Great to see film based on struggles and success of a determined woman - only unlike a Sirk, she does it without falling in love, even though you think Bradley Cooper might be her beau - film often doesn't go where you think it will. Also most pleasing to see Robert de Niro in something that he can get his teeth into.
We last saw Jen in
American Hustle in all her finery so it was kind of funny to see her in jeans and a shirt as she battles and battles. Her sister Elisabeth Röhm and dad are bastards, her mum useless (Virginia Madsen) her grandmother supportive but elusive (Diane Ladd), dad's girlfriend tough (another meaty characterisation by Isabella Rossellini). Edgar Ramirez is the supportive ex and Dascha Polanco her friend; Jimmy Jean-Louis as Toussaint, the daughter by twins Aundrea and Gia Gadsby.
Great soundtrack, superb editing led by Jay Cassidy, Linus Sandgren again behind the camera.
The dreadful soap opera is splendid, as is the way she begins to dream in its setting.
“I love making worlds,” says Russell. “Our cinema is not a cinema of special effects. It’s grounded in the details of ordinary people, and then finds extraordinary magic in there.”
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