This is no reflection on Rachel Weisz as an actress. She is playing the mother of an infant and yet her age according to IMDB is 46! (and it shows) This is another case of audiences being asked to suspend disbelief ...there are myriads of very good actresses who could comfortably taken on this role...and yet they make this casting choice!!??
shareI love Rachel Weisz as an actress but I couldn't help but see Emily Blunt in this role as I watched.
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Please, refrain from posting idiocy again .
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-in-her-70s-may-be-oldest-ever-to-give-birth
There is something clearly the matter with your. Anyone with the hint of common sense knows that stories such as 70 year olds giving birth goes against all rules of nature. It is also very obviously the rare exception to the rule (if it's genuine at all) so only an idiot would use such a story to support their comments...and Rachel remains too old to to be ideal in the role!
shareRachel Weisz was great in this movie. Would not have casted anyone else.
And having a kid in your 40's is not weird or even unusual. My mom had another child at 40. And she's perfectly healthy.
(Highly disagree about her age really showing as well, she has aged pretty well. I'd believe her as a mother in her late 30's.)
... and my mum gave birth to me in her late 30's...but that still leaves a significant gap between that and 46. This is not an issue of great importance, just one that spoilt it for me. There are many roles where she has been excellent, it just didn't especially add anything to this movie. I did love this movie though.
shareMy mom gave birth to me at 41 almost 42. Plus, just because Rachel is 46 (which she wasn't when she did the movie)it doesn't mean she looks 46. Maybe your standards for a 46 yo woman are to high because of all the magazines, make up and botox that you are used to. Rachel looks way better than the average 46 woman without make up.
Give it a rest
Huge assumptions!! FYI I am repelled at Botox and all related cosmetic idiocy. As an audience, we all approach any media with our own subjective interpretation. Therefore one opinion cannot be disqualified by another because each opinion is 'subjective'.
It is not a valid comment to say that this actress doesn't look too old to me, and yes she DOES look her age and shot the movie when she was 45.
It seems there are too many people who need to find better things to do than make inane comments on IMDb boards.
... and now to return to the real world...
It is not a valid comment to say that this actress doesn't look too old to me, and yes she DOES look her age and shot the movie when she was 45.
Goodness me... I really didn't realise how utterly anal you are!!!
Get a life... and some perspective!
no one cares
shareWhat, the lovely Rachel Weisz doesn't look a day over 35 yet. Granted I didn't watch it on 4k Blu-ray but honestly. Could they have cast someone younger, sure, but she was alright.
shareI thought she was excellent. Weisz looks good at her age, and then the character she plays is a woman who's been through a lot, makes sense that she would look prematurely aged by grief.
"Please, if you are trying to convert me, this isn't a good time"
she was underused in this anyway. No real lasting scenes, just a bunch of short 'i'm sad' moments
shareLoool at the op. FYI my mom gave birth to my brother when she was 44 so yah it happens.
shareShe looked every day of those 46 years in this movie and it did not distract me one bit..
If anything, it kind of fit in with the character as someone who went against societal norms. It would seem to me that the person who would marry outside of her social and ethnic status might have held off on marriage until finding the right fit. In this case a German man who may or may not have fought on the other side of the war.
Nice answer
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