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Although adapted from the well-received play by William Nicholson, who also wrote the screenplay, "Shadowlands" is not especially profound. Lines meant to awe and move us sound a little hackneyed, as if Nicholson had skimmed through the "religion" entry in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations instead of bothering to read a page or two of Lewis' work. It is essentially a sentimental vehicle for the very solid acting by both Hopkins and Winger...
...shook his head, shifted to regather command over the 15-pound bag of hamburger meet in his left hand and the 24-pack of Bud in his right, and shot one of those I'm-going-to-say-something-really-profound-looks straight...
...help but wonder whether or not the asylum pretext is a license to disregard the demands of serious acting. The publicity for this show set up something of a false expectation: It's not profound, decadent perversion we get from Marat Sade, but rather sustained novelty and a few snapshots of dementia, something to smile at and walk away from...
Current state of mind regarding the thesis: Profound sadness...
...really like the way he spoke," he said. "I'mhappy to see someone who is that enthusiastic andwho can relate to us like that. Restic was not themost profound guy, you know, and I think if we hadgotten fired up a little more this season, wewould've pulled through in the fourth quartermore. I hope that that added enthusiasm willcorrelate into more wins...