Summary
Ira Sachs' wannabe black comedy attempts to address the spectacularly unoriginal notion that, just under the shiny surfaces, those wacky 1950s were hardly as picture-perfect as they might've looked. Chris Cooper stars as Harry, a prosperous businessman trapped in a pleasantly dull marriage to wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson). The trouble with Harry is that he's suddenly fallen head-over-heels in love with his mistress (Rachel McAdams). Thinking rather highly of himself, Harry assumes poor Pat would be despondent and ruined for the rest of her days were he to walk out. So obviously the logical, most humane course of action is to poison her. C- (S.B.)
As a blustery American singer and actress vying for starring roles and social ascent in the 30s-London-set Pettigrew, Amy Adams is a terrifying force of nature. Francis McDormand plays a frumpy but resourceful governess who cons her way into becoming Adams' "social secretary." Pettigrew may be ultra-super-mega fizzy, but there's an undertow of melancholy, even despair. B-(M.P.)Adapted by Trie Queen's screenwriter Peter Morgan from a novel by Phillipa Gregory, it's no surprise that The Other Boleyn Girl is perfectly dreadful. Riddled with loud unintentional laughs and inexplicable filmmaking decisions, it rivals Elizabeth: The Golden Age as far as bodice-ripping, historically nonsensical lunacy goes. D+ (S.B.)See the full content of this document
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BlindsightLucy Walker's documentary follows six students at Tibet's only school lor the blind as they attempt to climb a Himalayan mountain. (Not reviewed.)Chicago 10Brett Morgen's prankish, exhilarating...See the full content of this document
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