Primal Fear

They've been showing Primal Fear, a film with Richard Gere, from 1996. This was the first big film by Ed Norton, who was pretty unknown at the time.

This movie is a nice showy role for Ed Norton, who plays a guy with a split personality. He's Aaron, who stammers and stutters and is sweet and innocent, and he plays Roy, who is psychopathic. The secret, revealed at the end, is the real guy, whoever is, is faking it.

And this, once you think about it, makes no sense at all. Aaron is a bright guy. But somehow he thought it was a good idea to play a mildly retarded fellow and join a church where he is subjected to sex video tapes.

I mean, why would he do this? The film only makes sense in that it tries to trick the viewer, and has a gotcha moment at the end. But the real answer makes no sense whatsoever.

Even so, it's a nice showy role for Ed Norton.