David Ansen
“…. The last stretch of the story is extraordinarily moving and astonishingly adroit at avoiding the merely mawkish. The movie never loses its wit, but continues to reach deeper into its surprising, all-too-human characters….
“…. [I]t's never locked in the grip of a thesis. Its characters--happily--don't represent a Social Problem, only themselves.
“Brooks could not have pulled it off without his remarkable cast….
“Winger's role may be less flashy [than MacLaine's]--Emma's a more earthbound, less glamorous figure--but she's the mortar that holds all the parts together. Once again, Winger reaffirms her uncanny capacity for total immersion in a part. There's something fearlessly direct about her acting; she seems to put up no barriers between herself and the camera. There's great control in her work, but you never see it: she's just Emma, not a sophisticated woman but a smart, instinctive one, the kind of woman whose power comes from being infallibly in touch with her feelings.”
David Ansen
Newsweek, date?
[need to review his piece on Winger]
“…. [I]t's never locked in the grip of a thesis. Its characters--happily--don't represent a Social Problem, only themselves.
“Brooks could not have pulled it off without his remarkable cast….
“Winger's role may be less flashy [than MacLaine's]--Emma's a more earthbound, less glamorous figure--but she's the mortar that holds all the parts together. Once again, Winger reaffirms her uncanny capacity for total immersion in a part. There's something fearlessly direct about her acting; she seems to put up no barriers between herself and the camera. There's great control in her work, but you never see it: she's just Emma, not a sophisticated woman but a smart, instinctive one, the kind of woman whose power comes from being infallibly in touch with her feelings.”
David Ansen
Newsweek, date?
[need to review his piece on Winger]
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