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There is something about Kate Winslet that draws you in.
The actresss magnetism, deployed so often in romantic dramas to full effect (who wouldnt fall for her?
), is the kind that feels both ineffable and wholly grounded.
But that also means its just as easy to forget why we do so.
Namely: No one falls in love onscreen quite like Kate.
Rosy-cheeked and flush with unbridled optimism about the fancies of romance, her Marianne is an open book.
As Emma Thompsons Elinor puts it, Marianne does not approve of hiding her emotions.
James Camerons ambition is no doubt what madeTitanicsuch a phenomenon a cinematic event, really.
Im the king of the world!
I want you to draw me like one of your French girls).
Extras(2005)
Who knew Winslet could be this funny?
Thats perhaps what suited her so well for a guest-star turn in Ricky Gervaiss movie-set comedy.
she presciently quips) is a joy to watch.
Whats not surprising, though, is that the genre fit her like a glove.
ThisNancy Meyers home-swap comedycould feel, amid award-winning dramas and critically acclaimed period pieces, like minor Winslet.
Almost oppressively literal, Hanna all but forced Winslet to dim her own charm.
Revolutionary Road(2008)
Winslet has played her fair share of women grappling with ennui.
Ammonite(2020)
Winslets silver-screen work following her Oscar win was eclectic at best.
It explains why her work in Francis LeesAmmonitewas welcomed as a kind of return to form.
Mary is an oppressively interior character, yet shes offered to us quite openly.
Its no surprise to watch Winslet finding Mare less in her appearance than in her physicality.
