About this episode
This episode reviews the heist film Inside Man, discussing its performances and direction.
Inside Man is a clever heist film with the twist staring you in the face from the beginning. It's also the first Spike Lee or Jodie Foster film to be reviewed on Have You Ever Seen in quite some time. Foster and Denzel Washington's scenes together are fantastic. The 2 of them, plus Clive Owen, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe and Chiwetel Ejiofor deliver. Ironically, though, for a film with such intensity for 2 straight hours, the actors are generally calm. Well, Denzel is showboating, but he's Denzel. You can't reign in that charisma machine. So for my 734th episode, settle in to hear about a snappy caper film as I monologue about Spike Lee's biggest hit, Inside Man. Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your app. Rate and review it too. Look for me on Letterboxd (RyanHYES). I'm "@moviefiend51" on Twitter, "ryan-ellis" on Bluesky and "haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com" via email.
People in this episode
Host: Ryan Ellis
Topics covered
- heist film
- film review
- Spike Lee
- Jodie Foster
- Denzel Washington
- cinema history
Keywords
- Inside Man
- Spike Lee
- Jodie Foster
- Denzel Washington
- film review
- heist
- cinema
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Inside Man
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