Saturday, April 09, 2005

Peter Travers ?

“Diane Keaton will be a long time living down this film version of John Le Carre's provocative best-seller…. Forget that the movie doesn't live up to the book (few movies do), but how can we forgive Keaton for a comically intense performance that distorts what may be Le Carre's most complex work?…. Onscreen Charlie, the plain-faced Brit, is transformed into the American Keaton acting as if she's doing a guest shot on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Joseph… is played by newcomer Yorgo Voyagis, a charmless actor notable only for his paunch. How will these two ever convey the "seductiveness of terr" for those unfamiliar with the novel?…. Keaton is pure Hollywood. Her scenes in training at a PLO camp should send shivers down the spine; instead they come off like outtakes from Private Benjamin. Keaton can't stop trying to endear herself to the audience--a trick she honorably avoided in Reds and Shoot the Moon…. Keaton's star turn has transformed a good, perhaps great, book into an indefensibly bad movie.”

Peter Travers
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