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Is she "comically over the top, attention-grabbing and at times hysterical" (Anthony Tommasini, the New York Times ), or is she simply a "captivating comic presence" (Charles Isherwood, Variety )? Not everyone loved the production: New York 's Peter Davis says, "[T]he characters [are] foggily defined and the heart of the opera left unexamined."
The New York Times ' Janet Maslin, on the other hand, says the "audaciously beautiful imagery, captivating symmetries and brilliantly facile tricks" redeem the film.
So we have turned to objects that make holes in faces and bodies--unique or multiple, public or intimate, ferociously unnatural, undeniably captivating, and faintly horrifying.
As we look into the sun, all is a silvery glitter, a captivating light show with this one color.
Christie "renders such a captivating performance that she alone justifies the price of admission," says Variety 's Leonard Klady.