How good is james spader?
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colour-me-kubrick — 18 years ago(April 12, 2007 08:19 AM)
I mean seriously people,this has to be one of the best perfomaces I have ever seen.It was a really dicy role with sense of percieved perversion but had to be likable as far as the audiences are concerned.Hats off to james spader,a champion like perfomance.
I know in the past he has got irritated with people reminding him of how he had blown what could have been a legendary film career.Truly brilliant talent pushed to the extremes of vulnerability and look what you get.
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Radiant_Rose — 18 years ago(April 12, 2007 08:27 AM)
He's very good, and it's not too late for him to have a brilliant career. He's much younger than Clint Eastwood and over a decade younger than
Dame
Helen
Mirren
. Ms Mirren is also a perfect example when people, eg on the Maggie Gyllenhaal board, claim that it is bad for an actress's career to do full frontal nudity on screen.Nicebat and I had to party.
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SexyActorsJunkie — 16 years ago(July 17, 2009 08:18 AM)
How did he blow a promising movie career? Why was that said about him? I've seen him in several great movies and he's been excellent in each.
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Electric-Eyes — 15 years ago(September 17, 2010 08:39 AM)
James Spader is beyond brilliant in this role. I love how multi-faceted his performance was and what a unique character Graham is, he is vulnerable and gentle, yet strange and apart, open yet repressed; there are so many aspects to the character and he conveyed all of them so credibly. His facial expressions and his voice were also used masterfully.
Such a compelling performance, he definitely made the film what it is.
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tanncord — 10 years ago(November 05, 2015 04:35 PM)
I still think Raymond Reddington is his true masterpiece, and I can't help but see elements of "young Raymond" here - the boldness, the vulnerability underlying it all. James' performance in this movie is daring and unflinching. I've seen quite a few of his films, but I think this ranks alongside Reddington. Also E. Edward Grey and Alan Shore, of course, are triumphs of his acting career. He's a very daring actor - he gives so much of himself to his roles.
And my, is he lovely with all that luscious hair here!!