The Grandeur of Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds in 'Mississippi Grind'

A lot of people in Karlovy Vary (and elsewhere) are talking about Ben Mendelsohn’s performance in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s “Mississippi Grind,” and with good reason; he’s brilliant in it. But as good as he is I don’t think you can separate his performance from that of his co-star Ryan Reynolds, whose charming, affable Curtis offers Mendelsohn’s schlubby, sad-sack Gerry a lifeline, as he does the film. Without Curtis, we would bail on Gerry about as fast as you can say, “weak link,” despite his sweet nature. Both are gamblers, Gerry of the unstoppable variety. He’ll do almost anything to get money to use on a poker game or at the casino, including steal from his ex-wife, always with the...

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