I know I didn't have an update yesterday, but I was super tired and planned on getting two up today, anyway, so I didn't feel too badly about it. Though I know I've disappointed so many of you who rely on this to get you through each and every day!
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The first thing I want to ask after watching today's film (again, watched in two installments over my lunch period) is:
Can we redo last year’s Oscars? PLEASE?
Carey Mulligan turns in an exquisite performance as 16-year-old schoolgirl Jenny, who is beguiled by an older man in Peter Sarsgaard. Of course, she lost to the delegate from New Jersey, but I won’t go on about that. Neither Sarsgaard not Alfred Molina, who plays Jenny’s father, were given even a nomination for their performances, either.
I don’t actually want to give away too much information on the movie, because it’s really better if you don’t know that much about it. All I was told was that I’d probably really like it and that I should watch it. So, a year later, I got around to it, and was rewarded for doing do. The movie is intelligent, witty, well-acted, paced right, visually arresting in all the right ways; it triggers emotions without being overwrought.
Oh, and Carey Mulligan speaks French. Yeah, this movie hit me in all the right places.
I'll close with a couple of quotes that made me double over in laughter. Quite an accomplishment, since I was all alone in the classroom watching it, and it wasn't a movie that was going for huge laughs :) You'll need to watch the movie to find out why they're great!
“Not even Jenny’s, for that matter.”
“You do have a choice, still? It’s not… too late?”
Score: 9.5/10
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