your grief is a little late...I think it was 1996...lol!! I believe they rebuilt.
I've never heard of the movie, either. But if I do, I'll be sure not to watch it :-)
Wow - it did sound like it would be a good flick. Too bad!
I was working in the Orillia area at a resort in the summers of 1995 and 1996. I think I remember hearing about Windermere! Good 'old Hollywood North!
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