Cate Blanchett

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Wow!  I just saw Cate in Blue Jasmine (2013), seeing it solely because of rave reviews of her.  She blew me away with her incredible acting range.

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To be honest, I don’t care much for Woody Allen films (he wrote and directed this), and I rarely finish watching them.  In this one, I almost walked out in the opening third, as I was bored and I would only be out three bucks for the ticket.  But Cate acted yet another great unexpected scene, and so I had to see where this was going.  Reviewers have said that Allen’s script follows Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire, which is another (in its film adaptation) that I couldn’t finish watching, even with Marlon Brando in it. 

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This film has some great supporting actors, although it’s Cate’s show.  Alec Baldwin plays a creep, and he doesn’t even have to act. 

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It is one of Cate’s best roles, a kind of Galadriel Goes Raving Insane. 

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-Zenwind.

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