An average movie

Even though he is way past his prime, I still try to watch all the movies starring Robert De Niro. This movie is probably one of the most obscure he has made in the last decade but it was not one of his worst (alright, it doesn’t mean much nowadays…). I hadn't heard much about this flick but I was rather intrigued since there was a rather impressive cast (F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert De Niro, Émilie Dequenne, Harvey Keitel, Samuel Le Bihan, Dominique Pinon). Unfortunately, even though the story was intriguing, I can't say I was really fascinated by the whole thing and eventually, I was rather underwhelmed. The point is that I don’t really get what all these actors saw in this story. I mean, when you see all these names on the cover, you expect some massive work of Art, an award pretender, but, eventually, you get a rather tedious affair. After making some research, I found out it was based on a very acclaimed book of the same title, a book which has been adapted already twice before. So, maybe the book was great but this adaptation was rather forgettable. Still, in spite of its flaws, it remains a decent watch and I think it is worth a look somehow but don’t expect anything really amazing.

6/10