The Sunset Limited

2011 "Nothing is ever black or white."
7.3| 1h30m| R| en
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A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.

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XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
phoenixmichaels The very best film/play I have seen since "12 Angry men". Have lofty ideas about the nature of existence, and how we should feel about it? Watch this.
Extragorey The most impressive thing about this film is that it had me sitting and listening to two men talking to each other for a solid hour and a half.In keeping with the tag line—"Nothing is ever black or white"—there is no driving agenda to the film's overall message that I could discern. It's not trying to push Christianity, nor atheism. It simply presents two men's opposing beliefs. The preacher is no perfect Christian, nor the professor an all-knowing atheist, for neither such people exist.What it does do, however, is keep you rooted to your seat. The professor just tried to commit suicide—that's the premise of the film—and the preacher is doing everything in his power to convince him not to try again. So he tells him stories. He challenges his pessimism. He makes no secret of his own belief in God, and the professor makes no secret of what he thinks of that.There are some great points in their conversation, from both sides. You'll probably be compelled to examine your own beliefs and challenge your reasons for having them. And that's what this film succeeds at most of all: provoking a debate between polar opposite beliefs, and leaving no doubt as to the importance of that debate, because a man's life hangs in the balance.Hell, I've been writing this for 200 words and I'm already running out of things to say. But a 1.5-hour movie filled with near-constant dialogue will somehow keep you rooted to your seat. How? Go find out.
basnikolkok It is a superb film which can raise more questions than the answers it provides. It is not just about atheists and believers, white and black people, rich and poor or life and death. It is about who you are, who you could be and who you would like to become as a person. I hope this film would last double the time(90 minutes are not enough to give answers, not even to raise your truthfully questions). Superb acting, marvelous directing(simple, but meaningful). I hope for a sequel(a white-rich man saves from suicide a black-poor man). It would be a whole different film but with the same principals . Same actors at this sequel would make so much difference to me.
borislavmiletic I must say I like this movie. Both actors played well, Samuel better than Tommy though. The setting is really good, and unobtrusive sound effects added to the atmosphere. The plot of the movie is their discussion.Their discussion stays on course for most of the time. I think towards the end, occasionally they do stray away a bit but that's OK. The discussion itself is very interesting, although not as deep as I expected it to be. There's a dose of humor in some of their arguments which I liked a lot. It made me smile, even laugh a couple of times.If you want a nice intellectual experience without the burden of things too hard to understand then this movie is for you.