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...finger to the heavens and shouts. "Find the accused guilty!" and a cast of sycophantic French civil servants. Douglas and most of the other actors have chosen to go for the grim, I'm-so-shaken-by-the-horrors-of-war-that-I-speak-in-a-monotone-without-any-facial-expressions effect. At first, this is somewhat compelling, but after an hour and a half one gets tired of trying to figure out Douglas's emotional state by watching the vein pop out on his forehead. Reviewers normally describe this type of performance as "controlled" or "understated" but in this...
Some psychologists think that moustaches and beards create a feeling of mistrust in other people. What is known for sure is that no person with considerable facial hair has held major political office in this state for decades...
Holding everything together is Belinda, played by Francesca Delbanco, the mother hen and company gossip. Delbanco's exaggerated facial expression seem slightly overdone it the first act, but serve her well in the second as the action moves to pantomime. Her clever miming allowed the audience to catch every word--and say it aloud for her. By the third act, Belinda is trying to lead the company out of the woods, improvising for the mentally and verbally challenged. Delbanco's gives a perfectly outrageous delivery of Belinda's efforts, summing up an entire scene by announcing loudly to the audience...
Zelman delivers a very tight performance throughout the play. His facial expressions show the ignorance, earnestness and anger of his character. Essentially the play revolves around Gus and his constant waffling on about where they are going, whether there's football match to be seen, etc. etc. With his sincere stupidity, Gus probes into many different issues, sometimes answering his own questions, other times getting short, petulant answers from...
This film sets Hanks in the ranks of many other solid leading men. Here he has the talented and very experienced Sally Field playing his mother. Hanks stands on his own next to this actress, carrying the film with his facial expressions and strong southern accent...