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Movie review - The Insider (1999)

I watched The insider with Al Pacino and Russel Crowe. Although it was a public holiday, it wasn't such a bright idea to watch a 2.5 hr movie at 8pm!!! My lovely wife is growing bolder in her powers of persuasion. Ha ha ha. I hope she didn't hear that!!
On a serious note, the movie was Brilliant!!! Check the rating yourself on Rotten Tomatoes if you don't believe me. Rato (my wife, fullname Lerato for those who don't know) and I were reminded of the actor heroics between Hoffman and Hackman (check rating) in Runaway Jury. Absolute classic!!! The mammoth courage to go against a multimillion dollar industry; loose the very family that you fight for; the integrity to stand by your word and promise has brought a timeless classic onto the big screen.
I know what you might be thinking, this movie was made in 1999, so what's the big deal? Well, 1) I didn't know this movie existed 2) We got this movie on special for R33 (can you believe it!!) 3) There's so many core values that can be learned from this movie which transcend right through time. In our society, integrity is fighting a loosing battle. Very few care about the importance of one's word or promise to another. Did you know that in some indigenous languages, there's no room for words such as 'might' or 'if' or 'maybe'. It's either you do it or you don't. No sitting on the fence. This is contrast to today's society who tries so much harder to put ambiguities in arguments while paying others to take them out (crazy i know).

The message for this movie is pure and simple: "the narrow road of integrity and truth is the less traveled." Can't wait to watch it again (on the weekend this time!!!)
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