Chris Eigeman's character study starring Famke Janssen and newcomer Jaymie Dornan is well acted but without purpose
di Carina Chocano The Los Angeles Times
Actor-turned-director Chris Eigeman is perhaps best known for his roles as the spiky preppy from Whit Stillman's 1990s lockjaw trilogy ("Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco"), a persona he has more or less reprised in turns on the "Gilmore Girls" and "The Treatment," in which he costarred with Famke Janssen. So it comes as a surprise to discover that his first film as a director dwells in a different social stratum entirely.
Well, maybe not entirely. "Turn the River" kicks off with Gulley (excellent newcomer Jaymie Dornan), a middle school-aged boy, leaving his Manhattan private school dressed in a navy sports coat, striped tie and khakis. [...]
di Carina Chocano, articolo completo (3317 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 16 maggio 2008