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I watched The Prestige yesterday. finally. and while it was certainly entertaining, I found Christian Bale's and Scarlet Johanssen's accents to be rather flimsy and unconvincing. It kept taking me out of the story to marvel - couldn't they have gotten more/better coaching? Not good. Even Bowie seemed a more accomplished actor in comparison.
6/10
I also watched, You Can Count On Me. I enjoyed this one very much. Gave me an entirely new appreciation of Mark Ruffalo. Laura Linney I've always liked. And little Rory Culkin was excellent. Great film, great writing, great performances. Can't ask for much more than that in a Hollywood film.
9/10
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