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 Barnes & Noble E. Annie Proulxs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel springs to life in this colorful adaptation directed by Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) and enacted by an especially noteworthy ensemble. Kevin Spacey, cast against type, plays a meek printer whose already unsatisfactory life gets worse when his slutty wife (an almost unrecognizable Cate Blanchett) and elderly parents die in short order. Persuaded by his feisty aunt (Judi Dench) to join her in rehabilitating the old family homestead in an oddball community on Newfoundlands coast, the glum widower and his young daughter move to the isolated village with hopes of a new beginning. Proulxs baroque novel -- thought to be unfilmable by many -- is simplified by Hallström and screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, who address themselves to filling the screen with delightfully eccentric characters. Julianne Moore makes a spirited leading lady, while goofy Rhys Ifans, dour Pete Postlethwaite, and laconic Scott Glenn all log notable performances. Apparently determined to keep viewers off balance, Hallström varies the films mood from scene to scene; the cute and quirky rub shoulders with the depressing and macabre, and ancient mysteries jostle with humorous revelations. The end result is a movie thats as unpredictable as it is engrossing. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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