Julianne Moore on Ellen Barkin in 'Another Happy Day'

Published: Get married., November. 23, 2011, 12:00pm PTBy 'Another Happy Day'Moore"Ellen's character, Lynn, can be quite wounded, greatly vulnerable and desperate. She's infuriating, but she also really grabs at the heart. You actually sense of her. You believe, 'Oh my gosh, this poor lady never feels pleased with what she's inside a family.' It's that innate childishness in Ellen's performance that's absolutely fascinating. This can be a character that has every great intention on the planet to become a good parent and who thinks herself to become a good parent. But she makes mistakes absolutely everywhere. Ellen handles to become incredibly moving and, simultaneously, she's very, very funny.There is a really compelling scene where Ezra Burns will get angry at her. Ellen collapses psychologically. However the thing is her go. Inside a strange kind of way, she eventually ends up being supportive like a terrible mother. You watch her parent this child in ways that appears crazy. When he functions out, she does not get angry with him.I understand Ellen's work pretty completely. For a number of people, to determine a performance where she's that vulnerable, that desperate, that childish, it is a huge departure from who she's.InchCome back towards the SAG Preview Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com