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They turned in their father and refuse to speak to Ruth unless she cuts ties all together with the imprisoned Madoff.

As Ruth, Pfeiffer convincingly portrays a pampered woman left with utterly nothing - sheвЂ™s lost her homes, status and, most important, her relationship with her sons.

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The most impressive performance in the movie comes from Michelle Pfeiffer as MadoffвЂ™s wife, Ruth, who spent nearly her entire life supporting and relying on her husband, only to have all of that shattered in an instant.

SheвЂ™s about to lose to incarceration her husband of 50 years - the man she calls вЂњmy lifelineвЂќ - and Pfeiffer, all raw and fragile, has a way of cracking open your heart.

To play the devastated Ruth, Pfeiffer takes on a Queens accent that isnвЂ™t so thick that itвЂ™s cartoonish.

You wanna make me feel worse?вЂќ ItвЂ™s that type of moment that makes it such a remarkable feeling to see Pfeiffer on screen again.В вЂ“В Christopher Lawrence, Las Vegas Review-Journal вЂњThatвЂ™s nonsense.вЂќ вЂњThanks,вЂќ she replies, dryly.

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Russell, вЂњThe Wizard of LiesвЂ™ вЂќ greatest special effect is Pfeiffer.В вЂњWhat do I have to do with it? Why does the world hate me? They all think IвЂ™m some kind of a mastermind,вЂќ her Ruth complains as she matter-of-factly readies her jewelry to give to family and friends so she can swallow a bowl full of Ambien and die in peace.В вЂњBut anybody in the know knows you werenвЂ™t the mastermind,вЂќ Bernie tells her.

while itвЂ™s a relief to once again see De Niro in a quality project that has nothing to do with Martin Scorsese or David O. So you can imagine how thrilling it was to see the actress, whoвЂ™s worked rather sparingly this millennium, as Ruth Madoff to Robert De NiroвЂ™s Bernie in вЂњThe Wizard of LiesвЂќ (8 p.m. Michelle Pfeiffer steals scenes in HBOвЂ™s Bernie Madoff movie: I spent a good portion of my adolescence knowing with full certainty that, if I were ever granted a dying wish, it would be for Michelle Pfeiffer to serenade me with вЂњCool Rider,вЂќ her big number from вЂњGrease 2.вЂќ Even today, were I given, say, three dying wishes, that still would be firmly in the mix.I ainвЂ™t Bonnie.вЂќ вЂ“ Robert Rorke, New York Post вЂњHow am I Bonnie?вЂќ she asks, cigarette dangling. ThatвЂ™s the tragedy of it.вЂќ Her deadpan reaction when a newscaster compares her to Bonnie Parker may win Pfeiffer an Emmy. During a prison visit, she tells him, вЂњEven if you had told me, IвЂ™m not sure I would have turned you in. Pfeiffer, using a nasal outerborough accent, really delivers,В showing how RuthвЂ™s reluctant awareness of her husbandвЂ™s depravity presents its own moral quandary.When her hairdresser of 15 years refuses to keep Ruth on as a client, we see the reality of her husbandвЂ™s crimes finally hit home. вЂњWhatвЂ™s a Ponzi scheme?вЂќ Ruth asks in an early scene.

Pfeiffer is perfectly cast as the wife who slowly realizes the deliberateness with which she avoided learning anything about her husband, his business, her complicity in it all.

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вЂThe Wizard of LiesвЂ™ вЂ“ MichelleвЂ™s first HBO movie with Robert De Niro, finally hit the TV screen tonight at 8:00pm in the U.S time, tons of reviews justВ cameВ out these few days and most of them really LOVE MichelleвЂ™s performance and praise her amazing Ruth Madoff accent, here are the highlights: Only those you trust can truly betray you вЂ“ вЂTHE WIZARD OF LIESвЂ™В Reviews Summary

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