All three women received terrific portrayals, especially Elektra.
VanDerWerff felt that "the action setpieces in this episode and the next one are really terrific", and praised William B. Davis' portrayal of The Smoking Man.
"The disappeared" had no contact, and if the playwright sometimes stumbles trying to convey what they must have felt, her message gains terrific force from the portrayals of the three mothers by Terry Ashe-Croft, Isabel Segovia and Betty Winsett.
Stacy Keach played a washed-up boxer in Stockton, Susan Tryrell earned an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress for her portrayal of his drink-besotted girlfriend, and Jeff Bridges was terrific as a younger fighter with a less-than-promising future.
"They were hugging him and holding him, saying 'Oh my God, it's Dave Schultz again!'" The film, she feels, is a stunningly accurate portrayal of what happened and Ruffalo's performance as Dave is "terrific".
Variety praised the film, calling it a "blazing, cinematic comic book, full of virtuoso moviemaking, terrific momentum, solid performances and a compelling story...Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast in a machine-like portrayal that requires only a few lines of dialog".
Tonight's terrific two-hour opening should, because of Mr. Lumet's writing and directing and Alan Arkin's superbly real, understated portrayal of Joe Rifkind, a thoughtful judge so prone to giving criminals every chance at redemption that his nickname is Let-'em-Go Joe.
Nominations for the 2012 ALMA Awards which honor the positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment field—have been announced, and this year's 65 nominees exemplify the terrific year Latinos have had in music, television and film.
