Film Review: Auto Focus

Auto Focus
2002
1 hr. 46 min.
Directed by Paul Schradar
Starring: William DaFoe, Greg Kinnear

Hoogaan! If you're a Hogan's Heroes fan like I am you'll probably really enjoy this movie. It tells the story of Bob Crane, (Hogan) from the time he takes on the role of Hogan in 1965 until his murder in 1978. Crane begins to film his numerous sexual encounters with the help of his friend John Carpenter. The film focuses on this obsession and how it begins to tear Crane's life apart. Again, if you liked Hogan's Heroes or are intereted in a sensational hollywood sex scandal and unsolved murder(though the film makes its own hypothesis about the guilty party) you'll like this film...if not, you probably won't enjoy it. It's not a great piece of filmmaking, but it is an interesting story. Overall I'd say a good movie, but not a great one.

MarxistGopher's Rating: ****** (6 1/2 of 10 stars)