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...under the sobriquet Eva Destruction. In the most jarring scene, he is half-seduced, half-raped by David Ferrie, a fey father figure and apparent conspirator. Ferrie, whom Malkovich has said he would have liked to play if he were not directing, is a tour de force for Laurie Metcalf in a far cry from her Emmy-winning role as the title character's sister on TV's Roseanne...
...least five to six hundred people will attend the conference which lasts from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., said Shepley Metcalf, Earthwatch's media relations director...
...movie is rife with other booboos and inconsistencies. For example, halfway through the movie, Emma's best friend Candice (Laurie Metcalf) asks her how sex is for a blind person. If these women are as groovy and open as they seem, the subject would have come up years before the time we meet them. More seriously, one of Emma's flashback images is that of her own bloodied face at the age of eight after she has been blinded--so how does she know how she looked after the accident? Also, Emma's lonely apartment is filled with richly colored...
...film traces the story of Dennis Jennings (Wright), a Manhattan neurotic who, surrounded by people seemingly determined to feed his paranoia, eventually murders his analyst. His girlfriend Emma, played with convincing indifference by Laurie Metcalf, torments Dennis with cheap ties and constant reminders to feed the fish. As Dennis settles into his analyst's office, saying, "I remember when I was in the womb...," Dr. Schooner (Rowan Atkinson) sighs and draws up a shopping list. Wright's classic deadpan performance is set off perfectly by the boredom and snobbery expressed in Atkinson's exagerrated facial expressions and accent. Although well...
...Roth and Metcalf have easier roles to play and they perform them well. Roth's Nina shimmers with effervescence; it is easy to understand Trigorin's attraction. Metcalf plays Trigorin with Jimmy Stewart lankiness, making the role of the famous writer more self-effacing than usual. Trigorin traditionally comes across as pompous rather than disillusioned, as he is here; while an unusual choice, it is not necessarily...