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...year-old Great One skated one lap around the rink with teammates in tow, then came an encore, as a lone spotlight followed him around the ice and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" blared throughout...
...Secondary to the main subplots of the movie, but certainly a unifying character, is Todd (Timothy Olyphant). He has many relationships: Simon's friend and provider, Ronna's drug connection, the ultimate target of the police sting and the object of Claire's budding sexual interest. Olyphant's Todd is sinister and alluring, the embodiment of a bad boy who can be both repelling and difficult to resist. Second only to Polley, Olyphant is a stand-out on screen...
...Doubt's fluffed up version of rock 'n' roll is Sarah Polley, who really makes Go the success that it is. Polley indulges in 18-year-old Ronna's predicament, which blossoms from the opportunity to make some much-needed rent money off a drug deal while her friend Simon (Desmond Askew), a supermarket coworker and the usual middle man, is out of town. Conveying Ronna's sly confidence in the temporary world of criminal mischief is Polley's ultimate strength. Her character deftly handles every potentially dangerous situation, able to hock her friend Claire (Katie Holmes) as collateral...
...only one of the perspectives that tie the main characters' worlds together. Since the movie is told in three main sections, each from the experience of one or two people, several overlapping segments slowly but surely become apparent. Starting from the same supermarket scene that launched Ronna's story, Simon, trading shifts with Ronna, goes on a joy ride to Las Vegas with friends to experience the high stakes world of sleazy strip clubs, car chases and guns. His abandon is remarkable, and Askew comfortably plays up Simon's amorality and detachment from responsibility with wide-eyed innocence...
Secondary to the main subplots of the movie butcertainly a unifying character, is Todd (TimothyOlyphant). He has many relationships: Simon'sfriend and provider, Ronna's drug connection, theultimate target of the police sting and the objectof Claire's budding sexual interest. Olyphant'sTodd is sinister and alluring, the embodiment of abad boy who can be both repelling and difficultto resist. Second only to Polley, Olyphant is astand-out on screen...