let's hear it for the girls???

Rating: 8/10 (16 April 2006)

of everything there was to take from 'brokeback mountain' what left the most lasting impression upon my mind was the work done by michelle williams and anne hathway. i'll say it now, to get it out of the way, those were some frightening wigs anne hathway worked alongside. yet somehow she managed to not only hold her own against hairpieces weighing her down, but used them, in conjunction with her cigarettes and make-up, to portray a woman who realises too late that her life is a sham with only herself to blame. michelle williams somehow took her character and never once played her as the down-trodden hard-luck cliché that others may have. instead her character manages to carry a silent strength within her that is shown only briefly during this film.