The Broken Tower

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Audience Member I give this movie credit for trying to be different, but it ended up being a mess. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review walter m With the pretentious drivel of a biopic of poet Hart Crane(James Franco), "The Broken Tower," Franco, as writer and director, confirms what everybody who hates poetry thinks they know and why poetry slams were invented. And somehow also manages to make self-destructive behavior just as dull. Specifically, we find out that Crane had parents(Richard Abate & Betsy Franco). Otherwise, it may just seem like James Franco is about the only actor in the movie which is either a sign of an extremely low budget or extreme narcissism.(Admittedly, Michael Shannon is around here somewhere but I'm also not sure who he was supposed to be.) As I am reminded that no man is an island, I was also wondering who might have influenced Crane's poetry, not just that his advertising job made him miserable. But Franco does get points for the blow job. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Defying the all too common biopic recipe, Franco's Broken Tower examines the life of a poet through the eyes of a poet. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know what the hell I watched but I liked it. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Hope you like scenes of someone walking, because you'll see a lot of it if you watch this movie. Self-indulgent, trying to be art but failing miserably, I actually cheered when he finally offed himself. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member This was painful to watch. I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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