Tetro (2009)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:48
Rotten:23
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: A complex meditation on family dynamics, Tetro's arresting visuals and emotional core compensate for its uneven narrative.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Jun 11, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $273,753
Synopsis: Almost four decades after he wrote THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola returns to original screenwriting with this personal drama about an Argentine-Italian family. TETRO stars Vincent Gallo and... [More]
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Reviews for Tetro
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 1/5 |
full review at Movies for the MAsses Full Review |
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 3/4 |
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B |
Mostly dull stuff but has its moments when it sparkles, as it muses over the Oedipal Complex like a madman throwing his clothes out the window. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Tetro is a delirious surprise -- an experimental film from Francis Ford Coppola that has the sizzle and vim of his great narrative work. Full Review |
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4/4 |
What threatens to be a mere exercise in style proves to be as involving as it is inventive. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Francis Ford Coppola has never been the most subtle or unpretentious of filmmakers. But if anything, he's gotten even more self-indulgent and stuffy ever since he set his sights and cameras on Europe and South America. Full Review |
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Tetro moves and startles Full Review |
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3/5 |
The performances, particularly from relative newcomer Alden Ehrenreich, will keep you engaged. Full Review |
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3/4 |
While Coppola seems revitalized by quoting from movies he studied at UCLA film school, what ultimately makes Tetro so compelling is the filmmaker's return to the motifs that made his 1970s films powerful. Full Review |
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3/4 |
What makes it eminently watchable is the craft. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. films in luscious widescreen monochrome that looks almost wet. Osvaldo Golijov's score is another pleasure. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
'Tetro' is absorbing, daring and proof that, even now, Coppola's famous reach does not exceed his creative grasp. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The acting is terrific. Full Review |
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D |
Old-fashioned melodramatic claptrap, served up in ridiculously overblown style...another deeply embarrassing misfire from a man once considered a major American filmmaker. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It is interesting. Better, it is quite possibly great. Full Review |
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B |
Coppola has made something personal and intimate that, while not brilliant, sticks to the grand, operatic themes that made him famous. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A rare cinematic experience on every level. There's been nothing like it on theater screens for a very long time, and it serves as a reminder of that fact. Full Review |
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A dazzling mess... it throbs with an excess of emotion and idealistic, cuckoo daring. Full Review |
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B- |
Tetro is a maddening mix of the glorious and the inept. Full Review |
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2/4 |
It would be a better coffee-table book than film. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Tetro percolates with energy and bawdy knockabout humor. Full Review |
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