Cyrano (Amazon Prime)
You know when you finally watch a film you intended to watch
and your reaction is, ”What the hell”? I had no idea Cyrano was a musical; I am
not a musical kind of guy. But in truth is this is a hybrid of a musical and a historical
story. The long meaty nose of the original Cyrano De Bergerac is replaced by the diminutive height of Peter Dinklage.
This is a clever, beautiful and tender movie. The songs are excellent and support
the narrative. I have no ability to critique singing, but the songs sounded damn good. Haley Bennett, who plays Roxanne, clearly
is a trained singer. I think Peter Dinklage does speak singing in a singular octave.
Visually the film is beautiful. The period costumes and make
up are wonderful. I think for men’s makeup they used Marilyn Mason as their
inspiration. The sets are limited to a small town and a battlefield filmed in Sicily.
I enjoyed the film more than I expected. Dinklage gave a heartfelt
performance and his unrequited love for Roxanne is palpable. Kevin Harrison Jr.
, who plays Christian de Neuvillette, is Roxanne’s tongue
tied love interest. Ben Mendelson plays Colonel De Guichi, is totally unrecognizable,
another casualty of makeup. The entire cast were excellent.
Unfortunately Cyrano was a victim of
Covid. The production cost was $30m with a box office of $6.4m but it has a
Rotten Tomato score of 86%. The good news for us it costs only $5.99 to rent.
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