The Immigrant – 6

An unrelentingly dark picture of the Lower East Side in 1921 and the unrelentingly dark life facing penniless immigrants in New York. The story, which suffers from loose ends all over, depends on three skilled actors, all seemingly miscast. Jeremy Renner, so intense in The Hurt Locker, hardly seems the lightfooted magician. Joaquin Phoenix, a world-class brooder, is unconvincing as a nightclub impresario. And Marion Cotillard seemed about ten years too old. Nor did I see why both men were willing to throw away their lives for her, but that may be a matter of taste. In short, I was hoping for a European film but got a less subtle American. [smoking 1 – incidental]

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