Romance & Cigarettes
I believe a man should be able to be romantic and smoke his f***ing brains out....
Posted by: LyttleOne, September 15, 2005 11:05 PM
Or so sayeth James Gandolfini. This was a delightful, lewd and bawdy tale of debauchery in lower middle class America, set to music. Susan Sarandon plays an exquisitely vengeful wife who is wronged by her husband of many years and does what she can given somewhat limited financial straits to make his life hell, instead of moving out, moving on, or getting a divorce. The wonderful ensemble cast make this story very human and real. Musical and dance numbers illuminate depths of character and emotion not usually attributed to the general run of middle-America, and one real treat of the film is watching the director (John Turturro) actively participating in his own film as a dancer. Kate Winslet as the bawdy mistress is wonderful, dreadful accent and all!