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Monday, January 20, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:45 AM:
The Golden Globes are done and Chicago picked up the three biggies - best actress, Renee Zellwegger; best actor, Richard Gere and best musical or comedy. Well deserved honors. The film is a marvel, with its mix of music, dance and drama, and I recommend it highly (those with sensitive ears beware, however, the language can be rough). Gere was fantastic, Zellwegger played her part to a tee and Catherine Zeta-Jones did a bang-up job. The big surprises, though, were Queen Latifah - who can sing and act! - and John C. Reilly, Roxie's unappreciated husband, whose performance of Mr. Cellophane was absolutely splendid.The best dramatic film, according to the Globes, was The Hours, for which Nicole Kidman won best actress honors. Kidman's portrayal of Virginia Woolf did exactly what a great actress' should - one watched the character without thinking about Nicole Kidman. The film is a bit disturbing but extremely well-played. Those who like dramas of existential angst will be delighted. Those who are less taken with the genre (including me) will still admire the production.
Incidentally, John C. Reilly is in this one as well; he plays a well-meaning dad whose overwrought wife walks out on him and his two children when she just can't take any more. This gives him the dubious distinction of playing an unloved husband in the best drama and best comedy for the year. But if you're gonna be typecast, better it be in the award-winners than the straight-to-video market.
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