switchblade330 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/11/04/defense_of_tyler_perry/index.html Consider Jackson, who made no particular impression as the title character in her debut film "Poetic Justice," but has been knocking performances out of the park for Perry. She outdoes herself here -- especially in the scene where she confronts her husband over his secret life, and Perry stays on her in a tight close-up while she describes exactly how he's broken her heart. It's not just Jackson's short haircut and traumatized eyes that might remind viewers of Jane Wyman or Joan Crawford; Perry gets at the mix of masculine hyper-competitiveness and feminine vulnerability that has always defined Jackson, and links it to the wily, lonely coldness often captured in Wyman and Crawford performances, a directorial gambit of tremendous perceptiveness. YASSSSSSSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchblade330 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Fuck. Now they are really coming for Janet: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/colored_girls_blind_to_subtlety_VT4aDZX9c2zLg7d8WQH5sI A scenery-chewing Whoopi Goldberg goes way over the top as the sisters' religious fanatic mother. Even worse is the campy Janet Jackson as Crystal's boss, an icy magazine editor whose hunky hubby (Omari Hardwick) is sleeping with men on the down low -- because, it's implied, she's so emasculating. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2010-11-05-Forcoloredgirls05_ST_N.htm And speaking of distractions, Janet Jackson, in a leaden performance, sounds and looks eerily like her late brother, Michael. Her overly made-up appearance might as well be a Devil Wears Prada mannequin. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20101105__For_Colored_Girls___Story_of_women_recovering_from_abuse.html About the Kabuki theatrics of Janet Jackson and the actorly histrionics of Whoopi Goldberg and Macy Gray, the less said the better. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/for-colored-girls,1159977/critic-review.html The film is not, however, without its bright spots. Given the at-times-ridiculous poetry the cast must utter - "My love is too Saturday night to have thrown back on my face" - the actresses all acquit themselves well enough. That includes Jackson, whose surgically enhanced face, though largely frozen, suits her imperious character. Ugh. I hate that even when they're paying her a compliment, a diss is not far behind. FUCK THE NY POST-why send a caucasion male 2 review a movie about african american women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchblade330 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Joan Walsh, who is the editor-in-chief 4 Salon. com, loves Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaldwin Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-for-colored-girls-20101105,0,258800.story Earthy tones, warm until they go into Jackson's world where her Jo, a rich magazine editor, is all fire and ice in red and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Baby Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-for-colored-girls-20101105,0,258800.story Earthy tones, warm until they go into Jackson's world where her Jo, a rich magazine editor, is all fire and ice in red and white. Janet played that damn role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 *ignores negative reviews* Janet did her thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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