The Return (2024)
First screened in December 2024

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Director: Uberto Pasolini. Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Claudio Santamaria, Marwan Kenzari, Ángela Molina, Amir Wilson, Jaz Hutchins, Jamie Andrew Cutler, Thom Rhys Harries, Moe Bar-el. Screenplay: John Collee, Edward Bond, and Uberto Pasolini (extrapolated from The Odyssey by Homer).

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Photo © 2024 Bleecker Street Media

In Brief: I liked old-fashioned style and Fiennes's Odysseus. Still, unevenly cast and shot. Weaker, more repetitive as it goes.

VOR: ②  Not sure why this sank so much on reflection when I had a fine, fitfully stirring time watching it. Hearty in the moment but not built to last.

Grade: C+

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