{"id":23587,"date":"2023-02-14T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23587"},"modified":"2023-02-02T10:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:40:26","slug":"nics-flicks-the-whale-showcases-incredible-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/02\/14\/nics-flicks-the-whale-showcases-incredible-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Nic&#8217;s Flicks<\/em>: <em>The Whale<\/em> showcases incredible acting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The Whale<\/i> (2022)<br \/>\n3.5\/4<\/p>\n<p>Last column, I talked about how <i>Babylon<\/i> was one of last year\u2019s best cinematic experiences. Now, I\u2019m writing about one of 2022\u2019s most well-acted movies: Darren Aronofsky\u2019s newest drama, <i>The Whale<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20923\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image0-e1618507388664.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image0-e1618507388664-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image0-e1618507388664-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image0-e1618507388664.jpeg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nic&#8217;s Flicks<\/em> is a column about movies (photo by Nicolas Ihmels\/<em>Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This movie is the definition of \u201cwell acted.\u201d Let\u2019s start with Brendan Fraser: critics have called this his big comeback performance, and you know what? They aren\u2019t wrong. Fraser is just fantastic as Charlie, an obese English professor who seeks redemption as his health spins out of control. Through his incredible performance, Fraser not only makes us feel for the character, but makes us want to see him succeed in his quest for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser isn\u2019t the only one giving a knock-out performance. Hong Chau also delivers an equally powerful performance as Liz, Charlie\u2019s caretaker and best friend. Both of these actors give amazing performances that make the movie worth the price of admission. Also, I think that Sadie Sink\u2019s performce as Ellie is wildly underappreciated. Sink really succeeds in showing Ellie\u2019s bad and good sides, and is the real core of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Another great thing about this movie is Samuel Hunter\u2019s script, which is based on his own play. Hunter successfully crafts one of the best redemption stories I\u2019ve heard for a while. Aronofsky\u2019s sensitive direction also meshes well with the movie\u2019s tone.<\/p>\n<p>As well, Rob Simonsen\u2019s haunting musical score really does a great job in conveying each character\u2019s emotions.<\/p>\n<p>Another outstanding aspect of the film is the makeup: it\u2019s outstanding. Yes, they do go a little bit overboard with it, but what\u2019s on screen really looks fantastic. This is easily the best makeup job I saw in 2022, and that\u2019s high praise.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Whale<\/i> is a powerfully acted drama that\u2019s elevated by excellent writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Whale (2022) 3.5\/4 Last column, I talked about how Babylon was one of last year\u2019s best cinematic experiences. Now, I\u2019m writing about one of 2022\u2019s most well-acted movies: Darren Aronofsky\u2019s newest drama, The Whale. This movie is the definition of \u201cwell acted.\u201d Let\u2019s start with Brendan Fraser: critics have called this his big comeback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-february-8-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23588,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23587\/revisions\/23588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}