Tag: Stanley Tucci

• The Children Act Review – Not as well as you’d like

  

  The problem you encounter casting Stanley Tucci in literally any role is that he’s too preternaturally charming. You have to work against the unstoppable force of nature that he represents for us to do anything but love him. The Children Act unfortunately, is nothing but blandly directed and has to struggle against Ian McEwan’s second…

  E Warren

  September 5, 2018

  Film, Review

  Cinema, Drama, Emma Thompson, Film, Films, Fionn Whitehead, Ian McEwan, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Richard Eyre, Stanley Tucci, The Children Act, Two Stars

• Final Portrait Review – Unvarnished artistry

  

  There’s this dichotomy to Stanley Tucci’s filmmaking. People cast him because he can be the most charming person alive. Like, all he has to do is appear on screen and I’ll be totally on board with whatever he’s doing. Even when Peter Jackson is being the most manipulative and overt a filmmaker has ever gotten…

  E Warren

  August 28, 2017

  Film, Review

  Armie Hammer, Cinema, Clémence Poésy, Film, Films, Final Portrait, Four Stars, Geoffrey Rush, Movie, Movies, Olive Productions, Opinion, Potboiler Productions, Review, Stanley Tucci, Vertigo Releasing