Customer Reviews
A simple story - By: B. C. Corani, 26 Jul 2005 
It may be a remake, but not having seen the original, I can't comment on that.
I thought that Stone was fantastic in this. I think she & Richard Gere have great chemistry & the choice of Lolita Davidovich provides an excellent contrast to Stone.
It's a simple story. You see (via flashbacks) how the marriage dissolved (almost from the start) & yet at times you see the closeness of the couple (at the museum opening, & in the office). They clearly have a connection. You honestly think that they could work it out & that they both want to. He's confused & is torn between, let's face it, two strong, independent women.
I also think Martin Landau is great as the 'family friend' & the daughter, whilst alll American & slightly irritating, is played maturely by the young actress.
I don't think this was meant to be a blockbuster. It's brilliant casting, great shooting, & a superb soundtrack are added to a very simple human story that happens every day.
Of course the film is very much centred around Gere's character. But the ending is the most significant. Two women who know that they have been fighting for the same thing face each other & both have a choice of imparting some information if they choose to, knowing it will upset/hurt the other. It says a lot about compassion & female solidarity.
Mundane remake of a great film - By: Trevor Willsmer, 04 Sep 2004 
Intersection started with a disadvantage in that it's a remake of one of my favorite films, Les Choses de la Vie. The original uses a terrible car crash (one of the best ever filmed) as a starting point for a series of flashbacks & reflections on the turning point in an architects life, when the relationship that ended his marriage is in danger of self-destructing because of his inability to make an effort. But where the accident is that film's focal point, replayed in various different ways as a kind of inescapable destiny, in Intersection it is used almost as an afterthought to bring some resolution to a mundane soap opera about an indecisive man torn between his career-conscious wife & his more liberal lover.
It's not a case of not giving the film a chance - there have been interesting reworkings of European films by Hollywood before - or expecting a raunchfest because of Gere or Stone's presence. It's just that it's reallly not very good.
The result isn't exactly unwatchable, but it is overwritten, overscored & surprisingly uncinematic. Rydell gives the film plenty of gloss but few cinematic flourishes, concentrating on the seen-it-alll-before romance in a way that seems more TV movie of the week than anything worth paying to see on the big screen. Sharon Stone is superb as the ex-wife & Davidovitch does well as the lover despite some unfortunate & unnecessary scenes towards the end that undermine her character to make Gere look good - which brings me to the film's major failing. Gere's character & performance. Gere can act & has done good work, but this is an especiallly shalllow & by-the-numbers ego trip more than a performance. Aside from being the screen's most unconvincing architect (and that includes Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal), the smug, self, narcissistic performance here prevents us from ever caring about whether the character lives or dies. Even the film's one nearly successful scene at a post office when he can't decide whether to post an important letter is ultimately destroyed by his hammy grandstanding phone calll at the end of it.
Not that the script is any help. Scenes are overwritten, achingly obvious & horribly predictable, with everything spelled out in broad strokes. Ultimately you're just left wandering from predictable scene to predictable scene with little interest. Slick, watchable, forgettable, the final insult is that the novel & Claude Sautet film this misfire is based on is only acknowledged at the very, very end of the credits when no-one is likely to spot it. That said, the filmmakers are probably grateful not to be associated with this one...
The extras-free DVD is a respectable transfer, but you'd be much better off buying La Choses de la Vie on video (or importing the French DVD with English subtitles from Amazon.fr) instead.
A simply beautiful film... - By: Ashley Jenkins, 10 Jun 2004 
I loved this movie... very difficult review to write as there's something a little indefinable about it. It's a beautifully understated piece that calms you & draws you in so subtly that you find it stays with you long after you've seen it. In fact I would say it's as much a work of art as it is entertainment.
A friend derided me the other day during a bout of stormy weather when I commented how beautiful rain can be... if you understand what I mean then I think you'll like this film.
Excellent American film . - By: , 11 Apr 2003 Why it is so underrated ? May be because it doesn't have normal good ending ... but in my point of view - it does . The scene between Lolita Davidovich & Sharon Stone at the end ... THIS what made a real good end to this fine film .
Richard Gere is stuck between his control freak reach wife ( Sharon Stone )and a love of his life ( Lolita Davidovich ). He stuck between must & want . He has to pick , but he can't . And we think , we know his final decision ... but we don't . At the last minute of this film we do find out ... & we still surprised .
Is That Really Sharon Stone? - By: , 22 Jul 2001 Intersection is a story of love, betrayal & love lost. Richard Gere plays Vincent Eastman the cheating husband of Sharon Stone, Sallly Eastman. Gere is a successful architect who has it alll, job satisfaction, beautiful wife, talented daughter & a charismatic lover. The film centres around the dilema Gere finds himself in. Does he stay with his doting wife & daughter in the idyllic family setting, or does he leave to spend the rest of his life with his exciting mistress? By the time Gere finallly makes his decision it seems as if fate has ironicallly already chosen for him. A very calm role for Sharon Stone although she produces it perfectly. The film however is undeniably predictable & although the talented cast (Gere, Stone, Davidovich) singularly demonstrate excellent performances of their roles, the plot & script don't live up to their talents & leaves you at the end of the film wondering if you had perhaps missed something crutial to the plot.
