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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Madeline seems like a caricature rather than a character.  It's like a chick-lit type (Hello!  Fashionable woman here with a Strooooooooong personality) is plopped down in the middle of an HBO show.[/quote]

[b]Yeah but it's exactly how she's written in the book - Reese has nailed her character.[/b]

I used to be a huge Nicole Kidman fan - she's a brilliant actress  and has several Oscar-worthy performances under her belt (plus I think she actually won one, right?). But her face no longer moves, and that really limits her as an actress. Though in a way it works for her character here, who is totally shut down with a flat affect and trying to maintain the perfect exterior - like a mask. But still...there's only so far she can go when she literally cannot move her face.
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I disagree because the character is so different than in the book.  She has a strong personality, to be sure, but she's also distinctly different than many of the other moms.  Maddie and Ed are solid middle class,  Ed is a journalist and doesn't make a lot of money, she probably has to work for the income.  I think she feels a bit insecure about that, but is relatively fine being on the edge of the cool/rich mom crowd.  Plus she's so frustrated that her daughter is turning into a mini-Bonnie (vegan, crunchy, etc).

Can't stand Nicole Kidman as Celeste.  I read Celeste as being distant but warm and kind to others.  Nicole as Celeste is an ice queen.

I agree that Reese Witherspoon's portrayal of Madeleine is very different. I found Madeleine much more likable in the book - yes, she is a busybody but I think the way the character is written in the miniseries is much more of a bitch.

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