Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006 imaginary biopic

Rating: 9/20 (Jen: 11/20)

Plot: Diane (pronounced pretentiously as Dee-anne) is a housewife with dreams of being a photographer but tries to feel comfortable in a role assisting her photographer husband. When a masked stranger who later turns out to be an extraordinarily hairy stranger (a dog man) moves into her building, she allows herself to be seduced. A brand new Diane emerges as her dreams and fantasies are unleashed. A midget, a woman with no arms, a giant, another midget, another midget, and conjoined twins join in on the fun.

Yuck. I think I'd rather eat a handful of my own hair than watch this again. The actors seemed hypnotized. At least Robert Downey Jr. had a bunch of hair all over him to make his job more difficult. What was Nicole Kidman's problem?At times, the dialogue in this was so bad that it didn't even seem like the actors were on the same page in the script. There was a lot in this that looked very good (especially the naked fat woman within the first five minutes of the movie!), but I couldn't connect emotionally. A very flat, implausible movie.

Here's my chin trying to earn an Academy award:

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