Zachariah Smith I heard of the book about this movie, and I heard of the 1946 version of the movie. Honestly, it didn't really inspire me. But I do think that this would really please other people. The story did make sense, I am familiar with the actor Bill Murray, and... that was pretty much it. Even though I haven't seen a lot of good reviews about this movie, and that may be because some have seen the original movie and probably have read the book as well, but in my opinion the movie was just alright in my eyes. And this coming from somebody who really isn't into romance and drama. And that is pretty much my gripe with this film. I am not the one for romance and drama. The whole searching for the meaning of life thing was a good taste on the story, but after he comes back, then this movie just takes a huge turn. One that I did not enjoy. Overall, it was OK. But maybe if I read the book, or watched the first movie, then I would probably have a different opinion.

Porque Pyne The title says it all. I've read pages of reviews for the Razor's Edge. Add me to the list of people who think that the viewer needs "the right kind of eyes" to understand this film. Watching this film, for the viewer with "the right kind of eyes" is like a cinematic punch in the gut. It will move the viewer without being the least bit preachy.I saw this film for the first time as a teen. (On HBO, I think.) I decided on the spot that I wasn't going to live a normal, boring life. I wasn't going to allow myself to be like the people in my suburban neighborhood -- caring about a nice house and a new car every year.I also found that I agree with the premise that there is no "meaning of life." It just is. We make our own meaning. So make yours a good one.I created an account here so that I could write this. For me, this isn't the best movie ever made. It's far more important than that. (Read the book, too. I saw the film first so that's what changed my life. I don't know if reading the book alone would have been enough.)

dallasryan Larry Darrell is one of those enigmatic characters that every actor dreams of playing. Larry Darrell embodies something that the human spirit always longs for, meaning. Therefore the Character of Larry Darrell is the incarnate for that 'Search' of whatever void there is in a persons soul. And the longing to fill that void. I like Bill Murray even better than I did before when I found out more about the history behind him doing this role. Mr. Murray really wanted to do this film and play this character as he identified with the character in a lot of ways. Also, Bill Murray wrote a monologue in the movie about a character who dies which he wrote in actuality for John Belushi(it makes the scene a lot more endearing seeing it now after knowing that fact). The Razor's Edge is one of my favorite books by W. Somerset Maugham and it was turned into a movie years before this one with Tyrone Power. Power played Darrell very well, he embodied Larry Darrell's unattainable quality to a tee. However, so did Bill Murray, in just a very different way Murray did. Bill Murray plays Larry with such an indifference, where you will see Murray in many scenes with a Blank Look or Murray's usual Dead Pan face. Murray makes a valiant effort at playing one of the most complicated characters of our time in Larry Darrell. The performance Bill Murray gives is hit and miss. However, whether Murray meant to or not, the character of Larry Darrell is very hit and miss as well. Darrell is unattainable, enigmatic, confusing, and perhaps wild at heart, and also perhaps there's nothing going on in Darrell's head or there is so much going on in Darrell's head, you never know from reading the book nor from the movies. So with that said, Murray playing the character the way he did might have been spot on. It's kind of to the eye of the beholder, and in some ways I do think Murray's Blank Stare and Dead Pan features were perfect for how Larry Darrell is. So in some ways, I think Murray made some very good choices on purpose or not on purpose in playing Darrell, but also in my subjective opinion, there were other scenes that I wish he would have made different choices on. But again, knowing that Murray wanted to play this role so bad and that he even wrote the movie along with other screenwriters, makes me like Murray all the more. Bill Murray is a great actor, very underrated in his greatness. This version of The Razor's Edge has a Terrific Music Score, you would think this is a great movie by how great the music score is, and the movie is almost great, but like Murray's performance, it's hit and miss. Some scenes in the movie are very powerful and great(Some scenes are some of the best you will ever see in my opinion). And some scenes aren't so great, they're kind of off, etc.(again, my subjective opinion). Theresa Russell gives an absolutely terrific performance as Sophie. I believe Russell would have been nominated for an academy award for her performance of Sophie, but the fact remains that in the Tyrone Power version made years ago, Anne Baxter was just as exceptional in the role of Sophie, and Anne Baxter was nominated and she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in that role. Both Baxter and Russell were equally terrific in that role and it's tough to say who I like better, very tough to say in fact. Which I really can't, they're equally great. Finally, there's a scene in the movie that hits it right on the money. The book had this particular scenario go a different way as the Tyrone Power version stayed true to the book in this particular scene(basically this particular scene in the Murray version didn't exist in the book or Tyrone Power version).However, I don't know if Murray wrote this scene or not, but the book should have written this part into it, the way it's written and executed in the Murray version. It's an extremely powerful scene and true to the characters. It's a scene where Darrell tries to rescue Sophie from some bad men(I'll just say that without spoiling the scene). Bill Murray plays this very difficult scene terrifically as does Russell, and again, the book doesn't have this, but I wish it would have, it's much more effective in this Murray version. Larry Darrell is a tough character to play. Other actors who have played a similar type of character are Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall(which Brad Pitt played that type of part perfectly I thought, in more of a romantic kind of way)as well as Peter Gallagher in Underneath and also Richard Tyson in Two Moon Junction(where he plays the mysteriousness of that type of character well, even though he's more of a cad and playboy Lothario, but still deep in his enigmatic qualities).

shoobe01-1 I can't even get to dealing with the supposedly wonderful themes of the movie, because... who cares? It's so oddly edited, as a string of disconnected vignettes. Almost every scene for the bulk of the movie, we see time pass: Establishing theme with some vaguely establishing shot. Something overly interesting happens. The results of that lead to something rather chatty and boring. That segues into something "meaningful." You can tell, because the theme music picks up!!!! Repeat.Oh, but the cinematography! Is mostly boring, really. Maybe 1-2 minutes of nice photography, but mostly boring as hell. It's mostly filmed like a comedy, with everyone fully- lit, centered when it's their turn to say something or react to someone else.And that's before I get to the part where Bill Murray spends most of the film looking amused with himself. Only in the last 45 minutes is he even approaching being in the same movie as everyone else, and he still is so inconsistent and a product of 1984 that I cannot believe he has felt anything or believes there is life and death stuff going on.I gave the whole thing a chance, I really did. Watched it all straight through, and didn't even mock it until the credits rolled. It's just not that good.