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If you make a suspense movie it is kind of important that the "villain" not be more sympathetic than the "victim".
The humans are all fighting among themselves over a number of different reasons, and they are not sympathetic.
Sterling Hayden's half-hearted Swedish accent is a big problem, though he cuts a sturdy, sympathetic presence on the screen and almost makes the picture worth-watching.
This film seems to want to give Kahn the great artiste's free pass and thus make the director and his mother sympathetic figures - I don't buy it.
Her ability to transmute from imperious to faux sympathetic to deviously manipulate and control her prey shows masterful range.
Zeena (Zenobia) in the book is almost completely the antagonist, the books least sympathetic figure, where in the movie she can be almost pitied though it's a stretch you kind of feel bad for this sick woman who is being cheated on.
Camille is portrayed as a very sympathetic sculptor, who loses just about everything.
Usually in these movies, the actresses aren't really acting, they give very "natural" performances, and they're quite sympathetic, fun, and likable.
Dr. Flanner is FINALLY able to tell the husband (played excruciatingly sympathetic by Scott Glenn) that he is sorry for what happened - even though it was all the fault of that danged anesthesiologist.
The characters aren't' even interesting nor sympathetic.
There wasn't one character I found sympathetic, they all seemed to be absolutely clueless losers.
Picture all of the violence of "No Country for Old Men" without any kind of chase or sympathetic characters.
The one thing this film had was that it expanded the "mole" character, making him both more sympathetic and three dimensional.
This is a superb TV series, it's sympathetic and for once realistic!
Two performers are of note: Stevens, with his wonderful voice, is at first sympathetic, then convincingly menacing.
Then, on the road some sympathetic and friendly truck driver, and the long caravan of a circus going around and their dwarf, bearded woman, Siamese sisters, and a few other grotesques of that type.
The characters are about par for this kind of movie, though more sympathetic than some, and the bad guy memorably freaky.
Lon Chaney is the sympathetic Wolf Man and Glenn Strange returns as the Frankenstein monster.
Immensely sympathetic performance from Jared Harriss (who seems to have inherited all of his fathers charisma...hopefully without poor Richards penchant for hellraising and haminess)....and charming offbeat cuteness from costar Yu Xia combine to make this a real heartwarmer.
But even so, he is a sympathetic character because everyone is selfish when it comes to relationships.
The simple portrayal of life difficulties in a humorous way, followed by the bullies and villains getting their just deserts, is both sympathetic and heartwarming.
The characters are not always sympathetic, there is little if any humor and the author makes numerous plot shortcuts to focus on his principal theme: that, since each would see the other as the only one sharing the unique combination of loss and betrayal brought on by the air crash, the adulterers' completely surprised spouses would seek each other out.
Props to a warmly sympathetic Jonathan Caouette as Mr. Cox, a kindred spirit to Rodney (Ash Christian), the lively and spirited Ashley Finke as Rodney's best friend, and Deborah Theaker as Rodney's mom, who is given the best one-liners in the script and steals her every scene.
Lionel Barrymore is sympathetic to Ms. Marsh, desiring to help her recover the runaway dogs.
But there are errors: He and Dirk Bogarde create Aschenbach as sympathetic; Mann, again, did not.
Also a great turn by Karen Black (great to see her on the screen again) as Grace's crazed but sympathetic mother.
To be very fair, the movie starts off very slowly, with none of the characters being terribly sympathetic.
Like "The Leopard," it has a sympathetic lead who brings out the same kind of worn pathos -- though Bogard's performance is more willing to open itself to being unlikable, especially in look: he has a really stupid grin that's easy to dislike.
They're also each very different: Matt is a working class boy who clearly revels in his naughtiness, whilst prep school dropout Tracy supports the couple with Western Union money from her moneybags father, who makes a surprisingly sympathetic cameo towards the end of the film.
I agree with what another user wrote about the script being sympathetic to the three main characters.
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