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Anyone else annoyed by Cecilia?

posted 15 years ago by Jam0-0
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There was nothing likable about her...She annoyed me from the very start where she keeps chattering while working when she could just shut up and concentrate on her work (I know the scene is supposed to show that she's a film freak, but still). She lets her husband control her, can't decide who she loves, is so dependent on a man..She did nothing right from the beginning to the end. She is the perfect example of a pushover.

Mia Farrow talking like a female version of Woody Allen didn't help either..I mean she's one of my favorite actresses and I thnk she is fabulous and talented, but the Woody Allen impersonation really makes me cringe

[–] jdown-1 14 years ago

I agree with everything you say - was wondering if her whiny Woody Allen voice annoyed anyone else.

[–] pelscc2000 14 years ago

YES!!!

[–] pelscc2000 12 years ago

Yes, yes and yes!!!

[–] paleolith 14 years ago

I almost totally disagree. Oh, yeah, she'd be more fun if she were focused, but then there would be no movie. And she chatters at times, but far more often she's silent, totally the opposite of Allen's nebbish. And she did stand up to her husband. If you think that wasn't brave, then you haven't grasped the world she lived in. Purple Rose shows far more of the working class than anything else Allen has done, at least in what I remember.

I would start singing to Cecilia's ukulele and stay with her forever.

Edward

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 9 years ago

I would start singing to Cecilia's ukulele and stay with her forever.

Ditto. And people on this thread have complained about her voice being annoying, whereas I found myself frequently enchanted by how sweet-sounding it was, throughout!

I thing she was the best part of the film.

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

[–] melnar1 9 years ago

she'd be more fun if she were focused, but then there would be no movie

I think the movie would have been a heck of a lot better with someone else in the role of Cecelia. Anyone else...

[–] franzkabuki 13 years ago

As with pretty much every character Farrow ever played, she does come across kinda overbearing & annoying, but all the same she´s very far from Stiffy´s hyperactive schtick here.

"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

[–] Mrpinkeye 13 years ago

she was the worst thing about the movie imo

[–] guccipix 9 years ago

I don't think I've liked any Mia Farrow character. Good God she was annoying in Rosemary's Baby.

[–] Fully_Loaded 9 years ago

all his characters in his movies talk like him male or female
it is a running gag

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