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Tommaso

Play trailer 1:20 Poster for Tommaso Released Jun 5, 2020 1h 55m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A broken man searching for stability finds a new life in Italy with a much younger wife. He struggles to reconcile this new beginning with the stumbles of the past.
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While admittedly a self-indulgent exercise, Tommaso is powerfully anchored by an outstanding central performance from Willem Dafoe.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker This quasi-confessional drama about a frustrated filmmaker, written and directed by Abel Ferrara, plays more like a vain boast. Jun 15, 2020 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe As such, it's a glossy, overlong, intermittently arresting tour of an aging artist's fears and fancies as his wild ways are domesticated. Rated: 2/4 Jun 8, 2020 Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club What sets Tommaso apart are its diaristic qualities, held together by Dafoe's performance. Rated: B+ Jun 6, 2020 Full Review Diana Tuova Spotlight on Film There are bits of greatness scattered throughout this film, and even if Ferrara does not manage to convince us entirely, these pieces, as well as Dafoe’s acting, make Tommaso a very curious film, especially character-wise. Rated: 4/5 Jul 18, 2024 Full Review D.M. Palmer Vague Visages Cinema as a form of processing... Nov 9, 2023 Full Review Emiliano Basile EscribiendoCine The film exhibits genuine and unusual courage from Ferrara. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Jan 31, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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KEVIN C An American living in Italy wife his much younger wife and young daughter struggles with domestic life and his related insecurities while working on maintaining his sobriety. Abel Ferrara wrote and directed this teaming with his regular muse Willem Dafoe. This was a good movie that I found easy to get drawn into with its slow build and inevitable climax. Enjoyed this one especially going into it blind. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/20/22 Full Review dave d There are several things to admire in 'Tommaso', namely being the performance of Willem Dafoe and the brilliant cinematography. There is plenty of Dafoe who often gets his close up and thrives in almost every instance. The problem with this is two fold. There's essentially no character development as everyone stays the same. That can be find if we have an enjoyable narrative which we don't. I mean the best way to describe this is a film that has many branches, but no roots. Still if you're a Dafoe completist, you won't want to miss it! Final Score: 6.3/10 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member If you need a bedtime story rent this and I promise you will fall asleep in under 15 min! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Great acting from Dafoe Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review brent m This overlong, meandering character study about an aging American actor/filmmaker living in Rome with his young wife and daughter as he attempts to build a new life in the wake of wild younger days characterized by irresponsibility and substance abuse never quite hits its stride. The film offers no definitive answers to his dilemma -- in itself a refreshingly blunt and honest characterization of his circumstances -- but the inclusion of considerable easily edited extraneous material, as well as fantasy sequences that don't always work, makes for a tedious slog, leaving the viewer waiting for something profound, moving or significant to happen that never does. Director Abel Ferrara's latest obviously is personally meaningful to the filmmaker (an attribute made apparent through the fine lead performance of Willem Dafoe), and its cinematography and production design make for a visually interesting offering. But a lack of focus, a pretentious, myopic narrative, and an overall self-indulgent approach can't save a release for which resisting the temptation of the fast forward button is indeed quite a challenge. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A broken man searching for stability finds a new life in Italy with a much younger wife. He struggles to reconcile this new beginning with the stumbles of the past.
Director
Abel Ferrara
Producer
Laura Buffoni, Simone Gattoni, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Michael Weber
Screenwriter
Abel Ferrara
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Washington Square Films, Simila(r), Vivo Film, Faliro House
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 5, 2020
Runtime
1h 55m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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