Yup, Dedication
I think the last time I saw Billy Crudup was in Big Fish.
His character, Henry, and Tom Wilkinson’s, Rudy, we wonderfully performed. Their surrogate father/son relationship had an honesty and warmth to it.
Mandy Moore’s character? Sketched on shirt cardboard with a #3 pencil. And she needs to stop letting Alice Cooper do her mascara.
At some point, the script required Billy Crudup’s character to act out of character in some nonsensical but predictable ways. If you see the movie you’ll recognize this point.