Shannon Welsh The Human Stain is a movie that deals with racism and trying to pass for being white in the U.S. Wentworth Miller was a flawless actor in this film. Not only did he play his part well, he was not miscast as Coleman Silk. Coleman Silk is supposed to be a light complexion black American male who can pretend to be a white American man. Wentworth Miller is actually part Black American even though he has Syrian and Russian ancestry in real life. Wentworth Miller is very handsome and I thought Wentworth was a perfect choice for this part. However, I thought the producers should have selected a mixed race actor to play elderly Coleman Silk. Anthony Hopkins is an excellent actor but he was miscast for this role. I do not know who they could have picked, but there are tons of actors always looking for work so why not give someone else a chance? The cinematography was an 8/10. The plot was 7/10. Overall acting from the entire cast 8/10.

Kaat1220 I want to be careful not to give too much away. I don't think I have ever seen a bad Anthony Hopkins film. I almost did not watch because I thought it would be too unsettling to see sex scenes between Hopkins and Kidman.However, the intimacy between Kidman and Hopkins comes across as genuine, and the movie was extremely tasteful when dealing with the sexual part of their relationship.Kidman shines in this film as a damaged, uneducated woman tormented by her tragic past. Gary Sinise and Ed Harris are, as always, excellent in their roles.Anthony Hopkins is one of the best actors of all time. He is able to show so much depth and emotion without trying. He manages to always come across as likable (even in the Hannibal movies).If your movies have to be filled with nudity, explosions, and special effects, this is probably not for you.However, if you like movies that deal with the inner workings of two complicated and diverse people, you will probably enjoy this.Forget all of the reviews, and judge for yourself.

Bob Sporker While reading the book I remember thinking it would take a lot of work to make this book into a movie because each character is a movie on their own, and I guess I was right. The movie focused mainly on Silk's past and his story, and Silk is the main character but is equally as interesting as Les Farley or Delphine Roux, which the movie failed to portray.I think the movie was exceptionally smooth which I thought would be hard to do considering how the book would go from past to present numerously, but I wish they could've given each character from Roth's novel their well-deserved screen time.The movie was beautifully shot and the acting was great, but it needed to be longer to take in the full plot.

kikoshaus This film tells us about the confrontation with the past of two different characters. I really like this part because Faunia (Nicole Kidman) has a soul living with a bundle of very tragic episodes needing to be shared about her life. It's not only about Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins)'s secret here. Coleman indeed realizes has 'two bloods' in a time when realizing that involved intolerance and lack of respect; so he stays away of it even this decision involves his own family. On the other hand, Faunia realizes her new family environment is negative for her and she decides to stay away from this but she gets involved in an abusive relationship later on, so again she's being chased from what she's escaping from. Coleman, many years later, sees himself being accused of what he didn't confront many years earlier, probably just a coincidence, probably just something else. Thus, those two characters met each other and I think that's the most positive way had to go for them. They had stories to tell and eventually, you need someone to share your stuff no matter how tragic is your story... perhaps you find someone that not only can listen to you but also, give you love and... as a plus, he's got a secret for you.