So how do you explain this paradox: Men love women.

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And we have the eternal paradox where women, historically reputed to crave stability, love change.

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Hawkes presents a gaunt and gentle threat, not least when he croons a love song to the violated heroine, while Olsen is a beautiful paradox: an actress holding together a movie as a woman who is coming apart.

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