I really must stop watching Peter Strauss movies....
This one actually made me cry. The scene where Chip (Henry Czerny) parts with his father (Strauss) for the last time (as a live person, rather than a ghost or a memory) - That really set me off, such is the power of these two actors.
Together in scenes, or on their own, each plays their character as a multi-dimensional person - You see their character as they present themselves to the other characters, but also seeing what's going inside their heads. There is no voice-over, no subtle narrative or Shakespearean monologue to hold your hand and spell it out - This is done with damn good acting.
Strauss's descent into depression and alcoholism, Czerny's desperate torment - They are frighteningly realistic.
If ever I had a true story to portray, this is how I'd want it done, with this quality of realism in the acting and with this depth of character.
This one actually made me cry. The scene where Chip (Henry Czerny) parts with his father (Strauss) for the last time (as a live person, rather than a ghost or a memory) - That really set me off, such is the power of these two actors.
Together in scenes, or on their own, each plays their character as a multi-dimensional person - You see their character as they present themselves to the other characters, but also seeing what's going inside their heads. There is no voice-over, no subtle narrative or Shakespearean monologue to hold your hand and spell it out - This is done with damn good acting.
Strauss's descent into depression and alcoholism, Czerny's desperate torment - They are frighteningly realistic.
If ever I had a true story to portray, this is how I'd want it done, with this quality of realism in the acting and with this depth of character.