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Film Review: Canvas

By Nils A. Shapiro gentler, more gracious confidence and understanding that is a revelation; how
guy than Joey. One many other actors are trapped by typecasting and have
“The more movies I evening, when one such unexplored regions within their talent?...Marcia
see, the more I wonder at of my daughters was Gay Harden finds a fine balance between madness and
what actors can do,” said visiting us from New the temptations of overacting ... and as the son, Devon
the late Roger Ebert, in York with her family, Gearhart, who is at the center of many of the crucial
his glowing review of this we went to dinner at scenes, has an unaffected and natural sincerity that is
film when it was released a small neighborhood effective and convincing.”
way back in 2007. Italian restaurant. I It is not often one sees a film with as much heart as
It no longer surprises didn’t notice him, but Canvas. It is well worth your time.
me that some of the most Joey spotted us, came *****
beautifully made films, over and asked to Aside from the studio’s DVD of Canvas, if you are
and some of the finest acting performances, are meet everyone. Since a Boca Raton public library cardholder you can see this
completely overlooked at awards time if their casts don’t he had just appeared film on your home TV by taking advantage of the library’s
include one or more of the A-list blockbuster names, and in the film Jurassic Hoopla streaming service – one of two such services that
their studios don’t provide Warner Bros.-style distribution Park, they recognized come with the card, and just one of the many benefits of
or heavy marketing campaigns running up to the Oscars. him at once; it made signing up for a free library card. 
That’s why most of you reading this column are likely never their day.)
to have heard of Canvas, which opened to unanimously rave For anyone unfamiliar with the symptoms of this
reviews by the nation’s most respected critics. mental illness, Marcia Gay Harden’s portrayal of a Advertise,
Starring Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden and schizophrenic, even according to the experts, is near
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praised the film as unusually accurate and sympathetic, patience, but the embarrassment the son faces in front
an achievement due in no small part to the fact that of his friends and classmates is even more horrific when
writer-director Joseph Greco was influenced by his own his mother “acts crazy” by being over-demonstrative, Are You Watching
childhood with a schizophrenic mother. and then when the police arrive at their home to handcuff
But it is the uniformly magnificent, understated her “for her own safety” in front of the neighbors, and Your Speed?
performances by all three of the leading characters that take her to an asylum for rehabilitation before she can
make this film so convincing. Pantoliano (affectionately be returned to her family.
known to his friends in the movie industry as “Joey In her quieter moments, the wife turns to oil painting Please obey all posted speed limit
Pants”) is widely considered to be one of today’s finest as a release from the stresses in her life. Her husband, a signs throughout Boca Pointe for the
character actors. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, you will construction worker, takes time off from his job to build a safety of our residents. As a reminder,
recognize his face from his many screen appearances and sailboat in their backyard, hoping that, for her, sailing will the speed limits are as follows:
from his acclaimed role on several episodes of TV’s long bring back memories of their early, happy days together Boca Pointe Drive 30mph
ago hit series, The Sopranos. and help the healing process. The title of the film refers Via de Sonrisa del Norte 25mph
(In the interests of full disclosure, I must say that I to the canvas of the paintings and the sails. Promenade Drive 20mph
have been a fan of Joey’s ever since my wife, Linda, and If you consider yourself to be someone who appreciates SPEEDING FINES ARE
I got to know him when we were living in Los Angeles fine acting performances, consider the following from one BEING ENFORCED!! 
before we moved to Boca. I cannot think of a sweeter, critic: “Pantoliano brings to all of these dimensions a

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