Not a Kidman fan and I can see your perspective. I don't usually think she gives a good performance.
That said, I think this was the only role in which she tore into the character. I like Daldry's direction, and feel Woolf's torment was quite palpable without the need for histrionics, chewing scenery and huge soliloquies (thought she delivered the one at the station quite well. And the actor who played her husband was excellent).
Maybe if Kidman had chosen more roles like this one, she wouldn't have been so routinely typecast.
Not a Kidman fan and I can see your perspective. I don't usually think she gives a good performance.
That said, I think this was the only role in which she tore into the character. I like Daldry's direction, and feel Woolf's torment was quite palpable without the need for histrionics, chewing scenery and huge soliloquies (thought she delivered the one at the station quite well. And the actor who played her husband was excellent).
Maybe if Kidman had chosen more roles like this one, she wouldn't have been so routinely typecast.
Just my thoughts. Keep doing what you're doing!
Sophia