Witness 1985 production company12/5/2023 ![]() Or maybe Ford is just so effortlessly good that he makes it look easy. Sure, this is a drama where he plays a real-world cop rather than an adventure flick where he’s a dashing space smuggler or a swashbuckling matinee idol, but he’s still a bit of a charming rogue who eventually reveals his good heart. ![]() Additionally, the burgeoning romance between Book and the boy’s mother is touchingly and believably handled.įord gives a good performance, though I didn’t think it was that far outside his usual wheelhouse, actually. Certainly, the crime plot is a little rote, though it builds to a thrilling climax, with a definite touch of “modern Western” about the film’s style and structure. Indeed, with the focus it gives to Amish ways, the film almost seems like it wanted to be a documentary about that community as much as a story. Rather, the film is about Book experiencing a way of life so different to his own, and it changing his perspective on the world. With such a storyline, the film could descend into a culture-clash comedy - the big city cop chafing against historical rural life - but, while that clash is certainly in play, it’s not milked for laughs. The case is handed to Detective John Book (Harrison Ford), who manages to get the boy to ID the murderer, but that puts the trio in danger, so they hide out among the Amish community. It’s the story of an 8-year-old Amish boy (Lukas Haas) who, while travelling with his mother (Kelly McGillis) through Philadelphia, happens to witness the murder of an undercover cop. ![]() I guess it falls into that bracket of being “very good, but not great”, and, devoid of the kind of cult appeal that can keep good-not-great movies popular for decades, it’s kind of slipped off the radar. Witness is, I think, one of those (many) films that used to be pretty well-known but hardly anyone seems to talk about anymore. ![]()
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