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Carmack's Top 10 Movies of 2004 |
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7. Finding Neverland |
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Easily the most moving film of the year, based on the life of J.M. Barrie, the man who wrote Peter Pan. Johnny Depp gives this controversial figure a life of his own, playing him as a flawed but well-meaning and optimistic playwright determined to make life grand again for a widow (Kate Winslet, always fantastic) and her four boys. Freddie Highmore, as the youngest and most emotional of the boys, is a real find, and the ending, while sentimental and expected, brings tears to your eyes. |
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6. Collateral |
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Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox are perfectly matched in Michel Mann's decidedly stylish thriller, the most suspenseful of the year. Cruise dons gray hair and a stylish silver suit to play his first real "bad guy" role, although not entirely evil, and Jamie Foxx manages to underplay his role enough to give us a rather complex "everyman". With a flawless supporting cast and a sleazy but somehow beautiful underground digital video-look, Mann has made the Bad Ass Movie of 2004. |
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5. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
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A sure sign that Bill Murray is getting better with age, director Wes Anderson's fourth film doesn't detract from the droll, love-it/hate-it style that either made his previous films (which included The Royal Tenenbaums) masterpieces or headaches to you, but it still manages to be the most intellegent, layered, and downright memorable comedy of the year. Murray is flawless in the lead, while Cate Blanchett and Owen Wilson (despite a slippery accent) hit new peaks in the supporting cast. |
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Click here to go on with the countdown! |
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