Movie No. 5 (2015): PLENTY
Plenty (1985)
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, John Gielgud , Charles Dance, Tracey Ullmann. Sting
In this beautifully shot drama, Meryl Streep is Susan, a young British who struggles to reintegrate herself into post-war England after successfully working underground for the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Her stubborn idealism only causes her disappointments that affects her relationships and work. She would settle for nothing less; that's her problem.
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, John Gielgud , Charles Dance, Tracey Ullmann. Sting
In this beautifully shot drama, Meryl Streep is Susan, a young British who struggles to reintegrate herself into post-war England after successfully working underground for the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Her stubborn idealism only causes her disappointments that affects her relationships and work. She would settle for nothing less; that's her problem.
Meryl Streep delivered a performance of a lifetime. She effortlessly became a British idealist in the film. The movie was released during the same year Out of Africa was shown in US theaters. Meryl Streep got a Best Actress nomination from the Academy Awards for Out of Africa, which had wider distribution than Plenty. If double nominations were allowed in Oscars, she might just be nominated for Plenty, too. For me, her performance in Plenty is equally praise-worthy, if not better than in Out of Africa. The supporting cast were equally excellent.
Rating: 3.5/4.0
Date seen:
January 2, 2015
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