Laura Dern is saddled with the thankless role of neglected wife here, and while she makes the most of her few scenes (as
Dern always does), the movie is more interested in her for how Kroc treats her.
Dern always has a good Bob Rafelson story too.
Not exact matches
This would be her passel of mostly anonymous children and a coterie of other contesters, the Affadaisies, organized by Dortha (Laura
Dern) and including an
always beaming lady in an iron lung painted happy - yellow (such irony, while perverse, gives the movie an occasional welcome edge).
«Our mission has
always been to inspire and empower women in the entertainment industry, and Laura
Dern's unmitigated confidence — both onscreen and off — has made her a fantastic role model for girls everywhere,» Film Festival Leadership Board member and Archer junior Zoë Appelbaum - Schwartz said.
They include an infamous bounty hunter who
always brings his quarry in alive (Kurt Russell); his current «client,» a foul - mouthed lady gangster (Jennifer Jason Leigh); a proud and decrepit ex-Confederate general (Bruce
Dern) searching for his lost son; a black Union officer who's also turned to the bounty hunting game (Samuel L. Jackson); a former rebel raider who claims to be the new sheriff at the closest town (Walton Goggins); a prissy British hangman (Tim Roth); a near - silent cow puncher (Michael Madsen); and Bob (Demián Bichir), a mysterious Mexican almost completely hidden by his coat, hat and beard.
As he investigates, he's aided by cute, cheerful Sandy Williams (Laura
Dern), who is also the police chief's daughter,
always a plus when you're short on clues.
Kennedy patriarch Joe (Bruce
Dern), however,
always considered his youngest son a ne'er - do - well — and he never let Ted forget it.
Dern is one of those greats who has
always been passed over.
The final story involving a female Native American rancher (Lily Gladstone, astounding) who falls in love with a young lawyer (Kristen Stewart) is the easily best of the three, but fine work from Jared Harris, Laura
Dern, Michelle Williams and the
always stalwart James LeGros make this far more than just a place - holding anthology film.
They also have rocky home lives and a common enemy, another first - grade mom played to the hilt by the
always - impressive Laura
Dern.
To play the film's obsessive,
always difficult father Woody Grant, Payne chose 76 - year - old
Dern, who is often cast in darker roles.
It's
always a pleasure to watch Laura
Dern lose it on screen.
Keener, as
always, is very fine along with Ortiz and a terrific
Dern.