A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since the material was interesting and since it was available on Neflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I was also intrigued by the fact that, even though I did receive some solid reviews, it didn’t get much love after all (it has right now a rather pathetic 5.0 rating on IMDb). Well, after watching the damned thing, I think that most of the viewers were expecting a straightforward biopic but ended up with something rather surreal. Well, that’s actually for this reason that this movie actually got some extra points from me. Indeed, at least, they tried to be creative with the genre and I think it did fit Nikola Tesla, arguably one of the weirdest and mysterious investors that ever existed. On the other hand, I have to admit that the karaoke session was probably too much though. However, if I dug the surrealist approach, I wonder why they focused on his relationships with 2 different women, Anne Morgan (daughter of JP Morgan, one of the richest men on the planet) and Sarah Bernhardt, Indeed, it seemed to be a rather bewildering choice since Tesla was a notorious bachelor who never got married and would rather spend all his time and energy making up the most amazing and/or craziest machines ever invented. At least, his relationship with Thomas Edison was much more interesting, thanks to Kyle MacLachlan who gave here a really solid performance. Concerning Ethan Hawke, even though I always had a weak spot for this actor and even though he seemed to be a fine choice to play this character, to be honest, I wish he went for something slightly less catatonic though. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was definitely not flawless, I still think it was a decent watch and I think it is worth a look.