Instinct (1999)

One wonders why Hopkins didn't win an award for his performance,
Instinct DVD

Instinct was directed by John Turteltaub, and featured an all star cast, Instinct was released in 1999. The film is based on ideas suggested in [[ASIN:B000N7CPIU.

Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins plays Dr. Ethan Powell, a primatologist turned murderer, while Gooding plays Theo Caulder, a young psychiatrist who must unlock the secrets in Powell's mind and unravel the mysteries behind his unusual killings. As the truth comes to light, we learn about how Dr. Powell had become estranged from his family only to take solace in a family of a different kind in the wild. In the process, both men take a journey of self-discovery, not unlike the one taken by millions of Ishmael readers in [[ASIN:0553375407 Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit]]

I wonder why Hopkins didn't win an award for his performance,

Highly recommended for fans of Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding, Jr. and students of primatology

Gunner March, 2008

Great Movie
The acting in this movie was great and I enjoyed the message of the movie.
Calvin

An uplifting eye opening film
I finally got an opportunity to see this movie after 10 years of renting it at the local blockbuster but never getting around to sticking it in my DVD player. Nonetheless, I was very impressed and moved by this movie right around the point of the film where Anthony Hopkins starts speaking to Cuba Gooding Jr. I will jump right to the main points of interest and themes this movie represented beautifully. Personally speaking I feel the main theme of this movie was driven home when Powell (Hopkins) made it a point to invoke Theo Caulder (Cuba Gooding) the concept of control as an illusion. That point was further driven home involving the scene where Hopkins coins and incorporates the word "takers" into his speaking throughout the movie. Another interesting part was the scene where Powell was sketching an illustration of the history of the universe in his jail cell pointing out hunter-gatherers, "takers", and explaining that takers feel the word dominion is the answer. Aside from these philosophical blips you see a slow progression of peace and harmony represented in the gymnasium versus the discord and favoritism thwarted by the correctional officers in the beginning of the movie. In essence Hopkins grew an appreciation, admiration, and awareness of life being inundated with gorillas versus humans. The gorillas essentially gave him an understanding of peace and harmony existing in our universe, and everyone in humanity has an opportunity to see it if they stopped getting caught up in constant illusions (dominion, greed, panic, fear, ambition, etc).