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...directing and sometimes it’s because the actor and director are trying to emphasize a theme or heighten the work’s atmosphere. But not many actors can build a compelling character out of such stuff; for every Tobey Maguire that succeeds, there are fifty Keanu Reeveses that fail...
...knows when to pause, when to be frank, and when to be droll—and by so demonstrating that he knows how his character’s mind worked, he makes his emotionlessness believable. Zackheim is less lucky; his deeply disturbed characterization shades into Keanu-like detachment even at his moments of greatest passion. Meanwhile, Fleisig-Green swings back and forth between this aggressive flatness and an equally aggressive style of scenery-chewing. At one point, while berating Bartel, she takes the gum out of Bartel’s mouth and sticks it in her own; it?...
...character would spend the next three days in toddler-style hysterics? Making the story all the more unbelievable is Keaton’s acting; Something’s Gotta Give makes you wish Keaton had the dramatic restraint shown by her costar: that paragon of actorly subtlety, Keanu Reeves...
While many people are unplugging to get connected, there are still plenty of wires to go around. Sure, many of us were taken with the first Matrix, when Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss jabbed barbecue skewers into their heads and played video games on their postapocalypse Internet. But to a handful of brainiacs at the start-up Cyberkinetics Inc., it's not science fiction. It's a business model. Using Brown University research, scientists are studying how electrons that shoot through our neural superhighways control movement. Eventually, they hope to build devices that will enable victims of paralysis...
Like Reloaded, Revolutions begins with no flashbacks, no summary of the story thus far. For those who are hazy on the battle of the reborn computer whiz Neo (Keanu Reeves) and his band of rebel humans against Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) and the nasties of the virtual-reality Matrix, a brief refresher course is in order...