Every year has a set of breakout performances.
In 1999, one of those belongs to Sarah Polley. While it's too early to be handing out my personal citations for the year's best actress, Polley figures to be in the running. Guinevere is a smartly written, often insightful female coming of age movie. Although many of the broad strokes in Welles' picture may seem familiar, the subtle rhythms are richer and more fully textured than what we have come to expect from pictures of this sort. Portraying 21 year-old Harper Sloane without a hint of artifice, Polley is a standout from the moment she first appears on screen during the movie's initial scene.