Witness

Remember when Kelly McGillis was scorching hot? When she was scorching hot even when wearing Amish clothing? Yeah, this is that movie. Kelly plays an Amish mother whose son, Samuel, witnesses a murder in a bus station bathroom. Harrison Ford plays the detective investigating. He quickly learns that the murder was perpetrated by dirty cops who then seek to murder him so he hides out on Kelly's family farm. Ford must adopt Amish clothes and ways to fit in and so he does. Romance sort of blooms and then we get the big finale. The movie is excellent with the relationship between Ford and McGillis portrayed in a quiet, understated way in which glances and words take on extra meaning. I do have some complaints, seeing McGillis topless not being one of them, mostly centered around the little boy. Early in the movie he's portrayed as borderline retarded or just stupid instead of just unfamiliar with "English" ways. When asked to describe the killer, he isn't traumatized yet is unable to find such hard words as "short" or "black" or "tall". The kid is bilingual, clearly supposed to be bright, and yet in that conversation he's treated as stupid because he's Amish. Anyway, really good movie and great way to spend 2 hours. 8/10.