
A lonely executive blackmails a young girl from the steno pool into spending a week with him at his flat. Full of wonderful mind games and dialogue Mister Hoffman only wants to share his love. The rather typical plot really involves only two people through out giving us lots of time to see what they can do.... (Full plot summary below)
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A lonely executive blackmails a young girl from the steno pool into spending a week with him at his flat. Full of wonderful mind games and dialogue Mister Hoffman only wants to share his love. The rather typical plot really involves only two people through out giving us lots of time to see what they can do.
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| DVDJournal.comMark BourneMiss Smith's emotional transformation, which we're presumably expected to mirror, is hard to swallow and comes across more as a discomfiting Stockholm Syndrome breakdown than a tender opening of her eyes and heart. |
| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonIt has lost an essential claustrophobic quality in its transition from compact TV play to almost two-hour film. |
| User ReviewDaniel BCa fait longtemps que j'avais pas eut un tel coup de coeur ! C'est beau, sensible avec un cynisme déchirant de pudeur. Plus qu'un art, le cinéma c'est la magie de jouer à l'équilibriste avec les émotions. Loin de ses rôles de gaffeurs, Peter Sellers est ici bouleversant. Quand à Sinéad Cusack, la fragilité de son regard est inoubliable. Encore une fois, ils font chi... Studio canal à jamais sortir tous ces joyaux anglais chez nous ( au moins, il pourrait mettre des sous-titres anglais sur les DVDs UK ). |
| User ReviewEmiliano DAmazing Peter Sellers, amazing movie, can't understand why this movie it's so understimated! |
| User ReviewPetros Mone of my best movies. Take a look on dialogues and specially on peter's monologues.. |
| User Reviewm hDont get me wrong. This is not a typical sellers film. It is however a one off opportunity to see a portrayal of the real sellers. The film is quirky and strangely watchable with some of the weirdest script " I want to lick your knees". A must for sellers fans |
| User ReviewPetros TMost of "Hoffman" takes place between four walls and with two characters. And it works marvelously thanks to the interesting premise, convincing performances, suitable music and, perhaps most importantly, the solid characterization, very good dialogues and equally potent subtext. It might not be the most subversive film ever but it's quite a fascinating portrayal of sexual and emotional frustration. |
| User ReviewPrivate Usurprisingly good Sellers drama about an older misogynist (played by Sellers) that blackmails a young girl who is about to be married to another man into living with Seller's character for a week. Sort of like Terrance Stamp's The Butterfly Collector except not a thriller, but some of the same ideas at work here.....lots of great one liners, although this is not a comedy....however Sellers is excellent and Cusack is no slouch either. |
| User ReviewJack YBeautifully made. Sellers is a businessman with a complex about his less than handsome appearance, playing it with a quiet insanity, then sympathetically. Up to that point, this was a career-best performance and only surpassedperhaps only matchedby his later Chance the Gardener. His aim: to convince his secretary (Cusack) that her fiancé is wrong for her and to win her heartby initially blackmailing her. Wonderful theme song by Matt Monro. |