Glenn Close
She should have at least got a nomination for Oscar. She was absolutely stunning in this!!!!!!
shareI completely agree with you. I hadn't seen this movie since it came out in '90, but I just now came across it on Cinemax. There's a scene where Claus is walking Sunny to bed because she's really drunk, and I was thinking how perfect she was, the way she was walking, her facial expression. Then I was noticing everything -- when she disguised her drugs, when she was talking about how she first met Claus.
Close was superb!
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SPOILERS AHEAD
I'm told I hate everything, and I'm ambivalent to Glenn Close. But I thought she was really, really good in this. People gave Irons most of the credit (He's good too) but the scene where Close shakes her hands helplessly and cries "I don't want to live like this... I don't... I don't want to live like this" is indelible. as well as the narration from the coma
Sunny seems like an awful train wreck but Close manages to make you feel some pity for her,and persuaded me that the wealthy can be every bit as miserable as anyone.
Close was fine, but all she does is lie in bed most of the time not talking. Not much to the performance.
sharethe wealthy can be every bit as miserable as anyone
Nobody would ever buy a lottery ticket again if they but realized that! I couldn't help wondering why Sunny's life was such a train wreck (especially with her nickname). I don't even know why she took all those pills and seemed not to enjoy life at all. Okay, both her marriages failed, but she had 3 wonderful children. Volunteer work in a hospice - that would have gotten her on track to appreciate her life! share
<< I thought she was really, really good in this. People gave Irons most of the credit (He's good too) but the scene where Close shakes her hands helplessly and cries "I don't want to live like this... I don't... I don't want to live like this" is indelible. as well as the narration from the coma >>
She is great in this...I just have a little bit of a bad taste about the performance because the actress is TOP BILLED, and barely in it.
It kind of makes her seem like an ego-driven maniac (not that actors don't often insist on top billing in the same way)
Glenn Close was a bigger star than Jeremy Irons and had come off a hit streak including 'Fatal Attraction' and 'Dangerous Liaisons' so it probably made good marketing sense to headline her name. Plus, her character is the one who narrates the story so she is a constant presence.
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