Closing Night review – fiery women face off in Almodóvar-lite melodrama

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Toronto film festival: Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts and Dianne Wiest are all impressive in actor-turned-director Cody Fern’s debut but they’re left strandedThere are three relatively substantive roles for female actors over the age of 50 in actor-turned-film-maker Cody Fern’s talky drama Closing Night. It’s a sadly impressive feat even at a time when the industry has slowly become more aware that women don’t get sent to a farm upstate after their 40th birthday.Instead they usually get sent to work