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How Low Can You Go?

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (14)

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Nicole Kidman is at her best when she goes deep and dark and down in the dirt, so it’s no surprise there is already Oscar buzz about her performance as a bereft mother in John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole. Kidman’s role is said to be a return to her To Die For roots, which for old time fans like myself, would be a welcome relief. It seems like so many actresses who start out with that something special get lost along the way to success. In the quest to become a star, they take on role after role, become more about the public persona than actress and the spark in their eyes becomes overtaken by Botox and blonde hair. (Don’t even get me started on how many gorgeous naturally beautiful brunettes seem to think they need to be blonde to be noticed - i.e. Kate Winslet.) So even though the subject matter is about as depressing as it can be, I’ll likely find a rainy Sunday when I think I could handle a few tears so I can try to catch a glimpse of the Kidman of old.

Here are a couple of clips from the film (based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire) which chronicles the journey of a “perfect” couple (Kidman, Aaron Eckhart) after they lose their young son. Rabbit Hole is purported to be a powerful look at the rippling effects a child’s sudden death can have, with Eckhart’s quiet performance also drawing rave reviews.


Rabbit Hole also stars Diane Wiest, Sandra Oh, Jon Tenney and Giancarlo Esposito.









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Comments

Nope. Still to botoxy around the forehead and mouth.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 19, 2010 3:39 PM

I liked early Nicole and I totally thought she must have been having the last laugh (up her sleeve) at Tom Cruise's Scientolomadness, but her face has become quite scary of late. I think she's a good actress, and it's about time she did something decent, but I can't do films about sad things happening to children ... since I had my own I cry at the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) commercials and I would only humiliate myself if I saw this in a cinema.

Posted by: lingli at September 19, 2010 3:48 PM

I quite like Kidman (I think she was great in the underrated Birth, among other really excellent turns), but can we stop giving her a free pass on her horrific attempt at an American accent? How does this not bother anyone?

Posted by: whatBENwatches at September 19, 2010 5:18 PM

I saw this yesterday and yes about the accent. Although, Tammy Blanchard who plays her sister added something to her own natural American accent to make it sound like Kidman's, so it ended up alright and mad them seem more like sisters.

Kidman and Eckhart were both amazing, but He blew me away. His portrayal of inner turmoil and exhaustation was redik.

I also want their house. It was this gorgeous Victorian style house on the water. Awesome.

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Posted by: vsdgsged at September 19, 2010 6:25 PM

Nice to see Diane Weist, another very underrated actress.

Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at September 19, 2010 6:42 PM

Her face has no expression in it. That once interesting face is gone. Just a mask. And this looks awfully dull.

Posted by: Sean at September 19, 2010 7:00 PM

If I want to see a some frozen faced, non-emoting, celebrity hyped person I can just turn to E and watch anything with a Kardashian in it, for free.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 19, 2010 7:02 PM

I like early Nicole Kidman, but I'm going to have to hold off on the kiddie death movies for a while.

Posted by: stardust at September 19, 2010 8:44 PM

I am genuinely intrigued to see this paring. I have hopes... High hopes

Posted by: general rhubarb at September 20, 2010 5:53 AM

I'm going to let go of judging Kidman's botoxiness and just judge her on the merits of her acting. Which isa first rate. Fuck the botox, she wants to use it, fine.

This looks unbeLIEVably good. Excruciating, but excellent.

(And why, why, WHY is my first instinct always to spell "excruciating" with a T instead of a C? Goddamnit, why do I have these waterloo words? Also, I am so fucking sick of my glasses sliding down my nose, but for the life of me I cannot get to the goddamned optometrist to get the bridge melted down. And of COURSE they would be these chi-chi plastic RayBans that have to be melted down at the bridge instead of just tightened with a fuckng screw like every OTHER goddamned pair of glasses I've owned. Of COURSE. Pain in the ass salesman. Pain in the ass instinct to go with Rachel Maddow look. Douchetard me. Excuse me. Don't know why I'm spouting this off like this is some sort of repository for a stream of consciousness instead of a thread about Nicole Kidman and her Botox addiction...)

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at September 20, 2010 9:05 AM

I saw this play on Broadway with John Slattery and Cynthia Nixon. It was incredibly good, but I won't see the film. No-one could nail that role better than Slattery, especially no Eckhart who is very over-rated.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 20, 2010 10:24 AM

I worked on the premier of this play after it closed in New York. After seeing it about a hundred times, I can say that it is one of the worst. shows. out there. It's not even good cancerbation fare.

Want to know how it ends?:

After giving up on God and family, Nicole Kidman finds solace in the shitty SciFi written by the dumbass teenager who killed her kid. Tada.

Posted by: ShagearedVillain at September 20, 2010 1:40 PM

I was going to say something about Nicole Kidman reminding me completely of Meg Ryan and then I saw the Botox comments and I knew why. Still, something in her whisper and flightiness is a dead ringer.

Posted by: Giv at September 23, 2010 1:55 AM