Anthony Hopkins
Ethan Powell
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Jun 4, 1999 · A psychiatrist tries to reach a former anthropologist who lived in the jungle with gorillas and killed two poachers. The film explores the themes of nature, freedom and human nature, but suffers from a weak plot and a lack of tension.
- (34K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Jon Turteltaub
- 1999-06-04
Instinct is a 1999 American psychological thriller film, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by Ishmael , a novel by Daniel Quinn . [1]
A psychiatrist tries to help an anthropologist who lived with gorillas in Africa and killed two poachers. The film explores the themes of nature, humanity and existence through the characters' interactions and insights.
Instinct is a 1999 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as an anthropologist who re-emerges after living with gorillas in Africa. The movie has a low rating from critics and audiences, who criticize its convoluted and predictable plot.
- (65)
- Jon Turteltaub
- R
- Anthony Hopkins
Roger Ebert criticizes the film's plot, themes, acting and dialogue as clunky, obvious and manipulative. He compares it to better films like "Gorillas in the Mist" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth ...
