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Langer wrote that the film??s producers promised to stay “true to the spirit of the material...
...It’s amazing that she hasn’t won an Academy Award yet, and this could be her year. When watching this film, it feels like it was made for a Best Actress Nomination montage. Though Winslet’s star shines bright, the film??s imagery and allegory make it an all around first-rate picture. Bottom Line: In a very crowded season for Oscar-worthy movies, “Little Children” might be the indie darling. —Reviewer Christopher C. Baker can be reached at ccbaker@fas.harvard.edu...
...detail. Though ostensibly starring Jason Schwartzman in a delightfully dead-pan turn as the blundering Louis XVI, and the luminous, ethereal, and well cast Kirsten Dunst (reuniting with the director after their collaboration on “The Virgin Suicides”), special mention must be given to the film??s unbilled supporting standouts: Versailles itself and a $40 million production budget chiefly represented by mountains of pastries, millions of powdered wigs, miles of elaborately embroidered silk, and of course enough painted, prancing ponies to mobilize a small republic’s national guard. That, and shoes. Many...
Bale and Jackman have both entrancingly played ruthless characters before (Bale in “American Psycho” and Jackman in “X-Men”), but in “The Prestige” their performances are shrouded by the film??s special effects...
...film??s few surprises is that its most memorable performance belongs to David Bowie (yes, the glam rock icon) as inventor Nikola Tesla. Unlike the protagonists in their various, ineffective disguises, Bowie is barely recognizable in his portrayal of reserved, elderly gentlemen...