Into the light Jul 27, 2009
While the Nicoles and the Cates of the world have been on the red carpet doing all those bloody glamorous things that movie stars do, Collette has been busy as an overweight loser in Porpoise Spit (Muriel's Wedding), a terrified, trashy mum (The Sixth Sense), a suicidal mum in a knitted hippie hat (About a Boy), an overweight (again) and depressed sister (In Her Shoes), an exhausted mum with a neurotic family (), blind and crackers (The Night Listener) and on it goes ... "I don't know how things... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Australians in action Jul 19, 2009
Working both in Australia and America, Collette has built an impressive movie portfolio that lists Emma, The Sixth Sense, Changing Lanes, About a Boy, In Her Shoes, Connie and Carla, and Little Miss Sunshine among others. The versatile star has also participated in theatre, and is the lead singer of the band Toni Collette inish. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
‘My Sister’s Keeper’ alters the novel, but not the need for hankies Jun 26, 2009
Stepping further out onto the dramatic limb she explored in In Her Shoes, Diaz at least gets her hooks into the dilemma that drives her character relentlessly forward: A corporate lawyer on long-term leave, Sara treats her daughter s cancer as a case she can t afford to lose. The role s a rich piece of Bad Mom melodrama, and a more daring actress might have taken it to operatic heights. (Boston Globe)
Looking for the right words for friends Apr 29, 2009
I almost settled on reading the cummings poem "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)," but then a friend told me that Cameron Diaz reads it in the movie "In Her Shoes.". I will not read a poem that Cameron Diaz has read in a movie. (Boston Globe)
