How the hell did the guy who was partially responsible for Mystic River and L.A. Confidential give us this?
The film itself is entirely cyclical, the same sort of tropes happening over and over again throughout the storyline. Whenever there is a scene that happens to grab you in some way, its usually between Reg and Frances' characters but these are short lived and not enough to carry the film.
The decision of casting Tom Hardy to play BOTH of…
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Sound of Metal 2019
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Riz Ahmed is phenomenal in this. The way the character and the screenplay was written, it would have been very easy to descend into some sort of melodramatic performance that would have taken away, in my opinion, most of the films impact. This dude says more with his eyes and facial expressions than the majority of his peers I would argue.
That next to last scene, where they both kinda know it's over. . . BRUTAL.
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As it turns out, your assumptions of what you think is going to happen after meeting all of the characters is exactly what happens. Madelyn Cline is making a career out of playing rich girls who befriend poorer people and get caught in a web of crimes.
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