Movies starring Rachel Weisz

Stealing Beauty (1996)

118 mins     Drama, Romance      

Considering director Bernardo Bertolucci's back catalogue of movies includes the steamy character study "Last Tango in Paris" you would have expected that "Stealing Beauty" would have been another intriguing character study s...

Chain Reaction (1996)

107 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller      

Here is the irony; "Chain reaction" is a movie about scientists creating a new power source which doesn't pollute yet this is a movie which has no brains. In fact forget the whole science aspect, which you should the minute y...

The Land Girls (1998)

111 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

"The Land Girls" is one of those movies which are less concerned about telling a story but capturing a period in history, that period is 1941 and World War II with women working on the farms whilst men went off to fight. That...

The Mummy (1999)

125 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

It seems to me that "The Mummy" wanted to be one thing, an adventure movie in a similar style to the "Indiana Jones" movies but for a new generation. As such "The Mummy" does have many elements of those 80s "Indiana Jones" mo...

The Mummy Returns (2001)

130 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

"The Mummy Returns" is very much in the same manner as "The Mummy" which means it is built around a lot of action scenes embellished to the hilt with special effects. It even tries to continue the storyline as we meet up with...

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

131 mins     Drama, Thriller      

"Enemy at the Gates" takes its lead from the history books with a story which revolves around The Battle for Stalingrad between the Germans and Russians during WWII. But it is not really about the battle as a whole but a duel...

About a Boy (2002)

101 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

About a Boy: Hugh Grant stars as Will whose home is his island, except his island is invaded by Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) a nerdy kid who enters his life...

Runaway Jury (2003)

122 mins     Drama, Thriller      

If you've read John Grisham's book "Runaway Jury" then I would say give the movie "Runaway Jury" a miss. It may have an impressive cast and to be honest an interesting storyline but in the adaptation Grisham's novel has been ...

Envy (2004)

99 mins     Comedy      

There is a line in the movie "Envy" where Rachel Weisz's character Debbie proclaims "I don't get your jokes some times", that could have been expanded to "I don't get this movie at all". Seriously "Envy" has to be one of the ...

Constantine (2005)

121 mins     Action , Fantasy, Horror      

If you've arrived here looking for a movie review of "Constantine" in comparison to the comic book which it was adapted from you might as well move on. Don't get me wrong I'd like you to stay but I have never looked at "Hellb...

The Constant Gardener (2005)

129 mins     Drama, Mystery, Romance      

I'm a Type 1 diabetic, not something I like but something I have to live with. But as a diabetic I know two things; one there will not be a week which goes past when there will be something in the press about a possible cure ...

The Fountain (2006)

96 mins     Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi      

Usually if I describe a movie as style over substance I often mean that beneath a terrific looking movie there is nothing, no depth, no interesting storyline or interesting characters, basically a vacuous experience which is ...

Eragon (2006)

104 mins     Action , Adventure , Family      

"Star Wars", giant blue jelly beans and dragons are some of the words which came to mind as I watched "Eragon" a movie which I had put off watching for a long time as what I had heard about it did little for me. Now in fairne...

Fred Claus (2007)

116 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Fred Claus: Vince Vaughn stars as Fred, the brother of Santa (Paul Giamatti) except the brothers Claus don't get on and now have to work today...

Definitely Maybe (2008)

107 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"Definitely Maybe" is a busy little movie with three romances, a career in politics and an inquisitive daughter, there is plenty going on, but unfortunately it struggles. It struggles because that although there are various s...

The Lovely Bones (2009)

135 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Thriller      

I've never read Alice Sebold's novel which "The Lovely Bones" is adapted from but somehow I just get a feeling something has been lost in its adaptation. And the reason I feel this is because whilst it starts well and draws y...

The Whistleblower (2010)

112 mins     Crime, Drama      

So right off the bat I should say that "The Whistleblower" is not some glitzy, mainstream movie made for the masses even though it stars the familiar names of Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathai...

The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

98 mins     Drama, Romance      

That opening works as whilst it is intentionally disjointed it spikes your interest as to what is causing Hester to feel suicidal. Those opening scenes also give us two other things; a wonderful look as well as Rachel Weisz w...

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

135 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

When they announced they were making another Bourne movie, a spin-off with a different character I didn't want it to happen and after watching "The Bourne Legacy" I still don't think it should have happened. Not only that the...

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

130 mins     Adventure , Family, Fantasy      

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) prequel starring James Franco as Oscar, a magician who ends up in the Land of Oz and doing battle with the Wicked Witch...