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...release Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is tops on my list; I’ve watched that trailer a dozen times over and it still discombobulates me whenever I see Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet bathing in a kitchen sink (why is that sink so big?) or Mark Ruffalo and Kirsten Dunst dancing in their underwear (why is Kirsten Dunst not more often dancing in her underwear?). Throw in Charlie Kaufman, the most reliable screenwriter functioning in Hollywood today, and the inspired use of ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky,” and already...
...does in In the Cut. Jane Campion's new erotic thriller gives Lower Manhattan a sooty, abused tone that movies haven't often shown since the '70s. But it's appropriate for two characters inching their way toward moral blackout: Frannie (Meg Ryan), an English professor, and Molloy (Mark Ruffalo), a police detective on a serial-killer case. Both are drawn to dark spaces, where strange creatures crawl and sick excitement comes in all sorts of packages. Frannie has tiptoed down into one of those spaces - the basement of a seedy bar - and witnessed a sex act. The woman...
...tale of romance, which competed at Sundance last year, explores the three-way relationship that a trio of collegians enjoyed in the nineties before flashing forward to examine what the three have gone on to achieve—or not achieve—ten years later. Mark Ruffalo, who has yet to capitalize on his wonderful three-year-old notices for playing Laura Linney’s layabout brother in You Can Count on Me, leads the cast. XX/XY screens...
...respective roles, and many of the best scenes in the film are simply both actors talking together. Alas, as the script makes them archetypes instead of three-dimensional characters, their performances ultimately feel hollow. The only other character that is somewhat fleshed out is that of inmate Yates (Mark Ruffalo), the prison’s designated bookie. After giving one of last year’s best performances in You Can Count on Me, I was very interested in seeing Ruffalo in a new role. Once again, he gives a solid performance, but one wishes he had better material...
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