Virginia Madsen is one of THE underrated American movie actresses, and Candyman gave her one of the strongest roles an American movie actress has had in the past decade at least. Why she doesn't get higher-profile roles I don't understand.
Bernard Rose showed with Candyman that he's got a terrific visual style - rich, hypnotic. That he's chosen to concentrate on pretentiously "literate" subjects like Beethoven and Anna Karenina since Candyman is a waste: We need him to turn his camera on some more contemporary settings, to show us the weirdness that lies behind them.
Bernard Rose showed with Candyman that he's got a terrific visual style - rich, hypnotic. That he's chosen to concentrate on pretentiously "literate" subjects like Beethoven and Anna Karenina since Candyman is a waste: We need him to turn his camera on some more contemporary settings, to show us the weirdness that lies behind them.