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I think Alba did a pretty good job with this role


It's obviously not a usual one for her and I thought her character was believable. The thought that a mentally ill/loner woman has to be unattractive is a really ridiculous one. She clearly went out of her way to drive people away. She's beautiful, yes, no one's denying that but she doesn't wear makeup or dress in an socially acceptable way, her mannerisms and way of speaking are off-putting and it really doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to me that she wouldn't have any friends since she doesn't want them and never leaves the house.

I actually feel like she does socially awkward/quirky much better than people like Zooey Deschanel who is a conventionally beautiful girl who dresses and acts like a hipster and slaps the label of weird on top of it as if that makes it so.

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I agree. I actually liked her performance.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

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Agreed she was much better than I expected her to be.

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