The Young and the Not So Innocent, Swooning Over a Homicidal Fella
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
Although Russell Crowe is the nominal star of “Tenderness,” an odd, frustrating hybrid of serial-killer suspense film and moody character study of disturbed teenagers, the movie really belongs to the young actress Sophie Traub. Her eyes flashing with a mixture of self-loathing and bravado, her pout twisted into a scowl, Ms. Traub’s character, Lori Cranston, is a volatile 15-year-old package of pretty poison. Studying her face, you see a baby Drew Barrymore possessed by demons.
Much of the movie, based on Robert Cormier’s novel, and directed by John Polson, from Emil Stern’s screen adaptation, follows Lori and Eric Komenko (Jon Foster), an 18-year-old killer just released from juvenile detention, on a tense car trip from Buffalo to Albany. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (3530 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 11 novembre 2009
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