Laura Linney, the best Hollywood actress

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2003)

She was great as Clint's daughter in Absolute Power and he has used her again in one of this film's key roles as Sean Penn's wife. She is as good as a ruthless pragmatist like this as she was as the warm hearted single mum in 'You Can Count on Me'. Like the possibly undervalued 'Bloodwork', this film raises the question of evil finding its way past even good intentions. In the former, Clint's much reported good deeds as a cop instigated the crimes and attentions of a obsessive stalker/serial killer and here Linney chillingly argues that anything is justified if it is in the name of self preservation. She is wrong but no doubt she is the film's winner.