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very poignant
by Dee (movies profile)
Jun 16, 2008
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5 people found this review helpful
I was so intrigued by this movie, maybe because its a true story or because the complex topics it addresses. I was happy with the film and enjoyed the great acting. Loved it! Barbara, whose volatile personality is at the heart of the story. She is both victim and provocateur in her marriage, suffering from Brooks’s coldness even as she goes out of her way to inflame his contempt. Her relations with Tony range from neglectful to needy to downright monstrous. Throughout the 26-year period covered Moore never ages. Is that because she never ages in Tony's eyes? The most difficult scene, when Barbara places her hand on Tony's crotch and starts feeling him, is also her best, approached with a disturbing hardness coupled with need. I found very poignant topics - homosexual, incest with own mother. This was a true murder story happened in a wealthy, upper class family in her London home. Her son was a schizophrenia but wasn't portrayed as such in this movie. |
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