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...Heartburn...
Given such a plot, Heartburn would just be another one of a myriad of movies on failed marriage without such stellar actors. But Streep, with minimal help from Nicholson, makes it much more. With her hair dyed an unbecoming mousy brown and her nose more pronounced than her cheekbones, Streep is far from beautiful, but she is wonderful. She barely looks at the camera, focusing on what is real in Rachel's life, her children, her husband, her friends. Every gesture she makes seems unconscious and unplanned. When she feeds her child, spooning food out with one hand and absentmindedly...
...love with him. Nicholson has this sideways glance that is supposed to be sexy but makes him look devious. In addition, compared to yuppie Rachel, Nichsolson is old; in fact, he looks about the same age as Rachel's father. The one thing that Nicholson does do well in Heartburn is sing badly and often...
...with him. As well as Nicholson, another drawback to this movie is the fact that the audience misses out on some key scenes. For instance, you never see Rachel in Lamaze classes, although you do see her give birth twice. Perhaps these absences stand out even more clearly because Heartburn is so credible...
Forget about how much Paramount Pictures is congratulating itself on managing to get together all the ingredients for a blockbuster. Go see Heartburn not because it is one of the best movies you will ever see, but because it is one of the most realistic...