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The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Keitel’s matchbook-plan speech

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  • Keitel’s high-energy scolding seems wrong for a controlled character, with his performance compared to a declining star coasting; the counterargument is that his yelling is enjoyable.
  • The staged bridge panic is deliberately exaggerated within the story, while Liotta and De Niro’s intensity is defended as appropriate.