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Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:21am

I went to see "Miss Pettigrew" last night. While the movie is slight and rather predictable, Frances McDormand turns in a great character performance. After "The Country Girl" I hope she stays around Broadway for awhile.

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Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:58am

Really? I loved the whole thing. I found it to be a loving fable about life and love. But I do agree her performance was wonderful.

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re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/29/08 at 1:19am

Just saw the film.

Yes, it's predictable, but I adored it.

And Frances McDormand was absolutely perfect. Her charactization was flawless. What a great actress.

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re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/29/08 at 1:42pm

It was so nice to see her play a character so far away from anything she has done before.
Watch Fargo then see Miss Pettigrew and you will see why she needs to be used more often. Or better yet, check out her first film, Blood Simple!
Brilliant actress.

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re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/29/08 at 3:42pm

I love her so much in Fargo. I haven't gotten to see Miss Pettigrew yet, but as a big fan of both Frances and Amy Adams, it's on my list.

re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/29/08 at 5:59pm

"The art of Illusion is the art of love; and the art of love is the blood-red heart of the world." - Tony Kushner, "The Illusion"

re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/29/08 at 6:03pm

On the subject, does anyone know where I can find a DVD (or VHS) of Blood Simple? Netflix doesn't have it, and I don't think they'll be getting it for a while. I'm going through a Coen phase and need my Frances fix!

On the subject of Miss Pettigrew, I'm planning on seeing it tonight or tomorrow. Not a huge fan of Amy Adams, but the movie looks good.

Edit: Argh! It appears that Blood Simple is out of stock on Amazon, unless I want to buy the Coen Brothers gift set, and I already own half of those movies. C'est la vie.

"The art of Illusion is the art of love; and the art of love is the blood-red heart of the world." - Tony Kushner, "The Illusion"

re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 3/31/08 at 1:42pm

Frances, along with Judy Davis and Joan Allen are the three best working actresses (exception goes to Maggie, Vanessa, Angela and Stritchie)...

Check out Frances in WONDER BOYS, LONE STAR, RAISING ARIZONA...

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Posted: 3/31/08 at 1:50pm

"Frances, along with Judy Davis and Joan Allen are the three best working actresses"

I'll trade Joan Allen for Marcia Gay Harden on that list. Look at Harden in "Mystic River" and then in "Mona Lisa Smiles". What an actress!

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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Posted: 3/31/08 at 1:55pm

You can have her...she's okay--though her performance in ANGELS IN AMERICA is better than anything she has yet to do on film...And I did like her in MYSTIC RIVER--thought she was the best one.

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Posted: 3/31/08 at 2:11pm

The only reason to see Angels in America was to see the performances of Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Leibman, Kathleen Chalfant and Jeffrey Wright. The rest of the cast stunk up the stage.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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re: Frances McDormand

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:14pm

Allen is superb in almost everything.

I love McDormand in general, but I wasn't crazy about Miss Pettigrew at all. I thought Shirley Henderson stole it.

That said, McDormand was superb in Fargo, Almost Famous (both Oscar-worthy), Mississippi Burning, The Man Who Wasn't There, Friends with Money, and Laurel Canyon. Very few actors today display as much unadulterated life force.

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