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Less obvious is Cross's new "partner," Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter). Cross is smart enough to figure out that there is more to Flannigan than meets the eye: she is not the sophisticated, compassionate, professional Secret Service agent she first appears to be. Flannigan takes the word "professional" to another level entirely, transforming halfway through the movie from one unconvincing role to another. First, she is caring, wide-eyed, in awe of Cross, then suddenly she is cruel and contemptuous in a plot twist worthy of the trashy swamp thriller Wild Things. But that's divulging too much already...
Unfortunately not the same can be said for Potter. Her portrayal of Flannigan is as farcical as the character's name itself, and if her recent role in Head Over Heels can be taken into consideration, it is easy to see that her dramatic abilities need more than a little, um, improvement. If Soneji is living proof that "a mind is a terrible thing," then Potter is living proof that a pretty face with nothing to back it up is a wonderful thing that can get you a starring role across Freeman in a major Hollywood film. Her pert, perpetually...
Late last year, J.K. Rowling distressed zillions of readers by announcing that the fifth novel in her Harry Potter saga would not appear in 2001. The author sweetened this dismal news, at least a little, by promising to make available two books regularly read by students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Quidditch Through the Ages (Scholastic; 56 pages; $3.99) by Kennilworthy Whisp, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Scholastic; 42 pages; $3.99) by Newt Scamander...
Neither of these cleverly factitious offerings, both of course written by Rowling, will make much sense to those not already steeped in Potter lore. But if the books have only a cult appeal, that cult happens to be the most populous one in the history of commercial publishing. The whopping sales that seem certain to follow will buy more than entertainment; Rowling has earmarked her share of the proceeds to the Harry Potter Fund at Comic Relief U.K., a British charity devoted to children...
...good to have the author's subtle wit and love of wordplay on display again, even in small doses. And the book on beasts will be of special interest to the faithful because it purports to be a facsimile of a copy actually owned by Harry Potter and bearing his schoolboyish annotations. When, for example, the author promises "A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts," Harry circles "Brief" and scrawls "you liar." No wonder so many readers love this...