Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Girl (TV 2012)

Hitch's pout, as caricatured by Toby Jones
Not good. Totally unsympathetic one dimensional and not very credible portrayal of one Alfred Hitchcock. Moreover Toby Jones performance is lethargic and unconvincing. His make-up is totally distracting and in the end it doesn't look much like Hitch. Siena Miller is OK but there are so many scenes where she acts like a stunned mullet that it's almost comical. Pobably the director's job.
Much of this movie hangs on the supposed controversy Hitch caused with his love interest for the actress but it's really a witless tale. I suppose today he could have been charged with ...yawn sexual harrasment. Alternatively, Tippy could have challenged Hitch to a duel...with swords maybe, or just kicked him in the shin when he became too amorous, or I don't know, blown raspberries on his face. The possibilities are endless. But no, poor Tippy endured it in silence, after all there was her career at stake. So there was one more movie to endure with Hitch in Marnie and with Sean  glamour Connery and after that it all tapered off for Tippy.

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