Irina Palm

Kenneth Turan

Against the odds, sentimentality becomes the film and its star, British singer Marianne Faithfull "Irina Palm," a sentimental film with a raunchy premise, uses the world's oldest profession as a hook to generate interest in some equally venerable movie conventions. Genially preposterous and pleasantly diverting, it balances calculation against humanity and generally comes out on top. A key reason for "Irina Palm's" success is the actress who plays the title role. That would be the British singer and performer Marianne Faithfull, more than 40 years past her pop-charts debut with the classic "As Tears Go By," who against some odds has found something involving in this role. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (3776 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 28 marzo 2008