 Hollywood continues to mine the comics business with the Frank Miller-created Elektra, starring Jennifer Garner (of TV's Alias) as the Marvel Comics superheroine. The movie itself is receiving a lousy reception from critics, but Garner has obviously wowed them. Chris Kaltenbach of the Baltimore Sun writes that she brings "such unbridled energy and sexuality to her performance, one barely notices the movie itself." Peter Howell in the Toronto Star, while calling the film "a dreary mess," notes that nevertheless, it "bears the promise of Garner's brief excitement in the otherwise stultifying Daredevil, and she's an actress of impressive range." Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune says that the movie "is as bad as they come" and doesn't even have a complimentary word for the star. "Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one," he writes. And Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal concludes: "Jennifer Garner deserves better than this." |
