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There are fine performances all around, with Phillip Seymour Hoffman's being the best of the cast-no surprise there.
A very young George Brent, (Coutland Trenholm) stars along with Barbara Stanwyck and both gave outstanding performances.
Blake and Wilson turn in stellar performances of the killer duo.
Some of the supporting characters give good performances, especially from Ben Gazarra, playing Myrtle's sleazy producer.
The story serves only for De Mille to hang some marvelous action sequences on, like the big Indian attack.Scenes like that are extremely well done.If you don't mind the somewhat over-the-top performances of the cast this is an very entertaining western.Look out for a very young Anthony Quinn essaying the role of an Indian brave who participated at the battle of Little Big Horn.This part got him at least noticed in Hollywood.
The use of operatic soprano in a comedy is reminiscent of Kitty Carlisle's role in the Marx Brothers' "A Night At The Opera," but the singing is much more a part of the comedy here than in "Opera," and McIntyre (perhaps more in other performances than here) exhibited a comedic talent of her own that Carlisle never did.
Solid directing and writing along with fine acting, especially the performances by Kwami Taha and Dan Stowe.
It's simply a pleasure to watch her as Catherine Tramell, and all of the other actors deliver solid performances, too!
So I really can't see what's wrong with this movie... it has a dark, thrilling, sexy and gritty look, strong performances, and you never felt bored!
Helen Hunt and Steven Weber were both terrific, giving very gritty and realistic performances.
The performances are excellent and the characters are all likable and well-defined.
Bad script, bad direction, over the top performances, overwrought dialogue.
I'm not sure if this is some kind of masterpiece or just sleazy fluff elevated by the performances and visuals.
From the wonderfully twisted, lurid, intertwining stories, to the deliciously sinister performances from Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone, to the vivid, gaudy colour with which it's all captured, this is high-class trash and it's great fun.
The performances are all superb, particularly Bruce Dern's role as the wicked sleazeball, Uncle Bud.
Great performances added to this tremendous film.
Even older recorded performances I once thought were funny just don't seem as funny after seeing Eddie Izzard in this award-winning look at history, language disparities, and Englebert Humperdink...
The two actresses give natural performances and work well together.
It is a quiet, little film that doesn't overwhelm you with special effects or "big" performances.
All in all, a good, solid mystery film with fine performances by the two leading actors and a fine supporting cast which includes the often underrated Paul Kelly.
Willis, the justifiably Oscar-nominated Brad Pitt, and Madeline Stowe as a well-meaning psychiatrist give some of the best performances of their careers.
Wonderful performances by Ellen Burstyn and Christine Horne really bring the characters to life.
It is blessed with marvelous performances by Lindsay Crouse and Joe Montegna, and a strong, strong cast of supporting players, and it introduces Ricky Jay, card sharp extraordinaire, prestidigitator and historian of magic.
It's a shame because this turned out to be a satisfying film telling a brave tale with strong simple images and effective performances from the two leads.
John Goodman, Martin Short, Rhea Perlman, Felicity Kendall and Yeardley Smith all gave solid performances, but special mention has to go to Kenneth Mars for he was absolutely superb as Screweyes and almost unrecognisable.
The comedy gets a bit cliché at times but the vaudevillesque performances of G burns and G Allen are just perfect for the piece and can satisfy anyone looking for some easy laughs.
This- and not a certain slightly overrated Southern Soap Opera-was the greatest epic to come out of Hollywoods greatest year, 1939.I will not not restate the obvious-Cary Grant,Victor McLaglen( who WAS a Bengal Lancer), and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. give superb comic performances.However, I want to note two other, less understood elements of this masterpiece.
The cast performances throughout were pretty solid and there were twists I didn't see coming before each commercial.
This intensely involving 2007 character-driven suspense drama is like a big, juicy piece of Shakespearean-level steak from a master filmmaker who knows how to draw out uncommonly ferocious, to-the-edge performances from his actors.
Bruce Lee was the father of modern action cinema and his legitimate surviving offspring Shannon does not let the family name down here.Although there are several pleasing performances in this movie (Michel Wong for one)it is Shannon Lee whom you will remember for a genuinely spectacular performance as Mandy the hitgirl supreme.Hell;you may well come away whistling her fights!
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