Apex Mountain
In the discussion (10)
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- Goodman’s Walter is proposed as an exceptional career peak, with memorable line readings throughout.
- Walter feels fully inhabited rather than merely a performance, strengthening the Goodman case. — Sean Fennessey
- The Dude transforms Bridges’s screen persona so completely that the achievement can be overlooked.
- Bridges’s earlier clear-speaking handsome-leading-man persona gives way to a more mumbled, relaxed register after this film. — Sean Fennessey
- A run of earlier successes and disappointments is contrasted with later dependable supporting appearances. — Chris Ryan
- Bridges embodies the role beyond the Coens’ usual joke of making handsome leading men ridiculous.
- After this movie, audiences know the actor’s name and how to pronounce it, rather than simply recognizing him as that guy.
- Donny is a sincere, slightly dopey guy, contrasting with the actor’s earlier tough-guy roles.
- Turturro is rejected in favor of his Rounders role by one participant.
- The Coens are rejected because other films rank higher for the speakers, who also perceive the directors as dismissive of this one.