Monday, May 07, 2007
FREARS COSTUME
Today's Frears pic was the wig-fest
with Glenn Close and John Malkovich; Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves and Mildred Natwick (an old favorite from early tv).
It is all about the idle class playing nasty social games with each other.
Fun, until the stakes get too high.
It is mostly manners and asides and all. Quite unlike other Frears' fare.
On the other hand it has human fallibility front and center and some great dramatic acting particularly from Ms. Close. There is also a great fencing scene between Malkovich and Reeves. Quite unlike the pristine cut and lunge affairs we have seen elsewhere.
It is a 5 out of Netflix5 but perhaps not my favorite Frears.
That is OK. It was great fun to watch again. It was a NYTimes Best Film seen last year.
Labels: best films, films, Frears
