Chris Cooper
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misssun — 10 years ago(September 30, 2015 07:39 PM)
I thought she was wonderful in this film. And as for not being good in anything in many, many years . she has made few films in many many years! She has been busy raising her kids and having a life. I thought she was excellent in Eat, Pray, Love, by the way.
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Westwindnotnorth — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 06:54 PM)
The amazing thing to me was that Big Charles almost certainly knew that Lil Charles was Beverly's son and yet he told him how proud he was, talked about his love of Beverly, and called his wife on the carpet for her treatment of her son and the disrespect she showed. He drew the line in the sand to protect him. That's a man. What a wonderfully written character.
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Stirchley — 10 years ago(August 12, 2015 11:49 AM)
The amazing thing to me was that Big Charles almost certainly knew that Lil Charles was Beverly's son and yet he told him how proud he was, talked about his love of Beverly, and called his wife on the carpet for her treatment of her son and the disrespect she showed.
There was nothing in the movie to suggest that. Violet told us more than once that Charles had always been a huge smoker of grass (which suggests that he was in a fog most of the time). I seriously doubt that a down-to-earth, no-nonsense type like Charles would accept that his wife slept with his BIL and that they had a kid together. Let alone that he would then raise that kid and pretend that he was his own. -
Manton29 — 9 years ago(January 23, 2017 03:16 PM)
While I see your point, logically, with regards to their being no evidence(?) that Big Charles knew, I'd say the 'real man' portrayed by Cooper, combined with this 'real man's fierce love for Little Charles - a vulnerable, fundamentally good soul placed by fate into his care - I think it's plausible that he could have suspected or even known he wasn't the blood father and still behaved the same.
I'll be considering this question when I re-watch the film and if I see things different or have any worthwhile reflections on this I'll be sure to comment on it here.
Cheers,
Manton
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liberius — 10 years ago(June 11, 2015 04:17 PM)
It's called stealing the show.
Cooper is a damn fine actor and seems to bring an earthy honesty to his best roles. My favorite is him as the sheriff in Lone Star
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which contains a twist similar to A:OC.
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IcySpoon — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 06:35 AM)
I've never seen him give a bad performance-he's a brilliant character actor with great range and I feel like his performances are often over-looked in favor of those with larger or flashier parts.
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India_Ana — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 08:07 PM)
People who are good at their craft make it look so easy anyone could do it, and thus get overlooked. It isn't until you try to do what they do that you realize just how hard it truly is.
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Manton29 — 9 years ago(January 23, 2017 03:35 PM)
Nothing you say sounds 'fan boy', i.e. excessive or unwarranted. I have observed nothing but top tier talent from Cooper for many, many years and always refer to him as being one of the very best actors of our age. So, preach it, Eyebrows!
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ronnoco28 — 5 years ago(January 04, 2021 11:32 PM)
Yes, Big Charles love for Lil Charles, and his support for him, was commendable. But he wasn't very nice to his teenage niece at the dinner table, when he joined the rest of the family in making fun of her for being a vegetarian.