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Mark Wahlberg as a literature professor?


Nope.

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I agree. Watching it right now, having a hard time accepting it.

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I also thought it wouldn't work, but they gave him glasses and they were crucial at making him plausible. It wouldn't have worked without glasses.


"People get it wrong, but in today's world we don't live longer, we just die harder." -Bruce Willis

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My sentiments exactly. Just not believable.


Screws fall out all of the time. The world's an imperfect place.

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Watching it now, have looked forward to do so, but I must say that I am pretty underwhelmed so far. Wahlberg as a professor... He isn´t really pulling it off, I can tell that he is keen to do some mannerism:s to bring weight to the character, but it doesn´t stick. Not much chemistry between the girl with talent and himself either.

The impressive characters that convey emotions is Jessica Lange I must say, particularly outside the bank and the other big name actors.

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Yeah, Jessica killed that scene.


"People get it wrong, but in today's world we don't live longer, we just die harder." -Bruce Willis

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I think he performed well. Lange is amazing in so little screen time.

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