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Speak up Radha, speak clearly Kimberly

posted 18 years ago by joamedia
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This film,in my esteemed opinion as an ardent filmbuff, is excellent. This estimation, mind, is based soley on Evan Rachel Wood's performance.
Kimberly joyce is just like my ex girlfriend, a manipulative self-absorbed nymphet. Which is why, I both loved and hate it. Evan Rachel's performance holds up as one of the all time great "viper to my bosom" roles, surpassing even Pamela Franklin's 'Sandy' from Ronald Neames's 1968 classic; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Dwarfing even similar films like Election, To die For, inter alia. I was in a word, mesmerised. But, and this an important 'But', the film is carelessly structured, the narrative is a little confused, and most annoyingly, Kim slurs her words, and Randha did not get enough lines to really matter. Anyone agree or disagree?

[–] catwoman4369 13 years ago

I totally agree! Could hardly understand what ERW was saying most of the time - would have resorted to putting the subtitles on - if there had been any!

[–] cashmerebrunette007 13 years ago

I honestly thought that Randa's presence was good enough for me. I loved her facial expressions and how she laughed in the beginning when Kim told her that racist joke about Arabs. She's a lot like my cousin and we're Persians =).

There's ALWAYS money in the banana stand!

[–] thepartydjz 10 years ago

If Evan Rachel Wood is a super actress we have sunk to an all time low, she has zero range

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