Focus Features
Rating: ★★★
Suffragette couldn’t be more Oscar bait-y if it tried. A period piece hinging on set design and emotive performances dealing with a plight that couldn’t be more vogue in Hollywood at the moment, it has the rough filmmaking of an indie director and the sheen of a studio production, with grain even added to certain shots to accentuate the time setting.
And, in a decision by the casting director done explicitly to add one to the number of nominations on the home video advertising, Meryl Streep stars in a bit-part (read: two scenes and some still photographs) as Emmeline Pankhurst. She’ll get a Best Supporting Actress nod for sure, although once again it’s off the strength of her career as opposed to what’s on offer here.
Yet while those tactics can traditionally lead to films that work amiably, but have no real weight,...
Rating: ★★★
Suffragette couldn’t be more Oscar bait-y if it tried. A period piece hinging on set design and emotive performances dealing with a plight that couldn’t be more vogue in Hollywood at the moment, it has the rough filmmaking of an indie director and the sheen of a studio production, with grain even added to certain shots to accentuate the time setting.
And, in a decision by the casting director done explicitly to add one to the number of nominations on the home video advertising, Meryl Streep stars in a bit-part (read: two scenes and some still photographs) as Emmeline Pankhurst. She’ll get a Best Supporting Actress nod for sure, although once again it’s off the strength of her career as opposed to what’s on offer here.
Yet while those tactics can traditionally lead to films that work amiably, but have no real weight,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Alex Leadbeater
- Obsessed with Film
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