I've never seen Chess or MI5 (netflix doesn't list the former, and the latter is listed but I can't see where Tony Head appears...).
I agree, it is very hard for an actor to over-come bad writing, and I think that that is the problem with 'Saving Grace'; Holly Hunter is really brilliant, but with such an unlikeable role, in such a contrived, cringe inducing story, there just isn't much she can do to draw me in when everything on the screen is pushing me away.
I hope that JM gets some better opportunities soon. He was going to do a play here in San Francisco, and I was very disappointed when that feel through because I would love to see him on stage in a good play.
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Date: 2007-07-31 04:33 pm (UTC)I agree, it is very hard for an actor to over-come bad writing, and I think that that is the problem with 'Saving Grace'; Holly Hunter is really brilliant, but with such an unlikeable role, in such a contrived, cringe inducing story, there just isn't much she can do to draw me in when everything on the screen is pushing me away.
I hope that JM gets some better opportunities soon. He was going to do a play here in San Francisco, and I was very disappointed when that feel through because I would love to see him on stage in a good play.