All that being said, what is best in FLUSHED AWAY is its unexpectedly convincing blend of
a genuine emotional life for the main characters along with a razor - sharp sense of silliness.
Not exact matches
It seems that all of these characters are on screen because they're interesting — they have unpredictable, confrontational personalities, and
live in a rarely depicted, insular community where their eccentricities interweave and conflict — but not because Baker has
genuine emotional insight on them or their circumstances.
Daniel Day - Lewis plays a haute couture dressmaker in 1950s England; the actor has announced this will be his last film but in a spirit of
genuine humility has allowed it to be stolen by Vicky Krieps, a little - known actress from Luxembourg who plays the dressmaker's muse, progressing from a shy nonentity — a
living mannequin — to his
emotional equal and the keeper of his art and soul.