Word: streep
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...Alfred Hitchcock pastiche is of the sober rather than the raffish variety. It is intended not as a knockoff but as an hommage (the French pronunciation on that word, if you please) to the Old Master's late high style. The stars, Roy Scheider and Meryl Streep, are pleasing people; Nestor Almendros' carefully burnished cinematography imparts to Manhattan's streets a theatrically menacing glow that subtly transforms and romanticizes their mean reality. Writer-Director Benton, working from a story he and his onetime partner David Newman concocted a decade ago, proves to be a generally...
...next spring, that follows the misadventures of an American family on a cross-country trip from Chicago to a giant theme park in California called Walley World. Brinkley plays a blond in a red Ferrari who continually pops up along the route. The part is undoubtedly one that Meryl Streep would pass up, but "when it comes to acting," says Christie, "I'm still in first gear." So she considers the role a good start, especially for a struggling, up-and-coming actress with an outside income of around $2 million a year...
Many a reader engrossed in a new novel envisions actors playing the central parts. To lots of those who read William Styron's haunting, often wildly funny Sophie's Choice, there was but one actress for the title role in the film version: Meryl Streep, 33. To the delight of armchair casting directors everywhere, Streep is indeed playing Sophie, the Polish-Catholic Auschwitz survivor, resettled in postwar Brooklyn. Nathan, her neurotic, libidinous lover, is played by Kevin Kline, 34, the pirate king in the upcoming film The Pirates of Penzance. Kline is another nice bit of casting since...
French Lieutenant's Woman(Sacks): Yet another love story, with that old cliche, the movie within the movie. Why doesn't anyone ever take it one step further? To fully appreciate the ending, learn which Meryl Streep is Anne and which Meryl Streep is Sarah. The acting is awesome, the script is terrific, the structure is brilliant, the scenery is beautiful and you'll leave the theater feeling miserable. By the way, this film, like the book, has a happy ending and a sad ending, take your pick. This is the One-Blank-Cartridge-In-The-Firing-Squad's-Guns...
While in many ways Streep is perfect for her character, she seems less than ideal for the film. The French Lieutenant's Woman becomes a contest between Streep's soulfulness and Pinter's stylistics. The contrast is fascinating, but the two sides pull against one another--an intrinsic flaw that limits the movie's reach and ultimately holds it back from greatness...