Tetro

Tetro is deeply flawed, messily structured and not entirely satisfying.... ... Full Review

Tetro is deeply flawed, messily structured and not entirely satisfying.... ... Full Review

sums up the paradoxical allure of this film:....The ravaged Gallo and the lost, fresh-faced Ehrenreich provide startlingly eloquent images of, respectively, squandered promise and innocence on the brink of experience.....And he's shot them the way Williams' favorite director, Elia Kazan , would have done it:....an experimental film from Francis Ford Coppola that has the sizzle and vim of his great narrative work..... ... Full Review

In Tetro, it is the seductive power of artistic genius and fame that will both leave a family broken and bind its wounds.....That is how the conversation between the long-estranged brothers of Tetro begins in Francis Ford Coppola's haunting, beautiful and often frustrating new film..... ... Full Review

However, the film is enjoyable as another verse in a long career that often resembles poetic verse more than straightforward filmmaking.....Secondly, he can evoke amazing performances.....an Oedipal story as simple as anything ever told on film..... ... Full Review

Tetro' is a fascinating but frustrating work....That is how the conversation between the long-estranged brothers of "Tetro" begins in Francis Ford Coppola's haunting, beautiful and often frustrating new film..... ... Full Review

For this viewer, Tetro was initially infuriating....Coppola's latest film wild, weird....It has boring stretches.... ... Full Review

After defining the 1970s with a series of classic pictures -....The lament is central to the movie's theme of talent marred by family distemper and cruel fate....It's nice sleight-of-hand by Coppola, who in penning his first original film story....and this includes a renewed interest in the fine details of cinematography, sound and score..... ... Full Review

A bold, bustling and big-hearted family drama set in Buenos Aires, Tetro may not stand with Coppola's classics but it's rich with wonders.....The story of Francis Ford Coppola's career arc over the last five decades is so wildly improbable....his performance is a vital reminder of just how good an actor he can be.....which would've given Tetro another connection to Rumble Fish besides its lustrous black-and-white cinematography -.... ... Full Review

slightly less intense than usual Tetro, it develops, intentionally and forcefully removed himself from the family following a personal tragedy.....serve to speed the discovery process in regard to Tetro's tale of torment..... ... Full Review