![]() Haley Bennett and Peter Dinklage in 'Cyrano.' Metro Goldwyn Mayer ![]() But the musical flourishes work at best fitfully, in part because of the mediocrity of the songs, and in part because of those performing them, who are generally on firmer ground during the spoken dramatic interludes. It’s a hard story to screw up, and director Joe Wright (“Atonement,” and more recently “Darkest Hour”) doesn’t. The awkward solution is for Cyrano to write to her (and in the famous balcony scene, speak for him), expressing his love for Roxanne without revealing the source or his true feelings. The play turned movie under many different guises now adds a film version of the musical, “Cyrano,” which provides a fine showcase for Peter Dinklage in a different take on the tortured hero but doesn’t hit enough high notes to distinguish its unstained plume.ĭinklage trades in the customary prosthetic nose for his stature, which provides the impediment here to expressing his love for his cousin Roxanne (Haley Bennett), whose fondness for him is strictly platonic.īut of course, Roxanne has fallen for the handsome Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), who despite his striking features lacks confidence or style when it comes to the art of romance. ![]() ![]() “Cyrano de Bergerac” has been the model of a tragic love triangle for 125 years, often imitated but seldom equaled. ![]()
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