Rose Byrne arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle Woussen)
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![Mimics are uncanny creatures, and those who nail such accuracies as a tight smile, a momentary glimmer of panic in the eyes, posture and body language, come close to what Shirley MacLaine would call “channeling.”
That’s what Rose Byrne does with Helen. You watch Byrne as Helen, and you think you know that woman. Helen is so unlikable, and yet so pathetic (watch how she reacts to her stepchildrens’ contempt for her: with a manic laugh, desperation flickering in her eyes), that you can’t help but feel sorry for her. She’s the type of woman who complains that she doesn’t have female friends, not realizing that her friendlessness is directly related to her compulsive language of veiled insults, and her clear contempt for all other women. If Helen had been played as a straight-up Cruella De Vil villain, it would have missed the mark. As it is, it’s a breakout performance by an actress with an uncanny gift. [x]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pfptNG8D1qm85wvo1_400.png)
Mimics are uncanny creatures, and those who nail such accuracies as a tight smile, a momentary glimmer of panic in the eyes, posture and body language, come close to what Shirley MacLaine would call “channeling.”
That’s what Rose Byrne does with Helen. You watch Byrne as Helen, and you think you know that woman. Helen is so unlikable, and yet so pathetic (watch how she reacts to her stepchildrens’ contempt for her: with a manic laugh, desperation flickering in her eyes), that you can’t help but feel sorry for her. She’s the type of woman who complains that she doesn’t have female friends, not realizing that her friendlessness is directly related to her compulsive language of veiled insults, and her clear contempt for all other women. If Helen had been played as a straight-up Cruella De Vil villain, it would have missed the mark. As it is, it’s a breakout performance by an actress with an uncanny gift. [x]
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![It would have been far too easy to play Helen as a generic “mean girl,” and a lazier, less curious actress would have gone that route. But Byrne saw an opportunity in this role to reveal something much more subtle and poignant about the kind of woman who has it all. [x]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pfdfQmAb1qm85wvo1_400.png)
It would have been far too easy to play Helen as a generic “mean girl,” and a lazier, less curious actress would have gone that route. But Byrne saw an opportunity in this role to reveal something much more subtle and poignant about the kind of woman who has it all. [x]
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