Potts steals the movie, but what makes it so watchable is Newman's reluctance to sentimentalise." Awards and nominations Time Out London called the film "an engaging adaptation" of the play "which sees Paul Newman's cool, lucid direction transforming what could have been a pretentious domestic drama into a touching account of small joys in sad and stunted lives .
Variety commented, "Newman has gotten it all together here as a director, letting the story and the players unfold with simplicity, restraint and discernment." And the performance by Nell Potts is extraordinary. It serves notice that she is capable of experimenting with roles that are against type and making them work." He added, "Paul Newman's direction is unobtrusive he directs as we expect an actor might, looking for the dramatic content of a scene rather than its visual style. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said the film "is hard-edged enough to be less depressing than it sounds" and noted "Joanne Woodward's performance is not like anything she's ever done before. It's a lovely, solemn performance in a film that otherwise succeeds in being simultaneously too barren and too busy, like Beatrice herself." Newman) is allowed to perform at something like a reasonable pace.
Only Nell Potts (in private life, the daughter of Miss Woodward and Mr. At times I had the feeling that Miss Woodward was auditioning for the role of Sadie Thompson, and that Miss Wallach was occasionally in competition. It's just that the basic material calls for a kind of second-rate bravura performance from everyone, from the production designer to the actors. Newman, a director of plain, straight style. The talents of everyone connected with it are unmistakable, including those of Mr. Vincent Canby of The New York Times observed, " The Effect of Gamma Rays is not a stupid film. Similarly, Matilda has managed to muddle through a grim existence in a dilapidated, debris-ridden house in a lower middle class neighborhood, learning to deal with her embarrassing mother while managing to avoid becoming anything like her, a future for which her sister seems fated.Īlthough the story was set in Staten Island, New York, director Newman said that he chose to shoot the film in Bridgeport, Connecticut because it was only 17 minutes from his home in Westport. Matilda's science experiment is designed to show how small amounts of gamma radiation from cobalt-60 affect marigolds some die, but others transform into strange but beautiful mutations completely unlike the original plants. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one which gives the film its title. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Mature teens who can handle the strong language and brief, sexual nudity may be especially interested in seeing a performer who really paved the way for a lot of modern comedy, especially from social-media personalities that celebrate the awkward, get viewers worked up, and as often as not leave them shaking their heads in bafflement.Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer ( Joanne Woodward) and her daughters Ruth (Roberta Wallach) and Matilda ( Nell Potts) are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. But as he himself said, "There is no real Andy Kaufman." It's really Carrey's wonderful performance and those from the deep field of supporting players that make it worthwhile viewing. The timing and order of some of the events shown is confusing, and it's sometimes frustrating to feel like you're not getting to know the "real" Andy Kaufman.
It wasn't a box-office success when it was originally released in 1999. All Kaufman wanted out of performing, it seems, was to get some kind, any kind, of reaction from his audience. Sometimes both the artist and the movie provoke laughter, sometimes discomfort, sometimes anger, and lots of times puzzlement. But director Milos Forman carries Kaufman's legacy forward by provoking the reactions Kaufman himself did with his performances. Viewers certainly won't finish Man on the Moon feeling like now they know Andy Kaufman or "get" why he did what he did. Understanding how this movie manages to be pretty entertaining is almost as impossible as understanding Andy Kaufman himself.
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