I was very taken with Young Adult, whose lead character, played by Charlize Theron, drinks way too much. I reviewed the picture for MSN Movies, and in my piece there you may discover further reasons for my enthusiasm.
The current cinema, “Glug, glug, glug” edition, part 1
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“Shudderingly” in the sense of, “wow, that’s a really terrible thing to have happened to the character,” or in the sense of, “Come on, really, Diablo?”
My big reservation here is Patrick Wilson, who gives off all the force of a loaf of white bread. I hated “Little Children” for reasons too multitudinous to go into here, but Wilson brought absolutely nada to it. I mean, N-A-D-A…
I’ve only seen Wilson in “Insidious,” and in the first half all I could think was that either the character was severely underwritten or that’s all they could get out of him. In the second half, when he was required to show some complexity, he seemed pretty lost. I’d welcome anyone’s positive experiences with Wilson so I can perhaps get past my initial impression that this guy has just been really lucky.
Wilson was good as Joe in the HBO version of Angels in America. However, “bland as white bread” is pretty much required for that character.
His blandness works really well here, though, If his character was a more vivid person, Mavis’ pursuit would have seemed more justified. Having him be kind of a cipher makes her more clearly psychotic.