This weekend’s film festival in Canada sees the A-list actress back after a wreck,starring as a political spin doctor in a role vacated by George Clooney“There is only one ‘wrong here and that is losing!” shouts Sandra Bullock at a room of uncomprehending flunkies in her latest role as a political pugilist handling a tricky campaign. Brought out of an early retirement from the world of polls and focus groups, her character is “a fighter who is being given another shot at the title”. As crowds gather this weekend for the first few days of the influential Toronto film festival, and the world’s critics must be wondering if Bullock’s performance in Our Brand Is Crisis could give her another shot at the best actress title.
Certainly the tough-bitten skulduggery (devious behavior) she displays in the film,which premiered on Friday night, is nothing like the winsome antics once associated with a star previously known to the world as Miss Congeniality. That stamp of cuteness has been replaced with a knack for political chicanery and media strategy in a film that marks the next step in Bullock’s long career at the top of the film business.
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Source: theguardian.com