Gerald Cooperberg
08-28-2007, 01:47 PM
It seems like the world is finally catching on to Laura Linney-- a lot of reviews of The Nanny Diaries make reference to her presence "elevating" a mediocre film. I've thought that about her for years-- her performances in The Squid & the Whale, The Truman Show, and You Can Count On Me were indelible. In the review of the new film at the AV Club (http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_nanny_diaries), Scott Tobias says "No actress does brittle quite like [Linney], who specializes in playing composed, professional women who are just a hammer's tap away from shattering into a million pieces." I'm really dying to see her in Jindabyne whenever that makes it to DVD (also featuring the volatile Gabriel Byrne and based on a Raymond Carver short story, gotta be worth a viewing) and even have a little bit of an impluse to go see The Hottest State, even though that's gotten pretty awful reviews.
Cate Blanchett has really been batting a thousand lately, too, it seems. The Aviator, The Good German, Notes on a Scandal, The Life Aquatic... and that's just the last couple of years. Can she class up the iffy proposition that is the fourth Indiana Jones movie? It's hard to imagine that she wont, given her recent track record.
What other actresses are working today that you respect for their talent and their command of their craft?
-Coop
Cate Blanchett has really been batting a thousand lately, too, it seems. The Aviator, The Good German, Notes on a Scandal, The Life Aquatic... and that's just the last couple of years. Can she class up the iffy proposition that is the fourth Indiana Jones movie? It's hard to imagine that she wont, given her recent track record.
What other actresses are working today that you respect for their talent and their command of their craft?
-Coop