Review of Boarding Gate (2007) by Joel H — 28 Jul 2008
To say that Argento seems 'at home' or 'in her element' would be a cliche, but how else to describe her performance in which she lifts the film up by the scruff of the neck and carries it confidently from start to finish? As in her other performances, she is rarely far from playing herself.
And yet, she has just the right mixture of aggressiveness and vulnerability to make her characters entirely captivating. Even when she is trading bruising language with Michael Madsen, she never seems to be trying to achieve an effect.
She uses her body with abandon, plunging headfirst into scenes where another actress might make us feel that she was being exploited. You get the sense that Argento hasn't been cast in a role, so much as a film has been constructed around her.
This review of Boarding Gate (2007) was written by Joel H on 28 Jul 2008.
Boarding Gate has generally received mixed reviews.
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