The Butterfly Tattoo

Bit of a stain on 'Butterfly Tattoo'

Before the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, British author Philip Pullman wrote a young-adult tragedy of first love and disastrous mistrust set in contemporary Oxford called "The White Mercedes." Subsequently renamed "The Butterfly Tattoo," it has now been adapted into a handsomely shot low-budget film, flush with the moody pull of adolescent romance but as sputtering as an awkward teen in how it lays out its second-rate thriller elements. [...]

di Robert Abele, articolo completo (1355 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 17 aprile 2009