Out Loud: Let’s Talk About Ellen Page
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Last week, the not anticipated sequel-slash-reboot to the 80s thriller Flatliners opened to universally negative reviews and weak box office results. The necessity of such a film was obviously called into question – ~Was this a property with enough name recognition to be relevant in 2017? Were there die-hard Flatliners fans just crying out for a new film that continued the mythos? – but the chances are the film will quickly disappear from the box office top 10 before anyone has enough time to think about such issues. The film opened to audiences just over 10 years after the Telluride Film Festival premiere of Juno, the scrappy indie comedy that would go on to gross over 30 times its initial budget, win its first time screenwriter an Oscar, and make a star of its lead, Ellen Page. The eponymous protagonist of Juno is the ideal star-making project: A role that requires mile-a-minute control of very mannered but exceedingly memorable dialogue, a decidedly feminine character arc, and one stripped of vanity. Page is wonderful in the role and her Oscar nomination was well earned.share