Julianne Moore

I am a huge Julianne Moore fan.  Lately, I have loved her in  A Single Man,   The Kids Are All Right, and now, Chloe.

I LOVE these movies.  I found that I would think about these movies, and Julianne Moore's performance, for days afterward.  Her characters in these movies are etched my brain.  Each movie is so well done.

Like all of us, Julianne Moore's characters are so flawed.  In A Single Man, she is past her prime and a very tragic character.  You pity her in many ways.  In The Kids Are All Right, she is going through a trying life transition.  In Chloe, she takes her curiosity too far, with dire consequences. 

Each of the characters that Julianne Moore is playing is going through some sort of emotional crisis.  She plays these characters with such honesty.  You recognize the complexity of her characters and their situations.  In the three movies I mention, you disagree with her characters' decisions, but understand her characters' points to view and root for them.

Julianne Moore is featured in Town & Country magazine, now on newstands.  Molly Haskell interviewed Ms. Moore and states that, "...the persistent theme in her work remians beautiful failures, and failures played beautifully."  I can't agree more.

I should mention that each movie has a strong sexual theme; however, it is not gratuitous.  The sexual theme in each movie is an integral part to the complexity of the character and the plot.

If you are looking for thought provoking, well done movies for a mature audience, I recommend all of these.  I am still thinking about them.