With her soulful saucer eyes and flinty resolve, Sarandon has always been an actress who shoots off sparks.
Shes a secret weapon with an all-too-rare knack for being able to elevate underwritten roles and transcend middling material.
Which is unfortunately what she has to do again here.
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Rather, its a subdued character study of a helpless woman tired of banging her head against bureaucratic walls.
And Sarandon finds that character in small, intimate gestures instead of big, grandstanding for-your-consideration arias.
Still,Viper Clubis an earnest and often engaging film thats undeniably heartfelt.
Its capital-I important and timely.
