Culture: Brothers' Grim Tale Is a Class Act ; Cinema Mike Davies Reviews the Week's New Cinema Releases
Birmingham Post › June 05, 2008
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GONE BABY GONE Cert 15 114 mins ****
Having been a critic's whipping boy for most of the current century, castigated for the likes of Pearl Harbor, mocked in the tabloids over the Bennifer saga, panned when he delivered decent performances in underrated Slms such as Daredevil, Changing Lanes and Jersey Girl and only grudgingly acknowledged for his performance in Hollywoodland, Ben AfReck has taken it all on the chin with good grace and humour.See the full content of this document
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Culture: Brothers' Grim Tale Is a Class Act ; Cinema Mike Davies Reviews the Week's New Cinema Releases
So, he fully deserves now to bask in the fulsome praise being accorded his directorial debut and Srst screenplay since the Oscar winning Good Will Hunting. Adapted from a novel by Mystic River author, it too involves a missing child which, given coincidental similarities to the Maddy McCann case meant the Slm's UK release was been considerably delayed out of respect.
Fresh from his Oscar nominated performance in The Assassination of Jesse James, brother Casey delivers yet another electrifying performance as baby-faced private eye Patrick Kenzie who, partnered by girl...See the full content of this document
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