An Education: Sometimes it's worth to check out a movie for a performance and this film is one of those movies. Carey Mulligan is phenomenal in this fairly enjoyable film. She will and should be nominated for best performance. She is captivating in a role that could of easily been annoying. People are comparing her to Audrey Hepburn, which is a very strong statement, but she earns it with this performance. The rest of the cast is strong including Peter
Sarsgaard (doing a decent
British accent), Alfred Molina and Cara Seymour. The movie itself isn't as strong as the story kinda lulls and tries to be more dramatic than it really is. However, it is a nice little date film and a movie that should be seen just for the performance alone.
PS - My girlfriend liked it more than i did, so this might be more of a female-type film.
AntiChrist - It's beautifully shot and acted but that's about it for this art-house "Saw" film. Lars Von Trier tries to create this bizarre, gruesome provocative film but the film just ponders and is so thin on plot that it just becomes pointless. I would miss this one unless you are a Von Trier film...which i am not. However, the performances are very strong.
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