review Excerpts
“the featherweight”
“WOLF NEARLY TAKES OVER THE MOVIE WITH THE FORCE OF LINDA’S PRESSURIZED DESIRES”
“A BLAZING RUBY WOLF...
AS A TROPHY WIFE ABANDONED IN PURSUIT OF OTHER PRIZES, WOLF IS SORELY AFFECTING, HER WORLDLY POISE CRUMPLING AS LINDA’S INEXPERIENCE IS EXPOSED AND ABUSED”
“AN ACE RUBY WOLF...
MADIO AND WOLF BRING EQUALLY SIMMERING PASSION TO THEIR CHARACTERS, WHO BOTH FEEL TRAPPED BY THE MARRIAGE.”
“RELATIVE NEWCOMER RUBY WOLF IS AMONG THE FILM’S STANDOUT PERFORMERS, MIXING LINDA’S ENVIABLE STEELINESS AND HER DEEPER UNHAPPINESS AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH...EACH CHARACTER’S INTERACTIONS WITH THE FILM CREW TELLS US EXTRA ABOUT THEM, BUT LINDA’S ARE THE MOST INTERESTING AND POIGNANT.”
“Hugely vivid and superbly acted – notably by James Madio as Pep and Ruby Wolf as his beleaguered wife – It is an extraordinary achievement for all concerned…
…central to the story is Pep’s much younger wife Linda (a sometimes painfully affecting performance by WoLF)…”
“Ruby Wolf, in her first major film role, delivers a standout turn as Willie’s much younger fourth wife Linda. She movingly conveys her gradual change from a seemingly vacuous, former hat check girl to a partner trying to step out from her husband’s shadow to water the tendrils of her own acting career.”
“Wolf, the actress playing [Linda], constantly threatens to steal the film as much as her character does, and it’s a good problem that “The Featherweight” has throughout…”
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