Knight of Cups
First screened in March 2016
Director: Terrence Malick. Cast: Christian Bale, Wes Bentley, Brian Dennehy, Imogen Poots, Freida Pinto, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Antonio Banderas, Peter Matthiessen, Michael Wincott, Kevin Corrigan, Jason Clarke, Clifton Collins Jr., Dane DeHaan, Fabio, Jamie Harris, Cherry Jones, Joel Kinnaman, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Joe Manganiello, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Nick Offerman, Ryan O'Neal, Danny Strong, Bruce Wagner, Shea Whigham. Screenplay: Terrence Malick.

Twitter Capsule: Boymanisqatsi. A tiresome, vacuous meander, its roving eye incongruous to its static, narrow, disengaged worldview.

VOR:   Nobody else can make a real Malick movie, despite many tries. Including, lately, Malick's. Stale and absurd, but I suppose we owe it attention.



Photo © 2015 Dogwood Films/Waypoint Entertainment, © 2016 Broad Green Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: D+


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