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Why oh why was Toni Colette cast in this role?!!!!!!

Every time she is cast an "upper crust" character, it is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I find her and "overactor" - overly earnest and contrived. And let's be clear - in a role wherein she is meant to be refined and cultured - she is bloody awful!!!!! Note to casting - what about Cate Blanchette, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, and a hundred others? Did Toni (note - any name ending in and "i" indicates a certain lack of refinement) Colette have dirt on or is family to someone who was casting this?

I loved the actress playing the maid and the stepson is irresistible. The cinematography is absolutely luscious. However - to be clear -the only reason I know this is because I was stuck on a plane with the internet down and this was one of the few items I'd downloaded so I was stuck with it.

Based on a true story, so could have been so much better. Too many revisionist liberties a la "Shondaland" for my taste. The real story is insane enough - didn't need all the fictional embellishments.

Excellent and one of the best docs we've scene on the The DC hardcore scene. Very interesting insightful interviews with the original players and a great accompaniment to Dance of Days by Mark Anderson. One of the many interesting things we learned was that this scene was different than other punk scenes because a lot of these kids were children of white color parents who were forming policy in Washington and they had a lot to say about politics and society in a very smart, well-informed manner. So worth a watch.