Movies starring Laura Linney

Dave (1993)

106 mins     Comedy, Romance      

In "Dave" Kevin Kline plays amiable president impersonator Dave Kovic who finds himself standing in for the president when the leader is taken ill in a less than decent circumstances. Although Dave is meant to do what he is t...

Congo (1995)

109 mins     Action , Adventure , Mystery      

Whilst his stories had been made in to movies before Michael Crichton became hot property thanks to Spielberg who brought his story to life in "Jurassic Park". But in doing such a good job of making "Jurassic Park" then every...

Primal Fear (1996)

129 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Whilst it has now been an astonishing 20 years since "Primal Fear" was released it is as powerful as the first time I watched it and despite knowing the outcome still had me hooked from beginning to end. But that leads me to ...

Absolute Power (1997)

121 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

As an actor Clint Eastwood has given us many memorable characters such as Blondie in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", as a director he has also given us many brilliant movies such as "The Bridges of Madison County". But even...

The Truman Show (1998)

112 mins     Comedy, Drama, Fantasy      

I'll be honest; I really disliked "The Truman Show" when it was released in 1998, maybe because it wasn't like anything else that Jim Carrey had done before or maybe because I just didn't get it. But a few years later and hav...

Love Letters (1999)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

I don't know whether it is the simple fact that "Love Letters" is very different to your normal made for TV movie or that in Steven Weber and Laura Linney it has two very capable stars but something about it stands out. It's ...

You Can Count on Me (2000)

111 mins     Drama      

Starring Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, "You Can Count on Me" is a gentle, slightly quirky movie about family relationships. Actually quirky may be the wrong word for it as one moment it feels like your stereotypical commerci...

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

119 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery      

If I was to draw a line graph to highlight how effective "The Mothman Prophecies" was it would start off a bit wobbly around the middle, shoot up as we have the first moment of intrigue and drama but then slowly drop to the p...

Love Actually (2003)

135 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

Last time I checked Christmas only comes once a year but that doesn't stop Christmas movie "Love Actually" cropping up on TV through out the year. Not that I am complaining as "Love Actually" is one of those charming British ...

Mystic River (2003)

135 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

Clint Eastwood is a man who has shown that he is equally adept behind the camera as he is infront of it, as is the case of "Mystic River" a powerhouse movie which Eastwood stamps his authority on making it an atmospheric blen...

The Life of David Gale (2003)

130 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

"The Life of David Gale" is a did he do it movie, it's all about whether or not David Gale murdered his friend Constance Harraway and as the story plays out we go from knowing nothing to knowing plenty and understanding not a...

Kinsey (2004)

118 mins     Biography, Drama      

This movie review of "Kinsey" comes from someone who had never heard of Alfred Kinsey or the books he wrote or the controversy he caused. Instead this movie review comes from a movie fan that enjoys the biopic genre because o...

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

119 mins     Crime, Drama, Horror      

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is a reminder to me to never judge a movie by its title as with the word Exorcism in the title I had put off watching his movie expecting another horror movie. Yet the truth is that whilst we do h...

Man of the Year (2006)

115 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller      

There have been a few movies which have managed to blend comedy with drama to make reasonably good comedy thrillers. Alas "Man of the Year" doesn't despite trying hard to be a comedy thriller surrounding politics. The issue i...

Jindabyne (2006)

123 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Do you enjoy slow movies, clever movies but ones which are in no hurry to set things up? If the answer is yes then "Jindabyne" might appeal to you because is a slow movie which marches to its own beat, but that does make it h...

The Savages (2007)

110 mins     Comedy, Drama      

"The Savages" stars Laura Linney and Philip Seymour as estranged siblings reunited when then learn that their father Lenny (Philip Bosco) is suffering from dementia....

The Other Man (2008)

88 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

The Other Man (2008) Liam Neeson stars as Peter who after his wife has gone discovers she was having an affair with a man in Lake Como leading to him heading there to confront him...

Arthur Christmas (2011)

98 mins     Adventure , Animation, Family      

Arthur Christmas: Santa's operation has gone high tech but when a child is missed out on the Christmas Eve delivery Arthur ,Santa's son, and his grandpa go old school to save the day...

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

94 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

Trying to think who might be the ideal audience for "Hyde Park on Hudson" would be and all I can say is that maybe political historians might find this entertaining but I am not entirely sure. In fact I do genuinely wonder if...

The Fifth Estate (2013)

128 mins     Biography, Drama, Thriller      

I actually found reading the reviews written about "The Fifth Element" a lot more entertaining than the movie itself with some picking up on it only telling half the story whilst some proclaiming Benedict is God which to be f...