All performances are great. TQA is very thoughtful, and cinematically intelligent.

A timely thought-prokoking story. One of Fraser's better acting outings, and an awesome performance by Caine, who needed to get away from recent roles beneath his capabilities.

Excellent!

I could only sit through twenty minutes of this movie, but I really thought the acting was terrible. Didn't get a chance to see Caine do anything much. It is very mediocre in many other ways including editing and cinematography to name just two.

I found this movie one the the best I've seen in years! The acting talents of the cast was superb and emotionally captivating. The cinematography, directing, and careful attention to detail gave the audience a visual and emotional feast. The politcal motives of visionary,well-meaning patriots/spies/missionaries and journalists is often clouded by the hidden agendas of the ruling class. The film allows the viewer to peer into the hearts and minds of those who are victimized by the conditions of armed conflict. This film is also a brilliant, sensitive portrayal of how intensely erotic and thrilling Asian women can be and why the underground market for "mailorder brides" has grown to staggering dimensions. The film is most meaningful to those who have experienced the so called "mystery of the orient" firsthand. Greed, sinfulness, racial worship, cruelty, murder and stupidity(as this wonderful film reveals) are often masked by the flowery promises of dreamy "asian romantic love" that American males experience when dating in the orient. … Expand

Absolutely intriguing. I can only wonder what a masterpiece the book must be.

Great film, great book, great author.

That's better. They buggered it up the first time, which got poor old Graham terribly cross. I'm sure he'd approve of this version - especially Maurice Micklewhite's performance.

Beautiful and thoughtful. Shows that the world is not black and white. Neither Pyle nor Fowler have a moral victory in this story. Very timely - Bush and his cohorts should see this and hopefully they will learn that the world is not full of just good guys and bad guys.

Absolutley amazing! Caine is fantastic, as is everything else.

I'm totally mystified by the critical response to this film. I thought it was terrible, start (the moment an Asian woman's face appeared superimposed over fire) to finish (a cloddish and idiotic procession of faux newspaper headlines how - surprise! - the U.S. became involved in Vietnam). Caine swims upstream valiantly in this movie, trying to make the most of a role that he9;s clearly been waiting his whole career to play. Brendan Fraser is laughable, completely devoid of presence, charisma, or subtext. It's hard to believe they could screw up such a great, cinematic book, but they did, and I think Noyce is mostly to blame. Emblematic of this movie's problems is the sequence in which a bomb goes off in Hanoi central square. They show the sequence excised of its most dramatic bits, then cut to Caine, who tells you the most dramatic bits, then they cut back to show the most dramatic bits. Probably the dumbest sequence I've seen all year. I don't care what anybody says, it was truly rotten. A "3" only for Caine making the best of a bad situation.… Expand

Great movie! Caine was remarkable (as usual) and the car bomb scene was brilliant (please ignore the naysayer below). Fraser is the only weak spot, but even he wasn't terrible, just mediocre. Try to catch it on the big screen because I don't think video will do the cinematic beauty of the film justice.