Venice Film Festival review
Venice Film Festival review
FILM REVIEWS
FILM REVIEWS
By : Quick Insurance Guru
By : Quick Insurance Guru
Friday, 2 September 2022
Friday, 2 September 2022
This sprawling, deeply personal film tips into self-indulgence, though there are powerful moments
This sprawling, deeply personal film tips into self-indulgence, though there are powerful moments
Daniel Giménez Cacho winningly inhabits this alter-ego, who also shares with the multiple-Oscar-winning director
Daniel Giménez Cacho winningly inhabits this alter-ego, who also shares with the multiple-Oscar-winning director
It’s clear from the first moments that this is a film propelled by a restless invention, a surrealist dream logic
It’s clear from the first moments that this is a film propelled by a restless invention, a surrealist dream logic
But it’s hard to shake off the cloying sense of self-indulgence and self-pity.
But it’s hard to shake off the cloying sense of self-indulgence and self-pity.
Such puerile episodes alternate with more earnest ones.
Such puerile episodes alternate with more earnest ones.
The most authentic and come closest to giving the film the heart it so badly needs.
The most authentic and come closest to giving the film the heart it so badly needs.
Making a meandering, 174-minute, self-regarding epic is a bold move, especially since Iñárritu is far from first to the party
Making a meandering, 174-minute, self-regarding epic is a bold move, especially since Iñárritu is far from first to the party
By contemplating his own existence from every conceivable angle, Iñárritu has tried to go one better — and he has come up short.
By contemplating his own existence from every conceivable angle, Iñárritu has tried to go one better — and he has come up short.