Hackman way too old, Triplehorn too reserved and upper-crust.

While Hackman's acting is good, I always thought he was a distraction in the film (yes, he looked too old). So yeah, I can't disagree with what you said.

As for Tripplehorn, her performance wasn't bad (at least to me), but she just wasn't right for the role either.


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I didn't think he looked too old at all. I would chose him over Cruise any day, and I'm younger than Cruise. Gene Hackman is distinguished and a gentleman, and that's attractive in itself.

Hackman was cast well for the character in the book. The flirting with romance between his character Avery and the wife didn't happen in the book. Jeanne Tripplehorn's characterization was a little off.

Hackman was 62.

He played Avery as a late middle-aged guy going through an extended midlife crisis, which he battled by chasing young chicks.




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i agree with you. on both people

i always hated triplehorn in this cause she's so, just snobby or something. underwear too tight or something

yeah hackman was too ancient, totally unrealistic. good point about the water sports etc too

i just reread chapter one today and i had forgot but the oldest guy in the firm was the holbrook character who in the book was only around 50. (they called holbrooks char the 'grandfather' of the firm). the other partners (hackman and the others) were all younger than the 'grandfather' dude, meaning they were mid 40s or even 30s

so yeah water sports and skiing and scuba and all that would be just right for those ages. but not for a 70 looking hackman. it was just poorly cast. i love pollack but he messed up there.

and geesh holbrook looked 80 so he was way too old.

in the book, by that age he woulda been at home long since retired living the good life with all his money



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Funny Hackman never seemed to age much, he had that 50-ish look even from his French Connection days to his last movie.

70? Maybe to a kid. A hard late 50s/early 60s. He was 63, by the way. And it's amazing what power, money and confidence will do to a woman. Another thing you'll learn when you grow up.

She did what she had to do to help Mitch get the files so they could get the lives back and to exact some kind of revenge for his infidelity.

You think men lose interest when they pass 40? Hackman was at his oily best.

To a child, anybody over 30 looks "ancient". But the reality is that women like men, not boys. Particularly men who are intelligent, educated, refined, cultured, articulate, mature, experienced, and attentive. Oh, and being wealthy doesn't hurt either. Men who have those attributes in their fifties (and beyond) get a lot more interest from beautiful women than eternally adolescent boys with tattoos on their necks and metal prongs shoved through their faces.