Dave Lee
3May12
The scene with the phone conversation is my favourite in the film as well. Stayed with me for a long time afterwards.
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Lucas Granero
9Jul11
Posiblemente la obra mas profundamente compleja a la que el dúo Cassavetes/Rowlands haya conseguido, donde la psicología del personaje ya no solo se manifiesta a traves de sus acciones, sino que ahora ésta se construye a traves de un imaginario delirante, la lucha extrema de una mujer contra sus propios fantasmas que la rodean incesentamente. No hay duda: estamos ante la mas "bergmaniana" de las obras de Cassavetes.
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Gianni Naka Candellari
9Jun11
Gena Rowlands padrona della scena. a volte esagerata ma sempre una grandissima attrice. Cassavetes la dirige con amore e rispetto.
McNulty
2Jun11
Definitely an incredible performance by Gena Rowlands as Myrtle. The hype is real. People who love acting, theatre, plays, natural dialogue, spontaneous improvising should enjoy this movie. It is because of this movie I realized why a woman never reveals her age. Fuckin old ass wrinkly hot-flash-havin great great great grandmas!
Tom Mikos
15Jan11
Gena's performance is a given. It should go unsaid. But Zohra Lampert, her performance, however small, is so nuanced and pleasant. I can't get over the scene when Gazzara's on the phone with Rowlands in the middle of the night, and Lampert is playfully trying to distract him. So subtle and understated. It's amusing and raw and believable. This whole damn movie is a lesson in acting. And Zohra just looks amazing...
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Juan Rubio
28Dec10
In Cassavetes brilliant film, Gena Rowlands plays a distressed actress who must be in a role that closely resembles her current life: facing aging, dealing with decaying beauty, and the memories of her more glorious youth. All triggered by the death of a fan outside a theater in New Heaven. Almodovar created the same scene in his postmodern "All About My Mother".
Hideous Bitch Princess
15Sep10
Makes for an excellent double feature along with Fassbinder's "Veronika Voss."
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virginwolf
17May10
I can't understand how someone could say about this that it was a movie that Cassavetes flushed his career down the toilet with... there's a great interview with him when he talks about how people didn't care about this film and were only asking 'if it was successful?' - well I think it's one of his great achievements as are all of his movies!
CyberMaven
4Mar10
One of my favs. An absolutely stunning account of a woman coming to terms with the onset of middle age. Her career and personal relationships are examined and assessed as only Cassavetes and Rowlands can. The last 45 minutes are riveting.
David Bernstein
4Jan10
For anyone who has ever been in theatre; this film will give you chills. Every scene in this movie crackles with inscrutable electricity. An immersive, unpredictable experience. I haven't seen anything like it.
Christopher Smith
20Mar09
Interesting but uneven character study from director John Cassavetes. Superb performances - particularly from the always excellent Gena Rowlands. It has its strong moments, but it's too unfocused and meandering for the drama to be really effective, and way too long. The ominous score by Bo Harwood is far too melodramatic in some scenes.
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