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    Margaret

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    MARGARET got either great reviews of 10 or 2 and 3's and no one ever paid much attention to it on release, myself included. It is an extremely long movie which automatically would put some people off. But it goes beyond that. I think the entire premise had people at odds as with many other arty films though I did not feel this to be a true "art house" film. I happened to like it though I could not give it a 10. I was intrigued by Anna Paquin's rather undescribable character. Matt Damon is like a great British actor who is not at odds to take smaller roles. As the English say: "There are no small roles". Remember Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar for 10 minutes work in Shakespeare in Love.

    Back to MARGARET! The screenplay is wonderful and pretty powerful, the music has an evocative power to relate life and art/art and life. One can tell that a lot went into pre-production as the films comes off on quite a grand scale and finally the performances are good on a uniform level.

    So my verdict is to go down the middle despite all the good things I said. All told, it is a bit of a disconcerting film.

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    pietroantoni@  20.2.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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