In a small astal town, ntractor John Maro (Joe Pantoliano) stggl to unrstand his wife, Mary (Marcia Gay Harn), when she starts behavg strangely. After a doctor's vis, they disver she has schizophrenia. Nothg the doctors do helps, however, so John mt live wh his wife's curable mental illns, while also helpg their nfed child Chris (Devon Gearhart) make sense of . But as Mary's mental state cl, John fds an unexpected source of fort his son.
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MARCIA GAY HARN: MARY MARO
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Marsha Gay Harn set the bar very high wh such a high gree believabily on the difficulty to role playg medil rpons to prcriptn meditn. His film benefs om persuasive, movg performanc om all three leads: Joe Pantoliano as John Maro, a nstctn worker; Marcia Gay Harn as Mary, his wife, and Devon Gearhart as their young son, Chris.
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Marcia Gay Harn fds a fe balance between madns and the temptatns of overactg. And for all the herent tennci to play as a soap opera, the overridg effect is one of sharg liv challenged by the prence of a cshg Maro (Marcia Gay Harn) has been afflicted wh paranoid schizophrenia for nearly two years and her disease has affected her marriage to her workg hband John (Joe Pantoliano his bt role to date) and her eleven year old son Chris (Devon Gearhart): John miss work to re for Mary and still pay for her mountg hospalizatn and medil bills and Chris suffers abe form his mockg school iends, equently havg to expla away his mother's erratic behavr.
The subject was touched upon such recent classics as Girl, Interpted and A Betiful Md, but Canvas tak a stance of advocy that is so startlgly rehg that will brg shivers up your Gay Harn plays mother and wife Mary Maro, afflicted wh paranoid schizophrenia.
And bravo to Marcia Gay Harn, Joe Pantoliano, and star on the horizon Devon Gearhart for their heartfelt performanc.
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Mary Maro (Marcia Gay Harn) suffered the onset of a schizophrenic disorr her early 40s, a uple years before the film's story begs, and her illns has ma life very difficult for her, her hband John (Joe Pantoliano), and their 10 year old son Chris (Devon Gearhart) Harn is que nvcg. What oled the film down a b for me however was a sappy ncln, leavg viewers wh a pleasant enough aftertaste but ultimately betrayg some of the honty and raw emotn portrayed the first two as the nuanced performanc of Joe Pantoliano and Marcia Gay Harn as the stgglg uple dig ep to our hearts, wrer-director Joseph Gre choos to go the safe route when wrappg up his small, dly powerful fay film. I felt the performanc by Joe Pantoliano and Marcia Gay Harn were spired, the film provid a passnate perspective on schizophrenia and the story was pellg.
Joe Pantoliano and Marcia Gay Harn are equally transcennt, as this movie sh om start to fish.
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Marcia Gay Harn attempts to brg Mary Maro, suburban wife and mother, some thenticy. Marcia Gay Harn giv an amazg performance as the wife and mother of Devon Gearhart, an 11 year old jt begng middle school.
And Marcia Gay Harn and Joe P are their ual solid nuanced performanc.
Some angl of special tert: Award wner Marcia Gay Harn plays Mary Maro, the mother, who be ill wh schizophrenia. My volunteer work as a teacher, advote & board member for NAMI (Natnal Alliance on Mental Illns)recently gave me an opportuny for a private screeng of the pennt film CANVAS - A Joseph Gre film featurg Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harn & Devon Gearhart.
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NAMI members have praised Marcia Gay Harn, Joe Pantoliano and Devon Gearhart for their performanc, which are marked by realism, balance and great sensivy. Marcia Gay Harn, who plays Mary, livers a heartfelt performance that ptur the character's pa and strength. In a small astal town, ntractor John Maro (Joe Pantoliano) stggl to unrstand his wife, Mary (Marcia Gay Harn), when she starts behavg strangely.
An timate tale of mental illns and s effects on a fay, Canvas has some hol, but the rtraed performanc of Pantalne and Gay-Harn kept me very terted. Joe Panteliano plays John, the father, a stgglg workg class man whose wife Mary (played betifully by Marsha Gay Harn) has been diagnosed wh schzphrenia.