Product: Head in the Clouds (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Charlize Theron gets lost in the clouds.
In this pre-world war romance love triangle, Charlize Theron fresh off from playing Alieen Wurnos in Monster gets to tackle a role that requires her to go from rich glamour ice queen to the down-and-out woman hated by everyone. Perhaps she had too much on her plate this time, and it seemed like her character was overwhelmed by too much personality and selfishness that made her unlikeable.Penelope Cruz is wonderful as the Spanish refugee who was in Paris, and is a good friend of Theron. She's a model for Theron's paintings and live-sculptures. She used to be a dancer, but gave it up to become a nurse so that she could help her country. The two lovely ladies might have had a "thing" for each other, because they were very cozy together. Theron is a rebellious daughter of a rich and powerful man, but she has no respect and love for her father. Stuart Townsend enters Theron's life, and quickly became her lover. Later on, Townsend chose to go with Cruz to Spain when war started, leaving Theron behind in Paris. Townsend ended up falling in love with Cruz during their days together. Unfortunately, Cruz died when the car drove over a mine field. During the Germen invasion, Theron found her way into the arms of a powerful Germen suitor, depite having to face all judgements and condemnation from the French side, especially Townsend who couldn't tolerate her any longer. Then she has to face her tragic downfall when the Germen lost the battle.....Townsend's role of fool-for-love is pretty good. It was sad when he found the right woman(Cruz),and she had to die. Cruz gave a scene-stealing bilingual performance. Theron's role allowed her to do all kinds of emotions, which was good to showcase her range, but it's a bad woman role, and I couldn't feel much sympathy towards her even when she had to face her painful punishments. One thing for sure, she looked strikingly beautiful in the first half of the film, because she's got the wardrobe to do some serious catwalk!