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The 50 Most Definitive Performances in Wes Anderson’s Films
Including voice performances and narrators but excluding Mordecai the falcon.
It’s hard to play purposeful distance in a way that makes an impact, but Robbie bridges the gap not only to Schwartzman across the alley but out into the audience for the kind of nakedly sentimental moment that people think is rarer in Anderson’s films than it actually is. Gamble’s esprit de corps foreshadows Moonrise Kingdom ’s Khaki Scouts; his loyalty work ethic would later be found in Grand Budapest ’s Zero; and his guilelessness is reflected in Chaz Tenenbaum’s twin sons. She’s the most closed-off person in the world, which makes for an acting challenge that Paltrow is more than up for, allowing the details of her character to peek out in brief glimpses: a longing glance at Richie, a disgusted sneer when she learns Eli has been sending her mother his press clippings, barely summoning the range of motion it takes to shrug at her husband.
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