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INTO
THE ARMS OF STRANGERS |
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* * * 1/2
The script was written by Chris Harris and Andrew Putnam-Nelson.
The pair has a feel for the classic Film Noir movies of the past. The film
is both deliberately paced and fast-moving at the same time. Tension is the key
word.
"Into the Arms of Strangers" is a smooth ride. It is smart, tricky and very
satisfying. Because I hate spoiler reviews, I can't and won't talk about
the plot more than I have. This is a classic plot. You have a hero on a
journey of discovery. All of the other characters have more information
than does the hero (and the viewer). Think "Jacob's Ladder" or "Memento."
The last two thirds of the film include great performances by a number of
talented people.
Juliana Dever makes me wish I was 20 years younger, rich, single well-endowed
and anything else she would want in a man!
Time to pay tribute to the actors involved. I would be remiss if I didn't
return to my thoughts of actress Juliana Dever. Ms. Dever plays Sam, the
key to this entire film. You already know that Ms. Dever's physical
appearance rocks my world. That aside, let's move on to her performance.
Ms. Dever is able to overcome the disability of being very good looking.
Sometimes, looks can pigeonhole an actor into a stereotypical type of role.
Ms. Dever proves that incredible physical attributes and acting talent can be
contained in the same person. She is called upon to play both heroine and
villainess at the same time. --
Rusty White, Entertainment Insiders |
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The key to its
effectiveness is in the casting, in particular Carey's masculine appeal that
makes the triangulation with adoring women work convincingly; and the sympathy
he generates for a guy caught up in a sadly tragic spiral. Outstanding, as well,
is Dever's good girl/bad girl duality. This lady conveys smoldering heat and
conscionable sensitivity: an actress with skill and depth whom we will be seeing
more of what with 3 films following this one. --
Jules Brenner,
Cinema Signals |
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FEATURING
LORETTA |
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As
to nonmusical plays, there’s one comedy not-to-be-missed at the Company of
Angels in Silverlake playing Tuesdays and Wednesdays until August 11. It’s
Featuring Loretta by George F. Walker, directed by Declan Shaw and starring
Seamus Dever, Juliana Dever, Jon Malmed and Caroline Treadwell. It’s a unique
one-act exploring some very serious contemporary issues like abortion and the
exploitation of sex videos but done in a darkly humorous style that is at once
reminiscent of the lunatic clowning of comedia del arte and also of Sam
Shepard’s True West, particularly because of it’s emphasis on comedically
violent physicality. The four actors are intensely dynamic players and are worth
the schlepp to Silverlake. --
Don Grigware,
ReviewPlays.com |
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Reality distorted to an absurd extreme via comedia del arte with shades of Sam
Shepard & Quentin Tarantino’s comically violent style.
Four brilliant performances led by
Seamus and Juliana Dever make this
intensely dark one-act a must see. --
NoHo La |
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One of the
incomparable George F. Walker’s quartet of in-your-face Five Flags Motel
comedies, the too-brief run of his outrageously in-your-face Featuring
Loretta at the Company of Angels was one of this year’s most impressive yet
undiscovered treats. Energized by inventive direction and hilariously frantic
performances, the fact that the producers are trying to bring it back somewhere
for a longer run is gratifying. The incomparable Seamus Dever is in top form as
Loretta’s shaking, sweating, squirrelly stalker, leading a breakneck comedy
ensemble deserving of a second look. Watch for it!
-- Travis Michael Holder,
Entertainment Today |
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PIZZA MAN |
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Cohen & Dever deliver finely etched
performances of loveable troubled women in search of answers and find them in
one traumatic and entertaining evening. Carl Charroux,
Director- 2 Guys
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First Miss Cohen and Miss Dever make you
laugh, then they make you care. They can even make a grown man cry!
Pizza Man is a delicious slice of theatre. Stanley M. Garner, Director - Los Angeles Opera |
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