Review: 'The Messenger' Nov 21, 2009
Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton ... Samantha Morton plays a war widow with whom the young sergeant strikes up a friendship ... Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton. (San Francisco Chronicle)
‘The Messenger’ serves notice about the casualties of war Nov 20, 2009
Montgomery pursues a relationship with one of the widows (Samantha Morton) he had to notify ... Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. (Boston Globe)
Ben Foster addresses grief and loss in ‘The Messenger’ Nov 15, 2009
Along the way he connects with a recent widow, played by Samantha Morton. To prepare for the film, Moverman, Foster, and Harrelson spent time with the wounded at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. (Boston Globe)
David Denby: “The Messenger” and “The Box.” Nov 10, 2009
In violation of every Army rule, Will becomes attached to Olivia (Samantha Morton), the white widow of an African-American soldier, who has a young son. Moverman lets many of the scenes play at length, drawing us into the moment-by-moment shifts in mood; the scenes between Harrelson and Foster are all superb, but the movie s pulse slackens a bit when Morton is allowed to hold the camera too long. Morton was passive and mute in Woody Allen s Sweet and Lowdown ; she was one of the seers floating... (New Yorker)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Nov 1, 2009
Also nominated: Paddy Considine - My Summer of LoveGary Stretch - Dead Man's ShoesRomola Garai - Inside I'm Dancing Samantha Morton - Enduring Love. Best director. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
A look at this fall’s movies Sep 13, 2009
Things get complicated when Foster develops feeling for one of the widows (Samantha Morton) he notifies. Oren Moverman s muted drama hits theaters after a full lap of the major film festivals. (Boston Globe)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Jul 6, 2009
Also nominated: Paddy Considine - My Summer of LoveGary Stretch - Dead Man's ShoesRomola Garai - Inside I'm Dancing Samantha Morton - Enduring Love. Best director. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Synecdoche, New York May 11, 2009
He's the real theatre director and he's giving notes to Hazel (Samantha Morton), who seems to have loved him for about 20 years, which is how long he's been working on this play. "It is a play about dating," says Caden (Hoffman) to Hazel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: Swedish vampire, 'Elegy,' Giancarlo Giannini Mar 20, 2009
It is mostly bleak, though still worth seeing because it isn't dull, and the cast also includes Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Hope Davis and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Watching this, it's also difficult to make the case that there's a better actor in movies now than Hoffman. (USA Today -- Life)
French lovers and Iraq vets Feb 14, 2009
Maybe that's no surprise with an actress like Samantha Morton, who plays a widow befriended by Foster. I've never seen Morton give a bad, or even a merely adequate, performance -- she's the only contemporary actress who can break my heart with nothing but the curve of her smile. (Salon)
