Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Crit
You know, on Oscar night I was thinking, There's Mrs. Joel Coen, looking so un-movie star, thrilled with her husband and brother-in-law's success; but when's she gonna get back up here on the podium? Well, how 'bout next February? Good god, what a performance, giving ballast to a vehicle with scant substance otherwise--providing, as her character does to those around her, a gravitas much needed in a fluffy story that happens to take place in London on the eve of the Second World War. "They don't remember the first time, do they?" she asks the only other grown-up, played by Ciarán Hinds.
Gotta say, extremely disappointed in Amy Adams, who gave us her own unique spin in Catch Me If You Can, Junebug, Enchanted, and even Charlie Wilson's War--why did she feel compelled here to try to channel Marilyn? Fact is, she's better than Marilyn.
Trailers
New feature:
- Smart People--Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page--that's enough to make it seem appealing despite fairly clichéd material.
- Young at Heart--OK, seen this trailer enough, but still seems irresistible: old folks singing "I Wanna Be Sedated" and the like.
- The Visitor--God, the trailer looks goopy, but Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) and Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent) make it hard to resist.
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