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MoviesSynecdoche, New York
Starring:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Review:
Does everything work in this mind-bender from Charlie Kaufman,
the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich,
Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind? No way. Synecdoche, New York is exhilarating
and exasperating in equal doses. But Kaufman, making his directing
debut, is focused on something you don't find at multiplexes
overrun with chihuahuas and violent escapism: That would be a life
of the mind. Kaufman wants to prove that intellectual ambition
isn't dead at the movies. Godspeed.
Philip Seymour Hoffman creates a mesmerizing portrait of the
artist as a young, old and middle-aged man. He plays Caden Cotard,
a stage director struggling on the fringes in Schenectady, New
York. Ailments attack his body in ways that would appall Dennis
Potter. His shrink (Hope Davis) despairs of...
Rating:
2.5 Stars
Published: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:16:07 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the articleSee Also:
