Incognito (1997)
by John Badham
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Actor: Ian Richardson, Ir?ne Jacob, Jason Patric, Simon Chandler, Thomas LockyerDirector: John Badham
Cinematographer: Denis Crossan
Producer: Bill Todman Jr.
Producer: Cammie Crier
Producer: Gary Barber
Producer: James G. Robinson
Producer: William P. Cartlidge
Writer: Jordan Katz
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 108 minutes
Release Date: 1999-05-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Incognito (1997)
Movie Review: Alright thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
Art forger Harry Donovan (Jason Patric) agrees to one last job before making dad happy by giving up the shamming and pursuing his own art. His last job's a lulu, too - paint a `lost' Rembrandt. Lost off the coast of Spain centuries ago with no surviving copies.
It's a solid enough premise around which to build a movie. Films about obsessive people tend to be interesting, and expert art forgers - Donovan is supposed to be one of the best - have to be obsessive. And it's easy to get swept up in films that pursue their own idiosyncratic obsessions. Creating the perfect forgery seems a natural. How does the crook outwit the experts? Where are the pitfalls on the trail to the perfect fake?
INCOGNITO cares about some of that stuff, but it cares about more, too much more, besides. To begin with there's a trio of unscrupulous art dealers Donovan has to deal with. They're here mainly to provide thriller fodder - they fund the `last job' and are show up at the end to betray the intense young artist. Then there's Prof. Marieke van den Broeck (Ir?ne Jacob,) the beautiful art expert who `feels' one candidate isn't a real Rembrandt and more or less jets around Europe bumping into Donovan. Of course the pretty Prof. and Donovan tryst, fall in and out of love, get handcuffed together for an escape through Britain, and cement their bond during an extended, and unconvincing, movie-ending courtroom act. Some movies throw in a little bit of everything. Of course, with the gorgeous Jacob and GQ-coverboy Patric in the lead I guess crowding a bumpy love affair into an already overloaded movie ought to have been expected.
INCOGNITO isn't a bad movie, but it's not one you lean into, either. There's an awful lot of hokum going on - the bad-guy art dealers were forced, the events that led up to the trial strained at the credibility leash, and the trial itself was thin and unconvincing. A shaky three-stars for this one.
Movie Review: Made for TV quality
Summary: 1 Stars
Saw 'Victory' and thought it would be fun to see Irene Jacob in something else. Read the reviews here and thought this sounded interesting. Not! Nothing is believable about this effort. We hated Jason Patric's character throughout and found the 'love affair' ridiculous, to say the least! This is a sad and embarrassing movie. To be avoided.Movie Review: Executed with Ingenuity!
Summary: 5 Stars
We have here an intriguing and cunning adventure in the world of art forgery. The action spans across Europe with American art forger Harry Donovan, aptly played by Jason Patric, commissioned by a less than savory group to "create" a lost masterpiece by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. The beautiful Irene Jacob plays his love interest, Prof. Marieke van den Broeck. A perfect mix of suspense and intrigue with a more than satifactory ending.
As others have have provided storyline details, I will comment on this movies vibrant cinematography with sensual colors and brilliant lighting and a supurb musical score. The DVD is packed with bonus features that will satify everyone. I highly recommend the accompaning sountrack CD to complete a most enjoyable movie.
Movie Review: Great Flick!
Summary: 4 Stars
I caught this on HBO and had to buy a copy for myself. Not a great movie perhaps, but it is a great "flick." It does have some nudity so those with small children should be forewarned.
If you are looking for a movie for grown-ups then you have found it. The reason that this film was a box office bust is because teenagers can't identify with any of the characters or themes. Adults will appreciate that each of the characters have conflicting desires and must operate in circumstances that they do not control. Even the humor is of the shaded variety.
I disagree with those reviewers who overanalyze it. This was not intended to be a "Casablanca", but then what is? What makes this movie work is that the audience can only guess at where the story will go next. Nothing is telegraphed.
Each character's focus seems to be the cause of their own defeats. Jason Patric's "Donovan" is the epitome of this. His greatest work of art is a forgery that is so good that when he needs to prove it is a forgery, he is dismissed as a liar.
Actually, as I think about it, this movie shares some elements with Casablanca. Danger, a love affair, the sense that the lead character is wasting his life...
But it is not that good. Just worth buying and watching!
Movie Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen this movie many times & it is such an enjoyable ride that not once have I been tempted to over-analyze it, hunt for plot holes, flaws etc... & there are very few movies I can say that about. My list of all time favorites is a very short one - movies that somehow retain their magic and freshness through the years enough that I never tire of watching them & will always go out of my way (if necessary) to retain suspension of disbelief for & this is one of them.
Summary of Incognito (1997)
Jason Patric stars as ace art forger Harry Donovan, eager to get out of the counterfeiting business and become a legitimate painter, but willing to take on one last, monumental job: creating a fake Rembrandt that will fool absolutely everyone. The promised money is good but the clients are creeps: gun-toting art dealers who ultimately set up Harry for a murder, forcing him to go on the run across Europe with an art expert (Irene Jacob) in tow. The film has a major obstacle in Donovan himself, an arrogant and unlikable jerk played with unappealing self-absorption by Patric. Worrying about this guy's fate is not an inviting prospect, but there are compensations in Jacob's smart performance and Rod Steiger's emotionally raw presence as Harry's mentor father. Director John Badham takes particular delight in penetrating the arcane world of forgery and in detailing Harry's working methods, from intense research to color selections to choices of tools and aging processes. Badham keeps us constantly curious and fascinated by this unholy marriage of expertise and deceit, and at least nominally interested in Harry's efforts to free himself of the criminal squandering of his talents. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure Video
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