The Razor's Edge (1984)

Instant Favorite.

I wanted to but couldn't!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

I agree with everything those who love this film have said about Bill Murray. I had trouble with Catherine Hicks at first, feeling she wasn't powerful enough. But with each viewing I find she really captures the shallowness of Isabel.

Directed poorly by John Byrum, "The Razor's Edge" is a missed opportunity. It has some great scenery, settings, and locations, but it's lead Murray is not right for the subject matter. Murray has since been good in the right dramas but here, quirkiness and paucity don't do well. A fight scene is so poor, it's laughable. The movie wants the audience to feel the weight of it's content, but Murray himself is not demonstrative enough of an actor to carry the role. A lot of the scenes too seem disjointed especially considering the large time-spans supposedly gone by. Perhaps this could've been better with Richard Gere or William Hurt - a more serious than offbeat persona.

I would suppose a review is some prelude, allowing a person to judge whether you want to watch or not. Nonetheless, I am world traveler, who has perpetually traveled for 13 years, and visited 90 countries. This movie by far is the number one Travel Movie of all time, it embodies every aspect of real travel, truly if you believe yourself an intelligent traveler, it is a must see.The Best Travel Movies include these concepts: 1.Travel: Transportation, therefore travel 2.Reality: There is a feasibly resemblance to reality. 3.Culture: Two or more different cultures clashing or meeting. 4.Sleeping: Spending the night in room other than a home 5.Time: A Journey over time, the journey happens normally over a period of month or years, this is not 6.A Dream 7.A Search for something 8.Love 9.A Story 10.Starting a journey without a good reason, just faith and belief that it will work out. 11.Serendipitous learning about ones selfAndy Graham of HoboTraveler.com on Lago Atitlan, Guatemala 2011

I'm not a film buff, I just like a film to be thought provoking and entertaining. I watched this film because Bill Murray was involved. Without addressing the quality of the cinematography or the acting (all of which seemed adequate to me), I'll point out that this is the film that brought me to the work of Somerset Maugham. I knew that there was more to the story than what was presented on screen, so I checked the book out of the library. I keep a few of Maugham's works on my bookshelves, and go back to them periodically because I enjoy his work so much. Knowing that Bill Murray took this on as a personal project certainly changed my opinion (for the better) of him as an actor, and that includes his comedy. Bill Murray's "The Razor's Edge" was a good starting point for me.