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Tetro (2009)

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Reviews Counted:69

Fresh:47

Rotten:22

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: A complex meditation on family dynamics, Tetro's arresting visuals and emotional core compensate for its uneven narrative.

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Almost four decades after he wrote THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola returns to original screenwriting with this personal drama about an Argentine-Italian family. TETRO stars Vincent Gallo and... Almost four decades after he wrote THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola returns to original screenwriting with this personal drama about an Argentine-Italian family. TETRO stars Vincent Gallo and features editing from the legendary Walter Murch. [More]

Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer

Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
Studio: American Zoetrope

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Tetro is huge in its ambition, frequently operatic in its style and, on balance, impressive in its achievement.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
05/18/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Coppola’s self-involved family drama Tetro feels like an attempt by the filmmaker to recapture his youthful for appetite for moviemaking and art. Which makes Tetro sound a lot better than it is.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
05/18/09
Jonathan Crocker
Jonathan Crocker
Little White Lies

Forcefully acted and sumptuously shot in gleaming black and white, it is an artistic picture that occasionally – nay, frequently – strains too hard for credibility, as Coppola’s script shoots for nothing less than tragedy.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
05/16/09
Jamie Graham
Jamie Graham
Total Film

It's not a catastrophe, but neither is it a classic, and a big problem is Coppola's self-penned script, an Oedipal drama that may as well be subtitled An Oedipal Drama, because subtlety is not its strongest suit.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/15/09
Damon Wise
Damon Wise
Empire Magazine
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The film's visual beauty is not enough to compensate for its somewhat static feel, though, or the unbelievability of several of the characters.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
05/15/09
Scotsman

[Builds] towards a cathartic third-act sequence (set among the glaciers of Patagonia) which does, finally, possess a sort of weird power. But it’s a long stretch to get there.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
05/14/09
Lee Marshall
Lee Marshall
Screen International

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Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
10/30/09
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

Mostly dull stuff but has its moments when it sparkles, as it muses over the Oedipal Complex like a madman throwing his clothes out the window.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/30/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Tetro is a delirious surprise -- an experimental film from Francis Ford Coppola that has the sizzle and vim of his great narrative work.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
09/18/09
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

What threatens to be a mere exercise in style proves to be as involving as it is inventive.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
09/17/09
Calvin Wilson
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Francis Ford Coppola has never been the most subtle or unpretentious of filmmakers. But if anything, he's gotten even more self-indulgent and stuffy ever since he set his sights and cameras on Europe and South America.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/10/09
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Tetro moves and startles

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/25/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

The performances, particularly from relative newcomer Alden Ehrenreich, will keep you engaged.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/14/09
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

While Coppola seems revitalized by quoting from movies he studied at UCLA film school, what ultimately makes Tetro so compelling is the filmmaker's return to the motifs that made his 1970s films powerful.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/14/09
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail

What makes it eminently watchable is the craft. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. films in luscious widescreen monochrome that looks almost wet. Osvaldo Golijov's score is another pleasure.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment 2 Comments
08/14/09
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star

'Tetro' is absorbing, daring and proof that, even now, Coppola's famous reach does not exceed his creative grasp.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
08/08/09
Rossiter Drake
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

The acting is terrific.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
08/07/09
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Old-fashioned melodramatic claptrap, served up in ridiculously overblown style...another deeply embarrassing misfire from a man once considered a major American filmmaker.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
08/06/09
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

It is interesting. Better, it is quite possibly great.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
07/31/09
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

Coppola has made something personal and intimate that, while not brilliant, sticks to the grand, operatic themes that made him famous.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/30/09
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
 
 
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