Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pastel Dancer Taking a Bow, 1887, one of the finest of his ballet scenes, which had been in one of the collections of the Rothschild family for the past 80 years and had not been exhibited publicly in a half-century. "It just shone," Wynn recalls. "It knocked me flat. I knew I had to have it. And if Bill and I had delayed, it would probably have been gone the next day. So there was no choice...
...film star. A reluctant wife explains her conjugal state with the comment, "I married my husband because I thought it would be a great way to meet guys." Moore can also do the subtleties and the scenery, but it must be nice to know that if publishing goes flat, you can always get a booking in Vegas...
...Chucky into the sublime, though, is the little things: Jennifer Tilly thrusting her pelvis in perhaps the least subtle come-on in screen history, the movie's weird obsession with killing people by electrocution, the frequent unexplained continuity errors, its pointless and empty pop-culture references which fall endearingly flat, and pearls of dialogue like, "I'll kill anybody, but I'll only sleep with someone I love" and "Martha Stewart can kiss my shiny plastic butt...
...hearts as Bette's family tragedies accumulate. Jayne's Boo is the only slightly disappointing character in the play. Although he plays a convincing drunk, Jaynes doesn't quite match the vibrancy of the other actors--delivering his lines in a strange and apathetic monotone, Jaynes often falls flat and unconvincing in the midst of the wild excitement exuding from everyone else on stage...
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are a powerful duo as sisters, if not slightly unbelievable (do they look anything alike?). Kidman returns with a look reminiscent of her Australian debut in that movie classic, Flirting. Her red hair is pressed flat and she pastes a naughty girl look on her face. Bullock, as usual is irresistible, her nice-girl image hasn't changed since Speed. Unfortunately, it is their good looks that are sure to draw the crowds, not their acting, mainly because of the stale lines and cliched characters they're stuck with...