![]() She’s about to lose to incarceration her husband of 50 years - the man she calls “my lifeline” - and Pfeiffer, all raw and fragile, has a way of cracking open your heart. To play the devastated Ruth, Pfeiffer takes on a Queens accent that isn’t so thick that it’s cartoonish.You wanna make me feel worse?” It’s that type of moment that makes it such a remarkable feeling to see Pfeiffer on screen again. – Christopher Lawrence, Las Vegas Review-Journal “That’s nonsense.” “Thanks,” she replies, dryly. Russell, “The Wizard of Lies’ ” greatest special effect is Pfeiffer. “What do I have to do with it? Why does the world hate me? They all think I’m some kind of a mastermind,” her Ruth complains as she matter-of-factly readies her jewelry to give to family and friends so she can swallow a bowl full of Ambien and die in peace. “But anybody in the know knows you weren’t the mastermind,” Bernie tells her. while it’s a relief to once again see De Niro in a quality project that has nothing to do with Martin Scorsese or David O. So you can imagine how thrilling it was to see the actress, who’s worked rather sparingly this millennium, as Ruth Madoff to Robert De Niro’s Bernie in “The Wizard of Lies” (8 p.m. Michelle Pfeiffer steals scenes in HBO’s Bernie Madoff movie: I spent a good portion of my adolescence knowing with full certainty that, if I were ever granted a dying wish, it would be for Michelle Pfeiffer to serenade me with “Cool Rider,” her big number from “Grease 2.” Even today, were I given, say, three dying wishes, that still would be firmly in the mix.I ain’t Bonnie.” – Robert Rorke, New York Post “How am I Bonnie?” she asks, cigarette dangling. That’s the tragedy of it.” Her deadpan reaction when a newscaster compares her to Bonnie Parker may win Pfeiffer an Emmy. During a prison visit, she tells him, “Even if you had told me, I’m not sure I would have turned you in. Pfeiffer, using a nasal outerborough accent, really delivers, showing how Ruth’s reluctant awareness of her husband’s depravity presents its own moral quandary.When her hairdresser of 15 years refuses to keep Ruth on as a client, we see the reality of her husband’s crimes finally hit home. ![]() ![]() “What’s a Ponzi scheme?” Ruth asks in an early scene. Pfeiffer is perfectly cast as the wife who slowly realizes the deliberateness with which she avoided learning anything about her husband, his business, her complicity in it all.‘The Wizard of Lies’ – Michelle’s first HBO movie with Robert De Niro, finally hit the TV screen tonight at 8:00pm in the U.S time, tons of reviews just came out these few days and most of them really LOVE Michelle’s performance and praise her amazing Ruth Madoff accent, here are the highlights: Only those you trust can truly betray you – ‘THE WIZARD OF LIES’ Reviews Summary
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