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Owning Mahowny (2003)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman adds another great performance to his gallery of losers in Owning Mahowny, an engrossing, fact-based comedy-drama about the perils of compulsive gambling. The subject is hardly new to movies, but as Toronto bank-loan manager Dan Mahowny, Hoffman brings fresh depth and tortured humanity to his portrayal of a man who helplessly feeds his pathological need to gamble with millions in embezzled bank money that he can't afford to lose. His supportive wife (Minnie Driver, barely recognizable beneath a plain-looking wig and glasses) is aware of the problem but not its severity, and in fulfilling the promise of his debut...
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Owning Mahowny Movie Review by Tim  (1/7/2008) |
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Actually this is my favorite performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. You know how you watch a film and an actor that you have seen time and time again from that point on starts to seem really important to you? This film did that to me for Hoffman. He is just amazing. He actually won 2 awards for best actor at two film...
(complete Owning Mahowny review by Tim)
| Owning Mahowny Movie Review by Zara (1/26/2007) |
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This was one of those movies where the performance of the lead actor was highly touted by the famed critics, talking about how Philip Seymour Hoffman really nailed the pain and frustration of a character in debt up to his ears and desperate to try and absolve the situation.
I wasn't impressed.
OWNING MAHOWNY tells the...
(complete Owning Mahowny review by Zara)
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