Did anyone else find Charles van Doren's(Fiennes) smile annoying?

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lgforce — 13 years ago(June 10, 2012 09:20 AM)

It was always so smug that I wanted to take my fist and smash his stupid smiling face.
I think he'd still be smiling though.

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VermilionCat — 13 years ago(September 11, 2012 03:50 AM)

I think that's exactly his charm.

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joyceday — 12 years ago(March 13, 2014 05:01 PM)

I didn't notice his smile all that much because I was watching Paul Scofield smile instead and sighing over a 72 year old man, LOL!

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stones78 — 11 years ago(May 01, 2014 07:44 AM)

the old man annoyed me.

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puirt-a-beul — 11 years ago(June 17, 2014 01:29 PM)

I know what you mean, lgforce. I've just watched it again, and Fiennes' performance in general comes across to me as quite contrived, like he's trying too hard to create a persona for his character. His smile was certainly part of that.
To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Fiennes, because his acting always seems somewhat postured to me.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

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Zuider_Zee — 11 years ago(March 21, 2015 09:13 AM)

It was like watching a department store mannequin.

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smoko — 10 years ago(May 31, 2015 04:25 AM)

@lgforce I didn't find his smile to be smug. To me it seemed forced, as if he was being congratulated for doing something that he didn't really do - which he was.
Stempel's tooth was at least three times as annoying. It grossed me out.
What ended up annoying me about van Doren was the countless number of times he (and his Dad) would recite some quote. Enough already!

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jlprizm86 — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 07:21 PM)

I find Ralph Fiennes annoying so I'm not best person to ask. Everything about him including his smile irks me.

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webbrl-177-543920 — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 01:07 PM)

Actually, I think the moment at the book-signing party when he smiles winsomely and murmurs, "How did he know that?" was one of the most gripping moments in the flick.

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nicoledesapio — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 09:45 PM)

Yes, I think Van Doren's smile was simply meant to seem phoney or forced most of the time, because the character was something of a phoney. On the other hand, I like his covert smile after he gets the answer wrong in his climactic scene; that one, at least, was genuine.