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Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
Claire Bloom is English
I can hardly believe that three British people above have referred to the beautiful Claire Bloom as and American actress. One of them credited her being American with having enlivened the proceedings, and one blamed her being American for faults in the production.
Can it be that British people don't know that she is regarded in the United States as one of the most distinguished English actresses? She made her debut in Charlie Chaplin's LIMELIGHT. And could anyone seeing her as Lady Marchmain in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED imagine that she was anything but English? She also appeared on British television as Joy Davidman in SHADOWLANDS.
Big Eden (2000)
I've seen some stupid movies in my day
I've seen some stupid movies in my day, but this is about the sorriest. No nuance anywhere. The makers of this movie are culturally tone-deaf.
To take an stereotypically Jewish man and pretend that he comes from these obviously non-Jewish people. To have him even spout Yiddishisms among them. To have a kind of church concocted by someone who can't ever have been in a church (it has crucifixes and tabernacle complete with sanctuary candle burning -- marks of Catholicism --, but a minister in business-suit and choir and soloist performing as in evangelical meetings).
As a mature gay man full of experience, I can say that I recognize none of the romantic/sexual situations that are presented. The boring, boring, sullen, rude main character and his graceless treatment of people (more acceptable in certain social circles in New York City -- where I live -- to be sure, but not tolerated in close-knit rural communities).
Not one emotion, not one personal encounter rings true. I wanted to slap the "hero" over and over and, in real life, the other characters would have done it for me.