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Hollywood Elsewhere —
... Picture material. The chops and the content serve the whole and vice versa. And, like I said last week, when you throw in Deakins' cinematography it's even more of a feat. Doubt is a smallish film -- a story about ambiguity and uncertainty among a small group of people in two or three rooms with a hallway and a park thrown in -- that acts and in fact becomes "big" because of its sharpness and discipline. There's really no way to assail it that cuts any ice with me. Todd McCarthy 's Variety ...
Early 'Doubt' Review Doubts Streep
Get The Big Picture —
In the past, I've done OK predicting the Oscar races
well in advance, at least as far as the acting awards go. Sometimes you don't
even need to see them to figure out what's going to win: Helen Mirren playing
the Queen of England, Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain, Jamie Foxx in
Ray (if you'd seen Collateral at that point, that is). ...
Early Word on ‘Doubt,’ Meryl Streep “Iffy”
Fataculture —
... and a few industry insiders and the like scored sweet sneak peaks of it and the consensus is that the film is brilliant, thoughtful and intelligent, but Variety’s Todd McCarthy casts a doubtful shadow over Streep’s Oscar potential by calling her out as the weakest aspect of an otherwise great film. Todd McCarthy calls the film an “intelligent, absorbing drama” and thinks Hoffman and Adams are fine, “Hoffman’s performance is ambiguous enough to make the viewer continue to wonder about Father Flynn and, crucially, to fear Sister Aloysius ...
The Trades Ring in on Doubt
Awards Daily —
Thanks to the readers who sent me the earlier links to Todd McCarthy’s mixed review of Doubt. McCarthy appears ...
The Alphabetical Favorites Meme
SpoutBlog —
... had slotted the same film in the same face. So much for Todd McCarthy’s contention in his ...
A Question of Emphasis
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... You think these two might actually come together, that all will be understood and forgiven, but, no. They go right back to fighting. On stage we decided to drive the scene right through.' Jones, says O'Neil, "doesn't think one approach is better than the other, just different and in a 'fascinating' way. Both performances have one key thing in common, though, she added: 'There is no question that this nun is intense and doing her duty to protect people she loves.'" McCarthy felt that Streep's performance is "disconcerting and unsatisfying" in the ...
