IN THEATERS
ON DVD
OTHER
ON TV
TO THEATERS
TO THEATERS
TO DVD
« Marisa Tomei: One ‘Devil’ of a New Yorker | Main | ‘Devil’ made her do it »
Various comments about Marisa in ‘Before the Devil’ reviews
By Lisa | November 2, 2007
Marisa Tomei plays Gina, Andy’s wife, and the nakedness of these three performers, literally and emotionally, makes for a bravura show throughout. There are other performances to esteem in Tomei’s career, such as “Unhook the Stars,” but anyone who sees “Before the Devil…” and says this woman is not a fine, forceful actress is willfully blind or mean. Lumet is also aware of how contrasting the eye-poppingly beautiful Tomei changes the way we look at the more-dowdy-than-usual Hoffman and champion scruff-bucket Hawke.
~ newcitychicago.com
In earlier holiday seasons there might have been preferable depraved fun to be had at “Reindeer Games” and “The Ice Harvest.” But “Before the Devil” has its compelling, insidious and photogenic merits. Marisa Tomei, of course, is the sublimely photogenic asset.
~ washingtontimes.com
The American Dream gets indicted more often than Michael Vick. The noteworthy thing about “Devil,” for certain admirers of Marisa Tomei, is that it’s the greatest Tomei movie ever made, or that could ever be made, outside the auspices of the Spice Channel. It’s Tomei like you’ve never seen her before. Remember Seth Rogen’s proposed business model for a soft-core Web site in “Knocked Up” - FleshOfTheStars.com? It pinpointed the DVD location of every actor’s most notorious nude scene. “Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead” was made for that Web site.
~ philly.com
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead is his best movie in decades, featuring superb performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei.
~ laist.com
Leave it to Lumet to cast the under-used, under-appreciated and always good Marisa Tomei as the sexpot sleeping with both brothers. It’s a daring part - she spends a lot of time naked, in a role with uncharacteristically harsh edges - but she and Lumet turn it into the kind of showcase that can make casting directors expand their notion of a “Marisa Tomei role.”
~ sfgate.com
Hoffman is married to Marisa Tomei, who just keeps on getting sexier as she grows older so very slowly.
~ rogerebert.suntimes.com
And the two leads get vivid support from the rest of the expert cast. Marisa Tomei, in one of the most surprising performances of her 23-year career, plays Gina as a wounded low-rent beauty with both a heart and a hapless capacity for betrayal.
~ mtv.com
Hoffman’s overbearing Andy and Hawke’s weak-willed Hank are as pathetic as they are different. Andy is a heroin addict and insurance actuary whose embezzlement of company funds is about to be discovered in an audit. Hank, who is having an affair with Andy’s disenchanted wife (a terrific Marisa Tomei), doesn’t earn enough money to make child-support payments.
~ nydailynews.com
…while Tomei — whose character is literally the most exposed, as she’s largely half-nude throughout — makes Gina’s willful, messed-up frustration palpable.
~ premiere.com
More like this...
Yet another 'Before the Devil' review on November 17th, 2007
The Devil's Own Dodo on November 15th, 2007
Expert from an article about Sidney Lumet on November 14th, 2007
Topics: 'Before the Devil', Articles & Reviews |
January 8th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
very interesting.
i’m adding in RSS Reader
May 24th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Hi. This is really interesting post. Thank You! I have just subscribed to Your rss!
Best regards
September 1st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
hey
its very reasonable point of view.
Nice post.
realy good post
thx
October 15th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Занимаюсь дизайном и хочу попросить автора http://www.exclusivelymarisa.com отправить шаьлончик на мой мыил) Готов заплатить…