JamesG
01-01-2010, 11:40 PM
Movie Reviews: The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond
Arriving in a New York theater on the last day of the year in order to qualify for Oscar consideration, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond has received mixed reviews from the city's critics, many of whom single out star Bryce Dallas Howard (the daughter of director Ron Howard) for particular praise or censure.
She "ignites like a firecracker," comments Stephen Holden in the New York Times.
Jack Coyle of the Associated Press says that she imbues her character "with an exciting mix of desperation, arrogance and sensitivity."
On the other hand, Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that Howard "gives a performance as broad as a barn door."
And Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News says that she "fits awkwardly" into her role and is miscast.
As for the film itself, written decades ago by playwright Tennessee Williams, the A.P's Coyle says that it "does little to suggest the script's decades of neglect [were] unwarranted."
But Rex Reed concludes in the New York Observer: "This is minor Tennessee Williams, but times are hard. I guess minor Tennessee Williams is better than no Tennessee Williams at all."
-IMDB News
Arriving in a New York theater on the last day of the year in order to qualify for Oscar consideration, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond has received mixed reviews from the city's critics, many of whom single out star Bryce Dallas Howard (the daughter of director Ron Howard) for particular praise or censure.
She "ignites like a firecracker," comments Stephen Holden in the New York Times.
Jack Coyle of the Associated Press says that she imbues her character "with an exciting mix of desperation, arrogance and sensitivity."
On the other hand, Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that Howard "gives a performance as broad as a barn door."
And Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News says that she "fits awkwardly" into her role and is miscast.
As for the film itself, written decades ago by playwright Tennessee Williams, the A.P's Coyle says that it "does little to suggest the script's decades of neglect [were] unwarranted."
But Rex Reed concludes in the New York Observer: "This is minor Tennessee Williams, but times are hard. I guess minor Tennessee Williams is better than no Tennessee Williams at all."
-IMDB News