Palermo Shooting

This film is unflinchingly pretentious, no doubt; how can it not be, with an artist as its main character and a conversation with Death as its climax. If there's one thing at fault, it's that Wenders doesn't allow the film's sulking mood to break, unlike Southland Tales ' canny and ultimately entertaining celebration of its own ridiculousness. ... Full Review

This film is unflinchingly pretentious, no doubt;....The Cannes crowd gleefully laughed, booed and viciously panned the film, calling it the worst of the fest..... ... Full Review

Wenders's once-considerable talent now seems virtually a lost cause.....he at least knows how to savour the script's more ludicrous resonances.....But he can still pick a decent jukebox-style soundtrack.... ... Full Review

Every time the film goes philosophical on us, the resulting dialogue is sententious and banal.....He tells one, in one of the movie's better moments, that.... ... Full Review

Palermo Shooting out of some masochistic desire to see just how bad it was going to get....the worst film....the stench of Palermo Shooting.... ... Full Review