mix between great acting and beauty
sharon and isabelle did fantastic job on this 1, i just like mix between beauty and great acting ,what d u think?
shareI think your writing skills are atrocious.
I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!
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I think that Sharon was surprisingly good and Adjani surprisingly bad and her character was botched in terms of writing. Palminteri's character was nothing more than a caricature.
I liked the little twist at the end, but as soon as they turn on each other, it becomes underwhelming again.
All in all, 4/10.
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I think that Sharon was surprisingly good and Adjani surprisingly bad and her character was botched in terms of writing. Palminteri's character was nothing more than a caricature.
I have to agree. I saw this because I have recently seen some fantastic performances from Isabelle Adjani in much better movies. I didn't like this at all, but of the leads, I'd have to say Sharon Stone was the best. I didn't like Isabelle's wide-eyed performance, but I know she's capable of more. It seems like a badly written character she had. share
But don’t you think it was because it was in English - a second language for Adjani or maybe a third.
Honestly, why even watch this one. Watch the real one by Clouzot. Les Diaboliques, released as Diabolique - 1955. With Simone Signoret and wife Vera. Hitchcock lost out to Clouzot on this one. He really wanted to make it.
And stick with Adjani for Queen Margot, One Deadly Summer, Story of Adele H., Camille Claudel, Deadly Circuit, Quartet. And call it a day.
But don’t you think it was because it was in English - a second language for Adjani or maybe a third.
Possibly. I did think about Penelope Cruz and how she was much better in Spanish movies that English ones. She's gotten better in English over the years and I think she's great either way now. In this, Isabelle Adjani didn't seem like she struggled with English at all. I just don't know if that was really the issue here or not.
And stick with Adjani for Queen Margot, One Deadly Summer, Story of Adele H., Camille Claudel, Deadly Circuit, Quartet. And call it a day.
Yeah, I've seen all of those but Adele H, which I'll get to eventually.
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You’ll go crazy over Adele H., no pun intended. It’s a great movie. Adjani is mesmerizing.
Penelope Cruz was great in both Spanish and English movies. One of my favorites was Vicky Cristina Barcelona where she speaks both languages in the same breath.
Yeah, I love her in that one (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) too. But when I think back to the some of her earlier English roles (Captain Corelli's Mandolin, for instance) I don't think she came off near as good as she did in her Spanish roles. And then look at something like Vanilla Sky. She was much better playing the same part in the earlier Spanish version Abre Los Ojos.
shareI first saw her in Jamon Jamon. I loved Volver. I did see the strange one called Don’t Move that was in Italian actually. That one was kind of haunting.
But maybe you’re right because there have been very few people who are able to make the same movie twice in the same role - in her case, one in Spanish and one in English so you can compare. I don’t think I liked Vanilla Sky. I am not sure this was a movie to measure any performance as it just wasn’t really that good. Woman On Top was okay. I guess I just never really noticed that there was a disparity between a performance she did in either Spanish, English, or Italian. Whereas I have noticed this for a lot of other international stars when they make American movies. Some just don’t translate. Isabelle Huppert for example. One of the greatest actresses living and some of her movies where she speaks English aren’t that good. Earlier ones with Catherine Deneuve as well (Hustle in particular) - and this is the actress I most love. There’s a beginning, middle and now with Deneuve.