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The Piano (1993)
Director
Jane Campion
Cast
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill.
Anna's role
Flora
Running time
121 minutes
Review
"...And the performance by Paquin, as the daughter, is one of the most
extraordinary examples of a child's acting in movie history. She probably
has more lines than anyone else in the film, and is as complex, too - able
to invent lies without stopping for a breath, and filled with enough anger
of her own that she tattles just to see what will happen." (Roger Ebert)
Review
Jane Eyre (1996)
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Cast
William Hurt,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Joan Plowright,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Billie Whitelaw,
Maria Schneider,
Fiona Shaw.
Anna's role
Young Jane Eyre
Running time
117 minutes
"...Paquin is like a burst of light, with her alert eyes and lively,
emotional face. In order to accept that Paquin could turn into the
sullen Gainsbourg, you have to think: That must have been a really
bad school. " (Mick LaSalle)
Review
Fly Away Home (1996)
Director
Carroll Ballard
Cast
Jeff Daniels,
Dana Delany,
Terry Kinney,
Holter Graham.
Anna's role
Amy Alden
Running time
107 minutes
"...Anna Paquin lives up to her Piano promise and gives an
excellent, spirited performance." (Davis Parkinson)
The Member of the Wedding (1997) (TV)
Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
Alfre Woodard,
Pat Hingle,
Enrico Colantoni,
Jack Landry,
Matt McGrath,
Joanne Pankow.
Anna's role
Frankie Addams
Running time
100 minutes
Amistad
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Anthony Hopkins,
Djimon Hounsou,
Morgan Freeman,
Matthew McConaughey,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Pete Postlethwaite.
Anna's role
Queen Isabella II
Running time
152 minutes
Review
HurlyBurly
Director
Anthony Drazan
Cast
Chazz Palminteri,
Sean Penn,
Meg Ryan,
Garry Shandling,
Kevin Spacey,
Robin Wright.
Anna's role
Donna
Running time
122 minutes
"...Anna Paquin is a piquant addition as the teenage couch potato who
nonchalantly turns tricks." (Tom Meek)
Review
She's All That
Director
Robert Iscove
Cast
Rachael Leigh Cook,
Freddie Prinze, Jr.,
Kevin Pollak,
Kieran Culkin,
Matthew Lillard,
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.
Anna's role
Mackenzie Siler
Running time
96 minutes
"...New Zealand's Anna Paquin, with relatively little to do is excellent." (Paul Fischer)
Review
A Walk on the Moon
Director
Tony Goldwyn
Cast
Diane Lane,
Viggo Mortensen,
Liev Schreiber,
Tovah Feldshuh,
Bobby Boriello.
Anna's role
Alison Kantrowitz
Running time
105 minutes
"...There's not a great deal amiss with the acting, especially
from the excellent Paquin, who fully delivers on the promise of
The Piano and Fly Away Home by bringing sensitivity to the role
of the politically aware, hormonally active teenager -albeit
without ever coming close to eclipsing Christina Ricci's
similar turn in The Ice Storm." (Trevor Lewis)
Review
X-Men
Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Hugh Jackman,
Patrick Stewart,
Ian McKellen,
Famke Janssen,
James Marsden,
Halle Berry,
Tyler Mane,
Ray Park,
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,
Bruce Davison.
Anna's role
Marie/Rogue
Running time
104 minutes
"...Paquin is especially affecting." (Bob Graham)
Review
All the Rage (a.k.a. It's the Rage)
Director
James D. Stern
Cast
Joan Allen,
Jeff Daniels,
Robert Forster,
André Braugher,
David Schwimmer,
Gary Sinise.
Anna's role
Annabel Lee
Running time
97 minutes
"...Paquin makes Annabel an irresistible weirdo." (Shirley Sealy)
Almost Famous
Director
Cameron Crowe
Cast
Billy Crudup,
Frances McDormand,
Kate Hudson,
Jason Lee,
Patrick Fugit,
Zooey Deschanel,
Michael Angarano,
Noah Taylor,
John Fedevich,
Mark Kozelek,
Fairuza Balk,
Olivia Rosewood,
Jimmy Fallon,
Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Anna's role
Polexia Aphrodesia
Running time
122 minutes
Review
Finding Forrester
Director
Gus Van Sant
Cast
Sean Connery,
Robert Brown,
F. Murray Abraham,
Busta Rhymes,
April Grace,
Michael Pitt,
Michael Nouri,
Richard Easton,
Glenn Fitzgerald,
Zane R. Copeland Jr.,
Stephanie Berry,
Fly Williams III,
James T. Williams,
Damany Mathis.
Anna's role
Claire Spence
Running time
133 minutes
"Anna Paquin is wonderful, although underused,
as Claire, who becomes a possible love interest
for Jamal. Given the character's potential and the
degree to which Paquin grasps her psyche (watch her
body language and look for the minute changes in
facial expression), it's a shame that Claire wasn't
given the opportunity for greater development."
(James Berardinelli)
Review
Buffalo Soldiers
Director
Gregor Jordan
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris.
Anna's role
Robyn Lee
Running time
98 minutes
"The film is filled with spot-on performances, by Harris, Glenn, Phoenix, and by Paquin, who has grown up after her debut in "The Piano" to become one of the most gifted actresses of her generation--particularly in tricky, emotion-straddling roles like this one." (Roger Ebert)
Review
Darkness
Director
Jaume Balagueró
Cast
Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini.
Anna's role
Regina
Running time
102 minutes
"The kids are stronger, particularly Paquin, whose freshness as Regina combines well with her fortitude as she takes over her mother's role and tries to save her folks." (Jonathan Holland)
Review
The 25th hour
Director
Spike Lee
Cast
Ed Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox.
Anna's role
Mary D'Annunzio
Running time
135 minutes
"Every actor in a significant role is superb... and Paquin makes us wish she would accept more acting jobs." (James Berardinelli)
X©÷
Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Brian Cox, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen.
Anna's role
Rogue
Running time
133 minutes