Madolyn


Were we supposed to be sympathetic towards her at the end?

She has a go at Sullivan for being a liar when she finds the envelope, yet she's the one who happily slept with Costigan without any sort of regret or "we shouldn't be doing this". It's not even like she was seemingly unhappy with Sullivan and their relationship to be doing that, as in several scenes later she's shown smiling with him and wanting to get intimate. Plus she gives him news about the baby all excitable, when she must know that there is a very strong chance it might not be his.

She doesn't come across as a particularly pleasant character to me, and knowing what she did with Costigan, may have just as easily slept with other patients.

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The first issue is why did she not wonder why a new cop studying law at night has the money to live in a 2 million dollar apartment and eat at expensive restaurants.

I did not care for her or the way the actress portrays her. Sullivan had too many things going on working for Costello to be playing house and I certainly had no regard for his love life.

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Who *is* a pleasant character in this film? Captain Queenan I suppose, maybe, but that's it.

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Well the actress --Farmiga-- was fine. I just didn't like the character.

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I think characters are what we're talking about. Nothing negative about the actors, of course. It was a stellar cast.

I want to see the original Chinese version of this film to see how it compares.

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They combined two characters into Farmiga's.

But yeah, I greatly enjoy the original trilogy.

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appreciate the tip!

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