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...largely derivative of every other mother-daughter relationship film you’ve seen. Despite the trailer’s implication that the movie revolves around a romantic tryst between Ryan’s on-screen daughter Lucy (Kristen Stewart, “Panic Room”) and Brody??s heartbroken Carter, “Women” is primarily concerned with the dynamic between Lucy, her mother Sarah (Ryan), and the personal issues they each tackle.Sarah, a lonely suburban housewife, suffers from breast cancer and struggles to make a substantive connection with her eldest daughter. Lucy, your...
...PIANIST. Adrien Brody??s magnetic, largely silent performance in Roman Polanski’s Holocaust drama almost compensates for The Pianist’s inconsistent tone and distasteful politi
...sensibilities. Brody??s Wladek Szpilman, who could hardly have picked a worse time and place to be Jewish, transforms from cocky concert pianist to starving phantom hunted by Nazis after escaping death in the bombed-out ghetto. The film soars briefly as it reflects on the redemptive power of music and the Szpilman’s commitment to survival; it stumbles badly in its misleading depiction of universally heroic Poles and in its sympathy for an officer of Hitler’s vicious army to the east. Winner of this year’s Academy Awards for Best...
...PIANIST. Adrien Brody??s magnetic, largely silent performance in Roman Polanski’s Holocaust drama almost compensates for The Pianist’s inconsistent tone and distasteful political sensibilities. Brody??s Wladek Szpilman, who could hardly have picked a worse time and place to be Jewish, transforms from cocky concert pianist to starving phantom hunted by Nazis after escaping death in the bombed-out ghetto. The film soars briefly as it reflects on the redemptive power of music and the Szpilman’s commitment to survival; it stumbles badly in its misleading depiction...
...PIANIST. Adrien Brody??s magnetic, largely silent performance in Roman Polanski’s Holocaust drama almost compensates for The Pianist’s inconsistent tone and distasteful political sensibilities. Brody??s Wladek Szpilman, who could hardly have picked a worse time and place to be Jewish, transforms from cocky concert pianist to starving phantom hunted by Nazis after escaping death in the bombed-out ghetto. The film soars briefly as it reflects on the redemptive power of music and the Szpilman’s commitment to survival; it stumbles badly in its misleading depiction...