I never rated Brendan Fraiser as an actor, having seen his acting attempts in several previous movies, I crossed him out of my mind, regarding any movie he was in, until now.
I was curious as to why, an actor I had no time for, won a Best Actor Oscar so, I decided to give this movie a chance, after all, everyone deserves one chance, don't they?
I started watching, expecting to switch off after 10 minutes. Suddenly I realised my glass needed replinishing. I checked the time stamp on the movie, and an hour had gone by. The off switch was definitely not touched.
His acting caught me completly by surprise. I could use more choice words, and even stronger language phrases however, I believe my point is made. I was disappointed my fellow Irishmen lost out but, I now know why. This was Oscar deserving.
The plotline I'm sure, has been outlined many times so, I won't further boor the reader. Suffice to say, the supporting cast, even the non verbal (laptop students) were excellent. Ironically, the only other cast member I knew was Samantha Morton, and strangely, I've just finished watching The Serpent Queen, in which she is the main lead.
The others I do not know, probably because I'm 65 , and I could be a tad too old to watch what they are in, even the "sisters".
Sadie Sink as Ellie the daughter, played a stunning performance; with Jacey working alongside, it won't be long before she is as good as Sadie, especially with the work they are doing in Stranger Things, which I don't watch, it being 30 years too late for me.
Hong Chau I didn't know. I checked her stats, know some of the movies and TV shows she was in, didn't make an impression. That's gone out the window now, she was excellent here, and more than deserved all the Supporting Actress nominations she got. Pity she didn't win many, hopefully that will change in the future. More importantly, hopefully she will get a lead role, she deserves it.
I left this move a different person, and maybe that was the goal. The strange thing is, I still feel the same person I was, going into the movie, yet something has changed..... Not many movies do that to me, and that's saying something. Worth the 10 stars I gave, just wish I could do a Spinal Tap, and turn it up to 11.
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