“Matt Damon: His performance captivated me. I believed so much in this character’s conscious and underlying motives. Damon does a great job portraying the character as a scared, little boy looking for a true identity.
Jude Law: In my mind, there is no one who plays the spoiled, playboy, millionaire better than Jude Law. While watching the film, I had to keep reminding myself that this was indeed Jude Law. His character reminds me of someone we’ve all met or interacted with at one point in our lives. Gwyneth Paltrow’s character points it out best, ‘The thing with Dickie… it’s like the sun shines on you, and it’s glorious. And then he forgets you and it’s very, very cold.’ I think all of us, at one point, have known that person.
Gwyneth Paltrow: She turns in a very solid, nuanced performance by playing the relatively silent, hopeless romantic. Trying desperately to see the good in Dickie, she blindly accepts his faults without realizing the damage it does to herself and the individuals around her.
Freddie Miles: What else can I say? Phillip. Seymour. Hoffman. He may be the most unlikeable character in the film and no one but Mr. Hoffman could make him so repugnant. He plays a similar character to Jude Laws’ Dickie Greenleaf, but with an heir of snobbish, uncaring, and narcissistic quality that makes him far more gratuitous than Dickie.
As for the other players, Cate Blanchett, Jack Davenport, and James Rebhorn, all add their own little quirks and curiosities to the film. This a superbly well-casted film, and I implore you to revisit the movie if you have not watched it in a while.”
