Rupert Friend Is Someone to Watch in the Coming Years
For those of you who know the Collette stories this movie was based on, Cheri, the part played by Rupert Friend, is a rather shallow, unsympathetic character who realizes too late how much he had once loved someone.
With any other actor, this part could have been played two dimensional. In fact, if the character of Cheri was not more fleshed out, the complete premise of why the Michelle Pfeiffer character would have fallen in love with him in the first place would not have worked.
As it stands, because of Rupert's performance and the depth and poignancy he brought to his character, the movie was a triumph. A bittersweet love story, brilliantly acted and a story for the ages.