Guinevere

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Plot: Sarah Polley has built a reputation on her eerie calm--most of her performances seem dominated by an icy, implacable stare. That's why her performance in Guinevere is such a revelation. Polley ...( read more  )plays Harper, a young woman from a wealthy but troubled family who's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. At her older sister's wedding, she meets Connie (Stephen Rea), a photographer as old as her parents, with whom she begins an affair. Their relationship--partly an education in the arts, partly an escape from the repression of her family--takes a variety of twists and turns, none of them predictable, all of them questionable, all of them genuine. The movie is clear-eyed about the situation: Connie isn't idealized, and is in many ways a creepy older man, neurotic and self-aggrandizing, but he also offers a kind of emotional support that Harper has never had. Whenever the movie seems to be turning into some bohemian fantasy, something happens that returns it to earth, sometimes with an uncomfortable jolt. It's unsettling, insightful, charming, scary, absurd, and all too real. All the performances are excellent--Jean Smart, as Harper's mother, is smart and cuttingly bitter; Rea is by turns sweet and manipulative, honest and self-deluded. But above all, Polley displays a combination of vulnerability and steely determination that makes Guinevere utterly compelling. The ending is curious--I still haven't made up my mind about it. But for a movie as committed to the contradictions of human relationships as this one, there's nothing wrong with that. --Bret Fetzer

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  MCT:

  July 28, 2008

  At times, touching and tender, at others, painful throws of stinging truths...this love story is both original and powerfully played. The underplaying of the characters allows us to enter their minds. Their growing relationship (the innocent and self discovering Sarah Polly and the charming anti-hero of Stephen Rea) is viewed as realistic yet handled with an artsy off beat edge. Rea's part could've been a mess (since "Connie", his charcter, could be seen as a womanizer, which to a certain point he is) but he is also truthful in his love and feelings towards these women, loving them truly, but differently, and allowing them to discover themselves through art and love. But Polly and Rea produce a tantalizing and bittersweet couple that I just grew to love. The end is especially poetic.

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  March 31, 2008

  An intriguing movie! Interesting role for Sarah Polley. Stephen Rea is great. Gina Gershon is absolutely beautiful.
  
  Great music by Christophe Beck!

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  August 7, 2007

  an older man seduces young women, drastically changing their lives in the process - is it masterful manipulation, or genuine caring?

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  Gedde Watanabe
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  Gina Gershon
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  Jean Smart
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  Paul Dooley
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  Sandra Oh
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  Sarah Polley
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  Stephen Rea

• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Audrey Wells, Gedde Watanabe, Gina Gershon, Jean Smart, Paul Dooley, Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Released: September 24, 1999
• DVD Released: March 14, 2000

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