Let's set the scene for the recent remake of The Manchurian Candidate. It is directed by Jonathan Demme, who succeeded in falling off the face of the Earth after Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. He surfaced occasionally to toss a bucket of shit at movie screens (who can forget the Oprah-Glover love story Beloved?) but for the most part has been MIA. Denzel Washington, a man who has endured so many bad action movies and overwrought "thrillers" that Hollywood chose him to receive the patronizing "first black Oscar" in 2003 as a reward, is the leading man. The co-stars include Liev Schrieber – a second banana if there ever was one – and Meryl Streep, who has been in semi-retirement ever since proving herself the greatest living American actress by doing Deer Hunter, Kramer v. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, and Manhattan in the 70s, also stars.
Furthermore, it is a "techno-thriller" remake of an overrated 1962 film whose leading performance by Frank Sinatra (courtesy the Gambino family) is one of the most atrocious things ever heaped with critical praise in the history of film.
So let's be clear: there was no reason to expect this movie would not be atrocious.
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That said, this is one of the more stunning movies you could take the time to see this year. If Demme gave up on making good movies for a decade, it was not for lack of ability.
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The interplay of light and sound, along with consistent use of disturbing way-too-close-up shots on speaking characters, made the movie continuously unsettling for two hours. Meryl Streep may have acted in another Oscar role by playing the single most distasteful, vile character on film in recent memory. Schreiber is robotic and disturbing throughout.
As for Washington….what can you say, he is truly Hollywood's best "leading man". The techno/sci-fi flavor of this remake just begged to be eye-rolled, but he just puts the movie on his shoulders halfway through and says "I will make this plausible" no matter how ludicrous the action on screen became. It was, quite simply, not the best performance ever given but certainly the most impressive in terms of what he accomplished.
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This is a movie that should have been flat-out ridiculous – the premise was X-Files reject caliber – and by the force of his talent was not merely passable but downright powerful. In comedy, an actor can carry a movie. In the action/drama category it's much more rare.
I highly recommend seeing this movie, and my respect for Washington's performance is akin to how impressed one would be if a musical-comedy remake of A Few Good Men starred The Rock and Chloris Leachman but turned out to be fantastic. To have turned this random, patchwork shitstorm of actors and concepts into a meaningful film is something for which he should be rewarded.