Purely Joyful Movie!

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Memorable, crazy movie

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I hired this movie because of the cover. It displayed a picture of a jaguar ( I love cats) and Richard Dreyfuss. Wasn't expecting much, seeing he is a great actor and I hadn't heard of the title. From the start of the movie I was hooked! I didn't care about seeing the Jaguar, I just wanted to know what was coming next. Antonio's reading of the book and the quote about "the impassioned kiss" was just.....hook-able. Scenery....unbelievable.....I would love to go there! I don't think it was slow. You certainly don't want to be in the mood for action when watching this. All actors were superb. Can't remember it being at the cinemas! Why? Maybe a re-release is in order:)

I really love this movie! I think it's so gentle and sweet, and there's a lot of humor all through the film. I caught myself smiling most of the film, the humor is so gentle and subtle. However, I'd really love to buy a DVD of this movie, but I cannot find it for sale anywhere. I've been looking for more than a year and all I can find is the book - which I've bought of course. Can anyone help me to find a place where I can buy a DVD version of this wonderful movie?As I live in Norway the market is kinda limited, but I've checked out all the possibilities I'm familiar with. I need to go international for sure.Grateful for any help!

It is worth noting that Luís Sepulveda (the author of the novel upon which the film was based), upon meeting Rolf De Heer, grabbed him by the shoulders and thanked him for having brought the spirit of his novel alive onscreen. The nuanced performances of Hugo Weaving, Timothy Spall, Cathy Tyson andVictor Bottenbley are as memorable as that of Richard Dreyfus, whose deeply-felt and brilliant portrayal of the old man of the title ('Antonio Bolivar') must be a late- career defining moment. It could so easily have degenerated into yet another bit of macho chest-thumpin' hunt-in-the-jungle fluff. However, the beautifully evocative cinematography and sensitive direction save it from such triteness. Highlights include the Mr De Heer's intimate close-ups of the characters, giving the audience a window into their personal space; and the scenes of Antonio Bolivar reading his beloved books by lamplight as he relishes each painstakingly spelt-out word and ruminates on the meaning of each hard-won sentence before moving onto the next. It's the picture of a man for whom the mere act of reading is still a joyous miracle to be savoured. A nice little bit of synchronicity: Victor Bottenbley, the Dutch actor who plays Nushino, was indeed born in Surinam, which he left as a small child. When hearrived in French Guiana to begin the shoot, he discovered that some of the other actors were of the tribe of his mother's people. A wonderful homecoming indeed. This year saw the first two preview screenings in Australia.

Richard dreyfuss is great in this movie. In all movies he make. I've seen this movie in my country, and i'm specting for the dvd because i like to see this movie in english because in spain the movies are dubbeds, and i have not a lot of opportunities for hear his real voice, and i hate it. I love the movies in original version(english of course)