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"... it’s supremely fortunate that Sorrentino was able to enlist Jane Fonda, who struts in deliberately over-made-up and foul-mouthed in Joan Crawford/Ava Gardner mode and brutally tells it like it is to a man who has directed her many times."
"Jane Fonda’s brief turn is indelible... Brenda is something of a monster — one finds them peppered throughout Sorrentino’s films — and Fonda grabs hold of the role with all her consummate presence, a tough-as-nails aging woman quick to deride others but not capable of holding up a mirror to herself."
"Jane Fonda is unexpectedly interesting, caked unflatteringly in full-on Norma Desmond make up, but getting to deliver one of the film's best exchanges, full of acid and meta-commentary on the movies and TV."
