See my #289 this thread...it was emant for you also..it was a really good film. She's not really pretty, in the classic sense, but she can most definitely act..Thanks for recommending....when you were describingthe plot, I thought it was that awful film with Micahel Douglas and Melanie Griffith..similar premise....especially in the beginning..do you know which film came first?
I'm not sure what film you're referring to specifically, but I'm postitive that it was not nearly as good as "Charlotte Gray". It probably came out before, considering that this film was only released in 2002.
I don't know if she's beautiful in the conventional, socially approved sense of the word. I don't think a "classic" definition of beauty is possible, unless you take the sculptures of Myron to be the standard for classical beauty.
Personally, I think Blanchett is drop-dead gorgeous, in the same way that Rachel Grififths is.