DVD Recommendation...Elegy

If you're looking for a good movie to rent from Netflix or itunes, or one worth buying, might I suggest the scarcely seen and graceful Elegy. Released in 2009, it stars Sir Ben Kingsley who plays prefessional critic, author, and teacher David Kopesh. He is a man who seems to have everything under control. That is until Penelope Cruz, who plays Consuela Castillo sits down in his class. Suddenly things get cloudy and David feels something he hasn't felt in a very long time.

Elegy is a smart, edgy, and touching film with a fantastic cast. It's one of Dennis Hopper's last roles before his death and he is great in this movie as poet George O'Hearn. It also stars one of my all time favorite actresses Patricia Clarkson who is super sexy in the role as the independent Carolyn. Directed by the talented Isabel Coixet from the screenplay written by the amazingly talented Nicholas Meyer who adapted it from novel written by the equally talented Phillip Roth, Elegy is a film that is hard not to love, and I think it's a film everyone should see if they get the chance. Give it a look, you won't be sorry.



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