I also was happy to see Harriet Harris pop up as Barbara Rose, a wealthy if inebriated socialite who literally gets a dressing-down.
By the way, Leslie Manville, who plays the devoted sister of Daniel Day-Lewis' haughty designer, just opened to raves in London.
She's co-starring with Jeremy Irons as Mary and James Tyrone in O'Neill's legendary ''Long Day's Journey Into Night.''
As for ''Phantom Thread,'' the production design and costumes were classy, and the Oscar-nominated performances, polished.
Spoiler: But what's the point of this plot: That a woman can keep her man in line if she cooks with poisonous mushrooms?
The story is so contrived and ''Thread''-bare that one is tempted to say that this Emperor, or director, has no clothes. |
