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Title: Jeremy Northam is amazing in this atypical Mamet offering.
Review: I will go see anything David Mamet does. I love the halting, intentionally metric performances he requires of his actors. I loved Glengarry Glen Ross and even Oleanna (despite its weak attempt to tackle the subject of sexual harassment) due to the jazz-like dialogue.This movie doesn't share that extremely stylistic component that says "Mamet". It's a pretty simple story and truthfully there's not all that much to it. But what I liked was the sort of ambiguous posture of the Winslow boy himself, along with an amazing, smoldering performance by Jeremy Northam. I don't know why this guy isn't more famous. He was the undisputed star of "An Ideal Husband" more recently and received like fourth billing. This is a lovely quiet movie and I recommend it both on its own literary merits as well as because Northam is great.
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