I have mixed feelings about this Francis Ford Coppola project. Set in Buenos Aires, it follows the reunification of two brothers and the overcoming of numerous boundaries that had been in place between them.
Vincent Gallo stars as Angelo Tetrocini and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich as his younger brother. Shot mostly in black and white and slowly paced, the film hearkens back to something that Coppola might have made 30 years ago. I'm not sure that black and white was the best choice but I'm not sure it hurt the film either. Vincent Gallo can be an annoying actor but his energy was somehow right for this part.
The sum of the parts is greater than the whole here as it is a very flawed film that stays with you after you've seen it.
A big twisting reveal occurs at the end of the film but this wasn't as much of a shocking surprise as it should have been.
I imagine that this film gathered more attention outside of the U.S. than within...
