Directed by Anand Tucker
Screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Starring Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, and Celia Ermie
Emily Watson had never been in a film before her breakout role in Breaking the Waves. Perhaps being unknown helped her intense, emotional, and sexual performance land with such a wallop. Or, it could be she’s simply a fierce actress, capable of that sort of performance day-in and day-out, and didn’t need a longer film history behind her to show it. And there may be the truth of Emily Watson: she was a quality actress from the jump, even if the individual film itself is not. Continue reading