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jmax7 — 10 years ago(August 25, 2015 08:52 AM)

I enjoyed the movie, although it would have been fine at 2 hours and 30 minutes. I think Claire Forlani is beautiful and an excellent actress, and I enjoyed her in this role.
But I wanted to ask if anyone else was distracted by the way she, as Susan, changed her facial expression 5-10 times in a single take. I understand that many different thoughts and feelings would be appropriate during the course of this film given the plot. But wouldn't it have been better to express them at different times instead of every feeling in every take?
Was this by direction? I was distracted by expressions of joy, wonder, sadness, disbelief, betrayal, curiosity, affection, surrender, resistance, all within 20 seconds.
Anyone else? I still liked the movie.

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I'd reply to the OP, but it looks like he never came back once to reply to anybody.
So I get what you all are saying, HOWEVER..
I think what you guys are missing is that she was playing off of Brad Pitt.
Brad was acting like a child almost, everything he did the entire movie was
like it was for the first time. So as he looked thoroughly confused the entire
time, she was also confused at his confusion. If anything I was more
distracted by Brad Pitt's direction than her.

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Yes I thought the same. She was overacting with her eyes. Very annoying!!

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YES! She has gorgeous eyes, but what was up with all the squinting & looking away? Plus, she looked like she was about to cry in every scene.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880932https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880932Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:19 GMT]]>dcobbimdb — 9 years ago(July 19, 2016 01:29 AM)

Her eyes bugged me at times. Though strangely they were sometimes mysterious and attractive and yet other times almost alien. Very strange combination of beauty and yet weirdness

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880931https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880931Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:18 GMT]]>!!!deleted!!! (64820750) — 9 years ago(June 16, 2016 02:56 PM)

I felt the same way. I felt like she was trying way too hard.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880930https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880930Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:17 GMT]]>ellennyc-1 — 9 years ago(May 30, 2016 08:06 AM)

Exactly

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This is called overacting. Too obvious and annoying sometimes.

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Just towards the end of the movie. But I loved her facial expressions early on.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880927https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880927Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:14 GMT]]>IMDbeans — 10 years ago(February 03, 2016 01:15 AM)

I can see the original poster's point. Her expressions were a little over the top sometimes.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880926https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880926Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:13 GMT]]>purplish-1 — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 07:51 PM)

I came in here to post this!!!!!
Her eyes were so DISTRACTING.
Why the F was she squinting the whole movie?! Ugh.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880925https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880925Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:11 GMT]]>maraki_mant — 10 years ago(November 27, 2015 09:06 PM)

Yes, yes, Thank you, YES! I mean her takes felt like 3 minutes each of "eye games". Great movie though overall, she had good chemistry with Pitt and that score of Thomas Newman So beautiful and haunting! Unbelievable!

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880924https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880924Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:10 GMT]]>amykersh — 10 years ago(November 16, 2015 08:32 AM)

I came to this board specifically to see if anyone else was irritated by her face. To me it looks like she's purposely holding her eyes in a half squint for the entire film. And that is beside the near constant change in her facial expression. Nice to know I'm not the only one.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880923https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880923Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:09 GMT]]>DreamsAgain — 10 years ago(November 13, 2015 09:17 AM)

Claire is gorgeous, but in this movie, it was like she was teary eyed 95% of the time, even when she was happy! Yes, it was distracting.
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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880922https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880922Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:08 GMT]]>chris55204 — 9 years ago(June 01, 2016 08:10 PM)

quite frankly
it's what made me fall in love with her character.
I thought it was very endearing
I agree
alpha-tango
. I couldn't take my eyes off her.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880921https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880921Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:07 GMT]]>alpha-tango — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 07:17 AM)

quite frankly
it's what made me fall in love with her character.
I thought it was very endearing

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880920https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1880920Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Susan's facial expressions distracting? on Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:06 GMT]]>interestedparty2013 — 10 years ago(October 26, 2015 11:12 AM)

Agreed. Especially when she and Joe were intimate. There was one view from the top where one eye is sticking out from under Joe and darts, seemingly, erratically to the right. Made me wonder if she had some muscle problem involving the eyes.

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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the movie and also think she is a great actress but those tons of changes in her expressions on every take where annoying!

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