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Tetro

Play trailer Poster for Tetro R Released Jun 12, 2009 2h 7m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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When teenage Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Argentina to look for his long-estranged brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he finds not the idolized sibling from his youth, but a tormented and self-destructive soul who has abandoned his brilliant career as a writer. After Tetro rejects him, Bennie risks his brother's wrath by secretly completing one of his plays and submitting it for consideration for a prestigious literary prize.
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A complex meditation on family dynamics, Tetro's arresting visuals and emotional core compensate for its uneven narrative.

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Nathan Lee Film Comment Magazine Watching Tetro, Coppola's first original screenplay in some 30 years, is like eavesdropping on someone's dream. Mar 19, 2018 Full Review Keith Uhlich Time Out Coppola excels at what might be termed the cinema of inadequacy. Rated: 4/6 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone Rated: 3/4 Feb 2, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Tetro is worth your time, if only to see how Coppola is experimenting these days. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 18, 2023 Full Review Michael Guarnieri The Spool The strength of TETRO- an imperfect film to be sure, but an admirable one - is that the movie is so recognizably from Francis Ford Coppola while nevertheless feeling new and even unrecognizable. Apr 30, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com More than gets by on the strength of Coppola's ability to construct a visually arresting and compelling film even when the story and the dialogue border on uninteresting. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Isa B I love Tetro! A return to form for Francis Ford Coppola. Vincent Gallo was perfect for the main character. Alden Ehrenreich was awesome as well. The film makes you feel, which is about the highest compliment you can give a film. It is artsy and the digital cinematography is quite beautiful. Tetro is a very good film. I highly recommend. 90/100 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/05/24 Full Review John F The first hour holds your attention until you realize what a bathetic, melodramatic mess this movie is. Vincent Gallo is truly terrible. The rest of the cast does admirable work, but the movie simply devolves into bad Fellini/Red Shoes/ navel gazing incoherence. I was stunned by how wretched this was. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/29/24 Full Review Lorenzo P Documentary about losers. Please wtf. Nice photography and some interesting situations. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/02/24 Full Review isla s This has the look and feel of Roma, in that its a bit slow paced, its set abroad in the modern day and its (primarily) in black and white (plus it features subtitles). I liked the classical/continental style music played in the background, quite laidback and somewhat jazzy sounding at first and more classical and ethereal sounding later on. This is a film quite heavy in reminiscence (not always in a positive way), depicting characters who are mostly philosophising, to an extent. It has an element of mystery about it, which is good I guess and things do speed up pace wise a bit mid way through. It won't appeal to everyone (it may seem a bit indulgent perhaps?) but its certainly a nice example of a mostly laidback watch I suppose. It mainly focuses on the relationship between siblings - family rivalry perhaps. It looks at times like a theatrical production depicted partly on stage, hence it has a bit of a dreamlike element to it. Also, it is a film that references films and writing, so perhaps its a bit of a filmmakers film but that's absolutely fair enough. The director is the infamous Francis Ford Coppola, of 'The Godfather' fame. It does have a bit of an ageless feel about it. Yes, I think I would overall recommend this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie has something that works and at the same time it feels like it was close to be even better Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member On the surface, he's a genius who never publishes what he personally finds beautiful because his art is too private and tragic, but a more cowardly second motivation also exists: if he never lets the world see creative works dearest to his heart, they can never be rejected. The love Francis Ford Coppola gives Tetro makes it clear this is the creative work dearest to his heart. It made made no money, but got 70% Rotten Tomatoes. Which measure of success do you think Coppola cares about most? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When teenage Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Argentina to look for his long-estranged brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he finds not the idolized sibling from his youth, but a tormented and self-destructive soul who has abandoned his brilliant career as a writer. After Tetro rejects him, Bennie risks his brother's wrath by secretly completing one of his plays and submitting it for consideration for a prestigious literary prize.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter
Francis Ford Coppola
Distributor
American Zoetrope
Production Co
Tornasol Films S.A., American Zoetrope
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 12, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$438.4K
Runtime
2h 7m
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