Get Low

Menfolk

A reclusive soul, played by Robert Duvall, lives in a creaking house. What the locals know of him is sketchy, so they color it in with wild imaginings: he is a bogeyman, almost a beast, and not to be approached. That was the case with Boo Radley, whom Duvall played in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” his film début, in 1962, and it remains the case in his latest film, “Get Low.” The bright-blond thatch of hair is long gone, replaced by the tangled beard of a prophet. The smooth young face of Boo, with bruise-like circles around the eyes, now bears the ruts of time, but some things haven’t changed. [...]

di Anthony Lane, articolo completo (5982 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New Yorker 9 agosto 2010