However, the sets, costumes, cinematography, and the movement of the actors within the frame during these opening scenes are thrilling. Haley Bennett (Ms. Joe Wright) radiates beauty as Roxane; Ben Mendelsohn is deliciously cunning as Guiche while Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Christian looks like a god.
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The great German director (Christian Petzold) reunites his gorgeous stars from the baffling Transit (Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski), this time for a story that flirts with the myth of the water nymph, Undine.
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I LOVED it! And I hated the original movie! ..Of course, it is Anita who is the real star of the movie and Ariana DeBose is astonishing. She out-Rita’s Rita Moreno who has a role of her own, especially written for her by Tony Kushner, and she is lovely.
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Jon Peters has a gay assistant who is a cringe-worthy, over-the-top gay stereotype to the max. Here is a mincing queen with movements so exaggerated he could have Tourette’s syndrome and a sibilant S that could be heard from Encino to Toluca Lake.
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..the movie never comes off a tragedy. In fact it’s a celebration of the life of someone who created so much beauty and, in turn, brought joy to thousands of theatre and movie goers.
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