Sophie's Choice (1982)
Everyone knows Sophie’s Choice. It’s one of those classics like Gone With the Wind that everyone’s seen and no one needs to talk about unless they want to. And since this one’s so horrifying, no one really wants to. If somehow, you’ve gone this far without seeing this movie, or more likely you’re a young person who considers anything made pre-1990 to be an “old movie” then you’ve got to rent it pronto so you can join in the non-discussions with your friends. Yes, Ricky Gervais did ruin the ending during his opening monologue at the 2020 Golden Globes, but if his joke went over your head, you’re still safe to be surprised.
Has anyone out there been able to watch this movie twice? I’m sure there’s someone out there, but I haven’t met him. Meryl Streep’s incredible transformation that won her a second Academy Award is fantastic. She injects terrible realism into her performance, but when you’re able to take yourself out of the story and remind yourself that she’s an American actress, not a Polish woman who survived a concentration camp, you’re filled with intense admiration. How does she continually give so much flawless emotion, take after take, in a studio with lights shining in her face and a boom mike floating above her head? When you remind yourself that she’s an actress going to work every day filming scenes not necessarily in order, you’re also reminded why she’s considered the greatest actress of the modern era. She has an incredible talent that takes over the movie and makes it palatable. It also makes you forget she has costars. Sorry, Peter MacNicol and Kevin Kline!
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More Meryl Streep movies here!
Has anyone out there been able to watch this movie twice? I’m sure there’s someone out there, but I haven’t met him. Meryl Streep’s incredible transformation that won her a second Academy Award is fantastic. She injects terrible realism into her performance, but when you’re able to take yourself out of the story and remind yourself that she’s an American actress, not a Polish woman who survived a concentration camp, you’re filled with intense admiration. How does she continually give so much flawless emotion, take after take, in a studio with lights shining in her face and a boom mike floating above her head? When you remind yourself that she’s an actress going to work every day filming scenes not necessarily in order, you’re also reminded why she’s considered the greatest actress of the modern era. She has an incredible talent that takes over the movie and makes it palatable. It also makes you forget she has costars. Sorry, Peter MacNicol and Kevin Kline!
More Kevin Kline movies here!
More Meryl Streep movies here!