Passion Fish

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Woodard is superb. And it's gratifying to watch the usually pinched McDonnell (Grand Canyon) let it rip. She's unexpectedly poignant in scenes with Rennie the Cajun handyman (the marvelous David Strathairn), a former wild child tamed by marriage and fatherhood. Sayles's leisurely pace allows the actors to develop characters, including friends and strangers -- vibrantly etched by Angela Bassett, Nancy Mette, Sheila Kelley, Mary Portser, Nora Dunn and coproducer Maggie Renzi, among others -- who drop in alone or en masse. Passion Fish gives these women the chance to catch you by surprise. It's a damning comment on the sexism of movies today that Sayles's plain good sense now seems revolutionary.

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(Posted: Dec 8, 2000)