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Really disappointing performance from Close

posted 11 years ago by RyanCShowers
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Disappointing film and performances. It’s an all around mess. Glenn Close, whom I expected to be in top form, let me down. She services the role and is successful to very short extents. She rocks the mannerisms and the voice, but I never really felt apart of Albert’s journey. Close distanced herself from the story (maybe the problem is the writing isn’t handled with the intelligence it needed to be). The main problem is the screenplay; the script is way too thin to be dealing with the thickness of the subject matter it tries to tackle. The directing is dreadful. The direction makes the film jaded like a broken piece of glass. Near the middle there’s a cruel plot that is set up that draws you into the story slightly, but barely keeps you interested. It’s just a really bad attempt at making a thought-provking film.

Rating: 3/10

Grade: D+

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[–] dblake78250 11 years ago

Not sure you watched the same movie as I. Close performed brilliantly and the direction, screenplay and photography where all excellent. Perhaps you fell asleep?

[–] DDTea 11 years ago

Agreed. I thought this was a phenomenal performance by Close.

Free Mr. Clark!

[–] IMdb-IM 11 years ago

I have to agree with the OP.

The only character of interest to me was Hubert's; as a woman capturing a male's body language, McTeer was very convincing. But everyone (including McTeer) was held back by the screenplay, for which Close and Garcia bear the responsibility. Having said that, I saw no downright bad acting. But in presenting such an opaque, wooden, closed-off and mixed-up character as Albert, Close throws away the chance to grapple properly with big issues. I was not excited at any point in the movie. Not sure, either, why Albert seemed to be shown wearing a corset in the flea scene, since s/he's meant to be concealing rather then emphasising curves.

I've only read a couple of threads here and have already found people questioning if Cathleen Page was lesbian. If even that is left open to interpretation, what does it say about the story's exposition? The best scene was the teaser just before the credits rolled.