An
Australian family moves on from tragedy with the help of a bird in a modest and warm-hearted true story
Naomi Watts, an adept and at times electrifying
Actor, has found herself adrift in recent years. The star who shone bright in Mulholland Drive and King Kong has dimmed with each rotten project, from the disastrous schmaltz of The Book of Henry (a film so bad it was rumoured to have cost director Colin Trevorrow a
Star Wars gig), to Gus Van Sant’s maudlin suicide mystery The Sea of Trees (a film that was met with a chorus of boos at Cannes) to clumsy, barely released trans drama 3 Generations. Even her small-screen projects have underwhelmed, whether it be the swiftly cancelled
Netflix thriller Gypsy or her role as Gretchen Carlson in the buzz-free
Fox News drama The Loudest Voice that was quickly overshadowed by Bombshell (her
Game of Thrones prequel was cancelled after a poorly received pilot). It’s frustrating to watch, given what we know she’s capable of, and so with each new performance, fingers remain cautiously crossed.
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