saoatama This is the most moved mistery movie I have ever seen. A cup was murdered in a station and an Armish boy Samuel saw the murder. John Book, a justice cop investigate the case. But soon it revealed who had done it. John reported who is the murderer to his boss, but the boss was an asshole, he ordered the murder and tried to elase John Book and Armish witness. John was shooted, but he escaped into a village of Armish. He did not go to a hospital, because doctors must notify gunshot and the dirty cops will find him and Sammuel. Instead of it, Rachel took care of him. After his recovery, he lived there for a while because if he had gone back, he would soon been arrested. John noticed Armish life beautiful but full of difficelties in this era. People don't understand them is very rude to Armish. They humliated Amish or treated them as animals in circus. John was filled with strong moral, he could not endure all of it. But actually he was them a few days ago. He stands in Armish side now. "Be careful amongst English" Mr. Rup told Rachel when she left the village, and he told John when he went home too. It means Mr. Rup now recognized him as one of them, Armish. It is very funny and surprizing that corn became a weapon while John Book ran from dirty cops. Soon after that he shooted to kill one. Gun is the power. He left his to Rachel, it means he agrees to obey Armish custom. If he had kept that, he would never have been found. He was found because of violence. The scene Armishes built a house, Armish guy passed John a cup of milk. Audience can see he also recognize John one of them without any words. We can see every Rachel's eyes on John as a sign of her falling love with him. He and she did not say 'I love you' but we can see process of their romance.

cadence921 An Amish boy Samuel witnesses a murder case in Philadelphia when he goes to Baltimore with his mother Rachel. John Book, a police detective, hides in Amish village with them when the killers come after them.This film has both suspense and human drama aspects.Pictures of this film is very beautiful and Maurice Jarre's soundtrack is also excellent.I didn't know the existence of "Amish" until I watched this film. I like an atmosphere of a quiet and pastoral Amish life and envy their self-sufficient life.I could enter the world of Amish easily through this film. I think that the Amish beautiful life is a contrast with the horrible murder case.There are a lot of memorable scenes in this film, but I was especially impressed by the scene where John Book builds a shed with Amish people. It is wonderful to make something cooperating with companions.I think that cross-cultural understanding is difficult and it is important to accept difference each other.

zkonedog Of the many movies I have reviewed on Amazon thus far, "Witness" is a strange one in that while it does contain some great scenes, it is (at its core) quite formulaic and very much a product of its times (i.e. doesn't hold up quite as well over time).For a basic plot summary, "Witness" is a story about a young Amish boy named Samuel (Lukas Haas), who witnesses a police officer murder another man in cold blood. Along with mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), Samuel is put under the protective custody of Detective John Book (Harrison Ford), where they ultimately end up back in the Amish settlement.There are, indeed, quite a few great moments in this movie. The concept in and of itself is fascinated (a closer look at the Amish), and in this respect the acting of Harrison Ford is truly the stalwart quality of the entire film. Some of the best scenes, including the now-iconic "ice cream cone scene", involve Ford's character trying to fit in or adjust to the foreign (at least to his way of thinking) Amish society.The reason this film is no classic, though, is because it is very paint-by-numbers in many respects. It was as if the studio sat down and said "Harrison Ford is big right now and McGillis has the sex appeal factor...we need to make a movie to capitalize on these two things". While there is nothing wrong with that of thinking, per se, it is not the kind of creative thinking from which masterpieces are usually created. A ridiculously out-of-place McGillis nude scene is an example to prove my point.Overall, "Witness" is a decent flick that is too "stock" to ever sniff greatness. Enjoy Ford and the uniqueness of the Amish, but don't go looking for all that much more.

FilmBuff1994 Witness is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a terrific cast.It is a very enjoyable drama which contains elements of both crime and romance that manage to balance out very nicely in this despite how different the tones of the romantic scenes and the crime scenes are.Harrison Ford delivers one of the best performances of his career in this movie,I'm a huge fan of him,but he honestly isn't someone who would take my breath away with his acting skills and someone that I think deserves an Oscar,but he easily could have received one for this movie,he takes a break from his big franchise roles to play a much smaller and more human character,and this makes for very sincere acting.I feel like it definitely needed more scenes between John and Rachel,there is plenty,but I felt that in the last thirty minutes it started revolving around it much less and I would have liked to see it develop some more.Dramatic and very well acted,I would recommend Witness to anyone looking for a good crime film or romance. A tuff cop is hired to guard two murder witnesses,a gentle Amish mother and her son,from the killers out to silence them.Best Performance: Harrison Ford