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A |
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B- |
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emotional repercussions of violence and degradatio
by TJW (movies profile)
Feb 11, 2008
3
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3 people found this review helpful
The movie begins and ends with Rosario Dawson. Her performance is clearly oscar material; she has a talent for evoking myriad emotions in the span of a single scene, a single shot. The role demands an almost unbearable intensity, and she succeeds wildly. I suppose no critics commented on this movie because of its NC-17 rating; let me tell you, every sexual act, every act of violence, is integral to this great human tragedy. Nothing is gratuitous--not one moment of the movie is anything but authentic. This is Shakesperian drama dialed up for the 21st century. |
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