It's simple: as a young Pacino, Noomi really explodes the screen by an incredible performance and anybody in the movie business who watches this movie would be eager to work with her!
This movie is just one trip to hell for her character as her life as a young single mom kept getting so bad that it crushed her. This is sad, tragic and immensely painful as Noomi is led to do the unthinkable! After twenty of minutes of her baby daughter crying, you expect something bad but the infanticide really shocks me. It's such a taboo that even the movie can't face this reality as it has the baby coming back as a vision. Nothing exists anymore for Noomi and she really gives her body and soul to the darkness. From the happy moments to the end, Noomi is perfect, finds and plays the right feeling, the expected attitude and you just wonder how she can do that? Her sweet dialogs with her baby, in front of the video shop and in the bathroom, are among the best moments of maternal love ever filmed. (with a special dedication to the real baby who played with her!)
Another strength of the movie comes from the filmmaking: showing a lot of close-up when people speak is a good idea, especially to enlighten Noomi's cute face. I also like the fact that the casting she does as an inspiring actress reflects her own life and thus sometimes, the two realities speak together. In addition, I'm sure it speaks on a third level for Noomi because she was maybe like this during her real auditions!
Does the movie have flaws? Certainly: as things goes only way (bad), it's a bit unrealistic and too much. On the other side, Noomi isn't a bright mother but then I would have insisted on that a lot more as you can wonder about the strange choices that she opts.
At the end, I bless once again the day that I went watching "Prometheus" because this is the movie that introduced me to Noomi and i really don't know if i would have found this amazing movie without it!
This movie is just one trip to hell for her character as her life as a young single mom kept getting so bad that it crushed her. This is sad, tragic and immensely painful as Noomi is led to do the unthinkable! After twenty of minutes of her baby daughter crying, you expect something bad but the infanticide really shocks me. It's such a taboo that even the movie can't face this reality as it has the baby coming back as a vision. Nothing exists anymore for Noomi and she really gives her body and soul to the darkness. From the happy moments to the end, Noomi is perfect, finds and plays the right feeling, the expected attitude and you just wonder how she can do that? Her sweet dialogs with her baby, in front of the video shop and in the bathroom, are among the best moments of maternal love ever filmed. (with a special dedication to the real baby who played with her!)
Another strength of the movie comes from the filmmaking: showing a lot of close-up when people speak is a good idea, especially to enlighten Noomi's cute face. I also like the fact that the casting she does as an inspiring actress reflects her own life and thus sometimes, the two realities speak together. In addition, I'm sure it speaks on a third level for Noomi because she was maybe like this during her real auditions!
Does the movie have flaws? Certainly: as things goes only way (bad), it's a bit unrealistic and too much. On the other side, Noomi isn't a bright mother but then I would have insisted on that a lot more as you can wonder about the strange choices that she opts.
At the end, I bless once again the day that I went watching "Prometheus" because this is the movie that introduced me to Noomi and i really don't know if i would have found this amazing movie without it!