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the always reliable Peter Coyote shines the most

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I did not like Hoffman here. He annoyed me for some reason. Course I'm not a huge fan anyway.

Hated Sharon's short butch buzz cut. Why why why did she butcher herself like that?

Coyote was kind of a dick.

Sam L was good.

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I thought DH arguably did the most with his role, though he was probably onscreen most of the time.

The writers pose the situation that Norman and Beth are estranged spouses (as occurred to much better advantage in The Abyss) and then virtually do nothing with this relationship dynamic for the entire film! Seriously, what was the point?

Harry lies in his bunk literally for half the film sleeping it off.

Coyote was kind of a dick.
Probably because he kept having to recite lines such as, "Norman/Ted you've got to do such and such. We're all depending on you". 🐭

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