The drama is dragged out and uneven, despite being based on one of the most gripping true crime stories of the past 30 years, and some performances are senselessly over-the-top.
ADAM DRIVER MOVIES MOVIE
Adam Driver only has a minor role in the crime drama, but Eastwood’s movie is his first appearance on the big screen and the promise of great things to come from Driver is readily apparent.ĭriver’s latest release is one of his two collaborations with Ridley Scott, and it’s inspired by the real story of the murder of Maurizio Gucci in the 1990s. The main love story being treated as such despite opposition by some historians makes history, especially considering how often LGBTQ+ people are erased from it. Edgar Hoover isn’t one of his strongest entries, but it does focus on Hoover’s hypothesized homosexuality in a previously unseen way. EdgarĬlint Eastwood’s biopic about FBI director J. Driver and Rohrwacher’s performances are nonetheless superb, for which they both won the Coppa Volpi at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The movie is deeply disturbing and its ending does not leave viewers with anything, save perhaps for sadness, the only possible emotion after watching characters hurting each other in the worst possible ways. Their parenting styles are different, with Mina’s endangering the child. The 2014 Italian drama follows couple Jude and Mina and their family life in New York City after their son is born. However, its ending is satisfying and similar in ways to E.T. The movie isn’t bad per se, but the relationships between the main characters are not as well-developed as they should be, considering the story focuses on them as a family. Driver plays an NSA analyst that tries to sort out where the two are heading, a minor role that is nevertheless central for its ending. The 2016 sci-fi drama from Jeff Nichols focuses on a dad and his child with special powers on the run from the police and the cult they previously lived with. Adam Driver has only a small role as the victim child’s mother’s love interest, so it ranks down on this list. Nevertheless, the film only touches upon the themes of guilt and division in the community without thoroughly examining them, despite focusing precisely on how the town reels from the tragedy. The premise of the 2013 drama, which examines the reactions of inhabitants of a small town in Maine after a tragedy happens, showed promise. The only good things to come out of it are the actors’ performances. The child is weirdly portrayed by a wooden puppet, and the movie’s tragic approach to telling the story in an excessively long and boring way does not let the viewers empathize with any of the characters. The musical follows the complicated relationship of jet-set couple Henry and Ann and how it changes when their daughter Annette is born. Leos Carax’s dreamlike and dark musical Annette, currently on Amazon Prime Video, received much praise for its actors’ performances.