Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago at Oct 9 13:29

Anne Hathaway should have won the Best Actress Oscar. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Kate Winslet and thought that she was due for an Oscar…just not for The Reader. Hathaway’s toxic, lying, manipulative over-grown demonic wild child is a performance of true grit and determination. She blasts all memory of The Princess Bride clear out of your mind. I knew from Brokeback Mountain that she could be a good dramatic actress, I just didn’t know how good she could be. This is one of the most accurate, honest portraits of a recovering addict, but a non-recovering narcissist, I have ever seen. Rosemarry DeWitt as her long-suffering sister, the Rachel of the title, should have gotten more awards recognition for her work. For all of Hathaway’s poison, DeWitt is there to counter b...Read more

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 10 11:56

I don't think I ever watched such personal movie like this one. I felt part of the family and it was definitely a good/bad experience like any family is. Amazing movie, amazing cast. It was a good surprise considering I wasn't interested at all in the beggining.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Apr 13 16:53

Existem filmes que já nos primeiros momentos, mostram que não são só puro entretenimento. "O Casamento de Rachel" cabe muito bem nisto. Ao contrário de 'Watchmen', o filme é pura surpresa. Nada que acontece nele dá para prever. O longa retrata a visita de Kym (Anne Hathaway), vinda da reabilitação, à sua casa para o casamento de sua irmã Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). E em meio aos preparativos do casamento, os conflitos daquela família emergem. Particulamente, gosto demasiadamente de filmes sobre o relacionamento humano. Talvez seja por isso que "O Declínio do Império Americano" e seu seguinte "As Invasões Bárbaras" sejam filmes inesquecíveis pra mim. Nós humanos somos seres extremamente peculiares por mais que alguns ainda não tenham notado. E no meio de tantos filmes s...Read more

Rating : 9/10