Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Cate Blanchett | ... | Jasmine | |
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Joy Carlin | ... | Woman on Plane |
Richard Conti | ... | Woman's Husband | |
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Glen Caspillo | ... | Cab Driver |
Alec Baldwin | ... | Hal | |
Charlie Tahan | ... | Young Danny | |
Annie McNamara | ... | Jasmine's Friend Nora | |
Sally Hawkins | ... | Ginger | |
Daniel Jenks | ... | Matthew | |
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Max Rutherford | ... | Johnny |
Andrew Dice Clay | ... | Augie | |
Tammy Blanchard | ... | Jasmine's Friend Jane | |
Kathy Tong | ... | Raylene | |
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Ted Neustadt | ... | Hal and Jasmine's Friend |
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Andrew Long | ... | Hal and Jasmine's Friend |
Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone's lives, especially her own. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
What a treat! Cate Blanchett gives a stunning performance as a Blanche-like character written and directed by the most prolific American author of the last 40 years. Cate seems to be an actress without emotional borders. Jasmine walks a very tight rope, her sense of despair etched in her magnificent face vanishes ipso facto when she meets Peter Sarsgaard. She realizes in a sort of disbelief -extraordinary, heartbreaking and horribly funny moment - that he could be the rescue raft in her own personal tsunami. Sally Hawkins, another stroke of genius in the casting department, is a profoundly human creature very much the Stella of the situation. This two sisters, adopted both from different parents are also from different, if immediately recognizable, universes. I could go on and on but I'm not going to, I just wanted to urge you, in this times of 3D super extra loud marvel sequels, to run and see it.