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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Netflix streams it from time to time
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Went ahead and queued it last night.
Was an excellent film, if a tad Hollywood-stylized [which I realize is an odd criticism of this particular film, and it's not it's fault, but time has witnessed a move away from prestige films looking like Hollywood productions, . . grittier, less 'star power,' ironically].
The performances were great, but the one true star of the movie is James Elroy. Such a narrative. Such writing.
A close second was Cromwell's understated accent. Could so easily have fallen into caricature.
I disagree that Basinger was the weakest acting of the bunch. But I do think her OScar was lifted a bit by Hollywood's love of her character [they love when Hollywood lionizes Hollywood /cough Shakespeare in Love]. This also was Elroy's creativity.