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Chastain’s and Hathaway’s performances haven’t the precisely mannered intensity of Veerle Baetens and Anne Coesens in the original, but there’s interest in the duality of their takes on the Betty Draper ideal, driven to derangement by nerves and poise respectively.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
There are bright spots: Bill Camp introduces a welcome note of surly realism even at the height of the film’s most mannered lunacy, and a third-act cameo arrives just in time to almost save the day.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
There are bright spots: Bill Camp introduces a welcome note of surly realism even at the height of the film’s most mannered lunacy, and a third-act cameo arrives just in time to almost save the day.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannered. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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mannered
adjective
man·nered
ˈman-ərd 
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
mild-mannered
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