"What the @*&# do we know"?

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A brilliant film...for the first 30 minutes where it begins to go a bit sideways with an MTV-ish break that goes on entirely too long and it also re-cycles its earlier ideas repeatedly. For those who don't know much about quantum physics, it may be a bit upsetting to realize "before" and "after" have little meaning, really. Or that objects can be in two (or many more) places simultaneously---and then, for all practical purposes, disappear. Or that (moving away a bit from quantum physics, for a moment) strong, repetitive emotions can act exactly like heroin upon our axons and dendrites.
Still, a shockingly good performance from Marlee Matlin: the best single female performance I've seen this year.
And, what's more, she does something equally important: she re-invents what beautiful means. In today's world of non-sexuality of women (perhaps due to industry fears of being called, horrors, "sexist!") in mainstream and indies films, Matlin exudes fire and passion---and sensuality.
Physically, she lets us see her imperfections: a few too many pounds, here and there, a bit too much nose.
But, overall, in a word, she looks...fabulous. A REAL woman and not some emaciated, girlish (or boyish, for that matter), cartoon-perfect waif.
Bravo to Marlee.
Go see this film!
(I almost flipped at one point: when I was a film student in Portland, I lived in a loft seemingly in the same building above that very basketball court and my student film used that exact location!)

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Topic - "What the @*&# do we know"? - tinear 08:40:53 02/19/05 (8)

It was a moderately well performed poor/trite ABC After School Special of a movie - sjb 16:04:56 02/20/05 (0)

I'd call it interesting... - mkuller 12:09:26 02/20/05 (0)

Re: "What the @*&# do we know"? - Analog Scott 07:57:01 02/20/05 (0)

Re: "What the @*&# do we know"? - patrickU 10:04:02 02/19/05 (4)

Huh? nt - tinear 11:30:53 02/19/05 (3)

Re: Huh? nt - patrickU 01:02:20 02/20/05 (2)

Explain "beaming." I hope you're not referring to Star Trek? nt - tinear 12:03:44 02/20/05 (1)

Re: Explain "beaming." I hope you're not referring to Star Trek? nt - patrickU 12:15:03 02/20/05 (0)

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