Peter Sarsgaard

Ford's russian accent is about as real as the #!@%*# at the Playboy mansion.

This is one of Natalie Portman's best movies. It's perfect for the sociology student. Don't miss it!

This is one of the best British movies ever made! Carey Mulligan could be the next Natalie Portman. Don't miss it!

Tavernier?s representation of the ?American archetype? in ?In the Electric Mist? (2010) is a diligent repetition of endless Hollywood films about super-crooks and super-heroes. The American super-crooks are depicted as heroes of social success while being disgustingly cynical characters bathing in luxury, and the American super-heroes are also crooks of another sort ? so motivated to get the ?devil? that they fabricate the evidence and are merciless and cruel (but the viewers are, as always, on their side because it is so obvious who is super-bad that being just bad already looks like being super-good). As always in Hollywood productions, ?badness? is rooted in ?perverted? individuals and has nothing to do with the socio-politico-economic system. And this Hollywood-like juicy ?realistic? style! ? This confident settlement of the director and actors in the flesh of life (without any psychological asceticism and emotional modesty which are inseparable from the ability to deliver at least some meaning). What?s happening with decent European directors when they get American contracts (except Louis Malle)? Whom they are identifying with when they are making American movies? To use Tavernier?s film?s images ? they identify with drunk-drugged philistines ? they are drunk-drugged with their dream about loud money-success in U.S.A. www.actingoutpolitics.com By Victor

Tavernier?s representation of the ?American archetype? in ?In the Electric Mist? (2010) is a diligent repetition of endless Hollywood films about super-crooks and super-heroes. The American super-crooks are depicted as heroes of social success while being disgustingly cynical characters bathing in luxury, and the American super-heroes are also crooks of another sort ? so motivated to get the ?devil? that they fabricate the evidence and are merciless and cruel (but the viewers are, as always, on their side because it is so obvious who is super-bad that being just bad already looks like being super-good). As always in Hollywood productions, ?badness? is rooted in ?perverted? individuals and has nothing to do with the socio-politico-economic system. And this Hollywood-like juicy ?realistic? style! ? This confident settlement of the director and actors in the flesh of life (without any psychological asceticism and emotional modesty which are inseparable from the ability to deliver at least some meaning). What?s happening with decent European directors when they get American contracts (except Louis Malle)? Whom they are identifying with when they are making American movies? To use Tavernier?s film?s images ? they identify with drunk-drugged philistines ? they are drunk-drugged with their dream about loud money-success in U.S.A. www.actingoutpolitics.com By Victor

An Education is an absorbing film, the tale of a young girl risking her goals and dreams on a chance at love. It?s an insightful look in to a complex relationship; and into the meaning of ones education in life as well as academics. An education was quite enjoyably and smartly written by Scribe Nick Horby, his great talent in capturing the intricacies of relationships on full display, his characters have a great wealth of authenticity. His writing gives a grounded and personable quality to character interactions. Carey Mulligan depicts Jenny Miller with an incredible amount of class; her performance is a subtle and remarkably intelligent portray of a young girl coming to turns with her own dreams. Her desire for higher education is threatened by the seemingly faithful appearance of Peter Sarsgaard?s David Goldman; an older and extremely charismatic man. He provides her with a touch of the culture and art her text books can only hint at, life becomes full of color and fun in his company. There relationship is predictable complex, the age difference and the strain it puts on her school coming to the foreground. Peter Sarsgaard makes a wonderfully charming English man, he is perfectly cast as the handsome enchanter come to part the clouds and boredom of jenny life; his character slowly shedding its illusion, showing a more human persona, not a prince but a genuine human being. Alfred Molina steals every single scene he is in, as jenny?s overbearing constantly worrying and fretting father. He is wonderfully concerned with practically everything, ever watchful for his daughter. Despite the great performances from Sarsgaard and Mulligan, it was Molina?s jittery, fretful, yet warm loving father that struck me the most. Nick Horby?s screen play is very witty; his characters are wonderfully fleshed out, they have a great human felling. The writing is fresh and quite insightful into the mind of a young person trying to understand their path in life. Essentially a coming of age story set in 60s era London; a young girl?s future shaken by a not quite fairytale romance, Jenny receives her education in the world. Taught lessons in real romance, the joy and challenge of love, cultured in the grayness of reality. Jenny grows in her views and begins to challenge her own dreams. An Education reaches heights on the backs of its actors, the quality of the performances shine and gives an otherwise ordinary film a greater impact. Without the excellence of acting and writing, this film would have wallowed in mediocrity. As it stands, An Education is a seriously well acted piece on the challenges of a young girl, thought provoking and insightful.

Movie was Werid

There is some nice atmosphere here and an intriguing plotline involving hoodoo and a house with an old and not so nice history, but where it could have resembled something like Angel Heart (a similar type of movie), it just didn't really pull off the 'scary' vibe. Worth one watch, the acting is decent, but the 'scares' are too typically Hollywood and therefore aren't really that spooky.