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19 November 2008 (France) moreTagline:
Sometimes we leave everything to find ourselves.Plot:
A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(224 articles)
Gwyneth Paltrow joins Nicole Kidman in "The Danish Girl" (From AfterEllen.com. 9 November 2009, 7:00 AM, PST)
What's Left in 2009?
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(Credited cast)| Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Leonard Kraditor | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Michelle Rausch | |
| Vinessa Shaw | ... | Sandra Cohen | |
| Moni Moshonov | ... | Reuben Kraditor | |
| Isabella Rossellini | ... | Ruth Kraditor | |
| John Ortiz | ... | Jose Cordero | |
| Bob Ari | ... | Michael Cohen | |
| Julie Budd | ... | Carol Cohen | |
| Elias Koteas | ... | Ronald Blatt | |
| Shiran Nicholson | ... | DJ Juice | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| David Cale | ... | Jeweler | |
| Kathryn Gerhardt | ... | New Year's Eve Party Guest #3 | |
| Nick Gillie | ... | Livery Driver | |
| Carmen M. Herlihy | |||
| Samantha Ivers | ... | Stephanie | |
| Anne Joyce | ... | Leonard's ex-fiance | |
| Mari Koda | ... | Popping Dancer | |
| RJ Konner | ... | Upscale Opera Guest | |
| Evan Lewis | ... | Uncle | |
| Marion McCorry | ... | Nurse | |
| David Ross | ... | Waiter | |
| Jeanine Serralles | ... | Dayna | |
| Jose Edwin Soto | |||
| Uzimann | ... | Cab Driver | |
| Elliot Villar | ... | Bystander | |
| Mark Vincent | ... | Ronald's driver | |
| Craig Walker | |||
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Rated R for language, some sexuality and brief drug use.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:R | France:U | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:MFun Stuff
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As this film began, I thought, "What have I gotten myself into?" Joaquin Phoenix playing a character, Leonard, who attempts suicide before the lights in the theater are down? This is going to be a long ride and my shoulders slumped into the seat. But, instead, this funny, romantic intensely felt film slowly takes control of the audience and we shake our heads both in recognition of the folly of the characters as well as the exactitude with which the actors hit each and every mark. I wanted to applaud at the end for (1) the sustained tone, and (2)that it wasn't the film I feared at the opening.
Isabella Rosellini, as Leonard's mother, quickly lightens up the mood. (I should say, The Great Isabella Rosellini.) She has little to say but communicates volumes as a doting mother of a very troubled son. But she's also very funny in her hovering (literally peering under her son's door to see if he's okay).
What triggers the action is the introduction of a girl Sandra (played by Vinessa Shaw) chosen by Leonard's parents to divert him from the heartbreak that has made him suicidal. She's a perfect choice, and we all nod, "This won't work," because she's exactly what Leonard needs. He's so caught up in his suffering that he can't see anything beyond that until supreme suffering simultaneously walks into his life: Her name is Michelle, and she's played by the exquisite Gwyneth Paltrow.
If you're a fan of Paltrow's, you know just how Leonard feels. He's ready to jump through any hoop just to be near Michelle, and wouldn't any of us? Paltrow gives such a winning performance of what none of us need and all of us want, that even by the end we want everything to revolve around her (as Michelle wants too).
This is not only a film about infatuation with various stages and maturity of love, it's also about a place, and that place is New York City. With wonderful and flakey choices on the soundtrack, New York is cupid's hell. From the excitement of a group of people off on a lark to a dance club to one of the most unusual first dates in a high brow Manhattan restaurant (lushly scored with Henry Mancini's "Lujon") each and every locale is a Valentine to how much trouble you can get into in the big city. Watch out for those Michelles! Beautifully filmed, masterfully directed, being released so soon after the Oscar awards, the only sad thing is that it wasn't released just a few months earlier.