Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie DeWitt were both breathtaking in Rachel Getting Married. While it seems Hathaway has received most of the plaudits, DeWitt really captures the tenuous strings that hold family together. She is thrilled to see her on-recess-from-rehab sister Kim (played by Hathway), but knows in seeing her she will be forced to face repressed family history. It's a very vulnerable, honest performace. The wedding in the film is one of the most spectacular and moving nuptials I can remember seeing on film.
I went into Slumdog Millionaire a few weeks ago thinking it was going to be a quiet, small indie film, but was shocked that it was actually a rather sweepingly loud movie. The movie captures the spirit of a nation in it's saga of one young man's fate. I was most pleased with the first half of the movie when the characters were still children. The kids were great and memorable. It felt a little bogged down later as the love story got a bit more intimate.
Milk is a very strong film anchored by breathtaking performances. Penn is almost unrecognizable in his transformation from his typical tough guy into a warm, touching slain gay leader. Emile Hirsch also turns in a great turn as Cleve Jones. Hirsch is truly an actor to watch, and he had great chemistry with his Into The Wild director Penn. The move is inspiring and hopeful.
These moves get added to the list along with The Dark Knight and Wall-E as some of my favorite movies of this year. Wall-E is currently my number 1 contender for best movie of the year.
Still excited to see: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Reader, The Wrestler, Nothing but the Truth, Wendy and Lucy, and Happy-Go-Lucky.
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