Frances McDormand's character is tech-obsessed!

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2008)

All of Burn's characters are completely absorbed by their perceptions of themselves, whether it be sexual deviant, blackmailer, or lover. Linda (Frances Mcormand's character) however, seems more obsessed with what she could be. Linda, a lonely late middle-aged woman obsessed with the notion that she needs plastic surgery, is constantly perusing the internet to find suitors to date. Her inability to find Mr. Right leads her to the belief that she needs several plastic surgery procedures in order to re-invent her self, and therefore her sexual exploits, hopefully landing a man. As watching Linda, absorbed in the glow of the LCD screen, I couldn't help but think of David Hemblem's character Stan in Atom Egoyan's 1988 film Family Viewing.
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