I cannot understand why was this was made.
Nothing can improve on the proper film of 1948.
This version has colour and nothing else.
There's the director's wife who dresses like Annie Hall and wears sunglasses(!) in foggy London (!).
It's quite obvious she's just walked in to the studio from Malibu Beach.
Do not waste your time on this. Go and see the original
I totally agree. The cross examination scene in the house between Ronnie Winslow (Neil North) and Sir Robert Morton (Robert Donat) in the original 1948 version is superbly acted and runs rings around the same scene in this 1999 version. It has absolutely no passion and is very badly acted, with the boy who plays Ronnie (Guy Edwards) showing that he's completely out of his depth here, tackling a scene that is way beyond his range. This version is no competition whatever to the original.
shareI never knew there was an older movie, but I like this 1999 movie a lot.
As for why the remake, well everything has a remake today, 10 years after, 20 years after. 1948 and 1999, that is 50 years.